It doesn’t look like Tyson Fury will be getting back into a WWE ring any time soon.
The popular heavyweight boxing champion has a fondness for WWE and has one pro wrestling match to his credit, defeating Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel in 2019. He was asked about a potential return after his victory over Dillian Whyte in April, and responded positively to the idea of appearing at SummerSlam or Clash at the Castle while mentioning Drew McIntyre as someone he’d like to knock out (and the two have had an intermittent back and forth on social media for some time).
But at least for now, there aren’t plans for WWE to utilize the Gypsy King on its bigger events over the next few months, according to Dave Meltzer in his latest issue of Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
McIntyre on Smackdown said that he was challenging for the Universal title in the main event of the 9/3 Clash at the Castle in Cardiff. That was the match on the books all along, but the idea is that could have changed if they made the deal with Tyson Fury that was planned prior to the pandemic and which Fury still brought up after his last fight. Him going public with the title match tells you WWE has moved on from the Fury idea for now.
A showdown between fellow Brits McIntyre and Fury in a large stadium show in Wales would have been a slam dunk attraction, but McIntyre challenging for the championship would also be an undeniable draw. It’s possible fans could be clamoring for that even more given that Roman Reigns may only defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship once between now and Clash at the Castle on Sept. 3.
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That said, Fury is a big enough name that people other than hardcore boxing aficionados know him, so he could still be worked into WWE shows down the road if it works out for both sides. It just probably won’t be this summer, and for his fans, that’s probably a bit of a bummer.