WWE stars Wade Barrett and Drew McIntyre have been pulled from WWE programming until further notice due to their work visas expiring. As of this posting, both are not legally eligible to work in the United States.
Barrett is currently in his home country of Great Britain waiting for a new visa to be cleared, while McIntyre is believed to still be in the United States.
If you recall, McIntyre was recently "sent back to Scotland" on last week's edition of Friday Night SmackDown after losing a match to Matt Hardy. After the match, he was informed by SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long that his visa had expired. While this was at first thought to be an angle of some sort, that is now not the case.
On tonight's edition of Monday Night RAW, Michael Cole stated that Barrett had been called to a meeting at WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut concerning the actions of the new Nexus faction. This was obviously done to cover up the story that his work visa had expired as well.
Numerous sources within WWE are reporting that it is not known at this time exactly when Barrett and McIntyre will make their returns to the company, but as of right now, expect to not see them for a while.
