Pat McAfee is done with WWE, and his wife made it official on Instagram Saturday morning.
Following Randy Orton's loss to Cody Rhodes in the WrestleMania 42 Night One main event, McAfee's wife posted to her Instagram story confirming it was the first morning since 2017 that her husband was completely out of the wrestling business. The post put into effect the stipulation McAfee had placed on himself before the show, when he publicly vowed that if Orton failed to win the Undisputed WWE Championship, he would walk away from WWE for good.
Orton lost. The stipulation went into effect. McAfee is out.
The send-off was not a quiet one. McAfee absorbed punishment during the Night One main event, taking a Cross Rhodes from Cody Rhodes, going through a table courtesy of Jelly Roll, and being stretchered out of the arena. He returned to the ring later in the match only to receive an RKO from Orton himself. Despite all of it, McAfee was spotted later that night at a 50 Cent concert with Tyrese Haliburton, still wearing a neck brace.
McAfee had been part of WWE in various capacities since 2017, most prominently as a SmackDown commentator and occasional in-ring performer.
Rhodes himself had addressed the McAfee involvement in the Rhodes vs. Orton build directly on SmackDown in an unscripted promo, while CM Punk called McAfee a tourist who forgot he was invited into the business. Whether McAfee's departure marks a permanent exit from the wrestling world or simply the end of his WWE run remains to be seen.
