On 26 April, Drew McIntyre was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2011 supplemental draft and made his debut for the brand in a losing effort to Kofi Kingston. McIntyre featured very rarely on "Raw" and was confined to dark matches and "Superstars", he last appeared on the Smackdown brand in a Blindfold Match against Santino Marella, which he lost. On 15 December episode of "Superstars", McIntyre finally won a match by defeating Justin Gabriel which earned him a contract with "SmackDown". He switched to the SmackDown brand on 30 December and resumed his tense relationship with general manager Theodore Long. Long put pressure on McIntyre to win matches to justify his contract and McIntyre subsequently began an eight match losing streak going into the new year, after the last of which, Long fired McIntyre within the storyline. A week later, McIntyre was reinstated by guest general manager John Laurinaitis, where he finally ended his losing streak by defeating Hornswoggle. He was subsequently included on Laurinaitis' team in the 12-man Tag Team match at WrestleMania XXVIII, helping to earn Laurinaitis control of both the Raw and SmackDown brands. During the match, Drew McIntyre injured his shoulder. He returned on 10 May episode of "Superstars" defeating Ezekiel Jackson. Since returning his fortunes had relatively stayed the same. He continued to lose most matches and was confined to Superstars and house shows. However, he was able to make several appearances on "Raw" and "SmackDown", but most of them were squash matches against the likes of Brodus Clay.