Drew McIntyre has reflected on one of the biggest losses of his WWE career and how he understands that the story would have not been the same if he won.
Back in 2022 at the first Clash at the Castle event, McIntyre challenged Roman Reigns for the Undisputed Championship. Due to the circumstances of the event and the fact that Reigns had held the championship for over 2 years at this point, there was an air of change inside The Principality Stadium in Cardiff. However, it was not McIntyre’s night as the debut of Solo Sikoa allowed The Tribal Chief to keep ahold of the title.
Fast forward to 2024 and WWE announced a return to the UK, this time in Scotland and with McIntyre challenging Damian Priest for the World Heavyweight Championship. Screwed in Cardiff and screwed at WrestleMania, fans in the UK thought that Glasgow would be a night of celebration, until CM Punk spoiled the party.
Counting to two and mocking McIntyre, Punk delivered a low blow to once again send fans of The Scottish Warrior home dejected. While it was not McIntyre’s night, the 3-time World Champion admitted what happened next might not have been as enthralling.
“That Moment Will Be Replayed Forever”: Drew McIntyre
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet, McIntyre admitted the loss was a tough one:
“That was a tough one. Really, really tough one. The same time, if I win, then I’m right. Sometimes it’s okay to be right. Yeah, that one really stung.”
When asked if he thought that the right call was made that night, McIntyre noted that he is more confident in the long-term direction given the recent changes in management and how the moment will live on forever:
“Yeah, there’s always that moment and in the environment we’re in now, it’s story above all else. I didn’t feel that way in the past. I was like, if we don’t do this now, things could change in a couple of weeks. It’s a lot of pivoting left and right, and characters and stories changing consistently. Now I know we will stick to the story. It hurt, but I see what we are now, and I’m like, Okay, if I won that night, then I’m just, yeah, I did it. I’m right, go screw yourselves.
Because of what happened and much as I can’t stand him, that moment was something that would be replayed forever, just the big near fall at the end, everybody in my freaking home country going insane. One two, and it’s that piece of sh*t counting the fall and cost me the match with the low blow. And at the same time, it’s SummerSlam. If you noticed, the way I gave him the low blow was exact same corner, exact same way he did it to me. So he can’t say one word about how things happened at SummerSlam.”
Also in the interview, Drew McIntyre provided further information on that Jack Perry photo.
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