The Royal Rumble is always one of WWE’s biggest shows of the year as it sets to the stage for WrestleMania. This year Drew McIntyre competed in the Royal Rumble and he was eliminated by Damian Priest.
Following the show it was reported that Drew McIntyre was frustrated during the match due to timing issues, and that he had stormed out of the building after.
During a recent appearance on the Getting Over: Wrestling Podcast, Drew addressed the reports and he explained his side of the story regarding how he handled the situation.
“Not all the details are accurate, but yeah, I was fuming. I let everybody know what I thought and then I left. I’ve learned, as an adult, nothing good happens when you’re highly emotional so just go calm down, get the facts, and deal with it. I don’t want to punch somebody in the head and be unprofessional and find out facts later that I didn’t know about it. It depends on the situation. For me, if I ever feel somebody did something disrespectful and went into business for themselves and the likes, that’s when I get frustrated.”
“Sometimes, it’s not what it appears on the surface and you have to get all the facts together and you have to just calm down. It’s just funny that every time I have a moment, it doesn’t happen often, Priest jokes about it in a promo because that’s all he’s got, ‘Drew complains all the time, he’s always going to leave the building.’ It’s a couple of times in a few years. Considering I’m Scottish and have an anger problem, that’s not too bad. Also, if I stayed I might have punched some people out and been like, ‘Oh, it wasn’t actually their fault. Wakey, wakey.’”
It was recently announced that Drew McIntyre will face Damian Priest at WrestleMania 41, and it was confirmed on the most recent episode of SmackDown that the match will be a Sin City Street Fight.
Stay tuned for updates.
H/T Fightful