Drew McIntyre is a professional wrestling veteran at this point, and over the last year or so he’s picked up some major momentum. McIntyre won the 30 man Royal Rumble match last year, and he later went on to defeat Brock Lesnar and become WWE Champion at WrestleMania 36.
There’s no denying that McIntyre seems to be on a roll, but during an interview with the Dallas Morning News the former champion admitted that he was worried fans would turn on him during his big Royal Rumble moment.
“There have been situations in the past when the person they [WWE fans] want to win doesn’t win and they turn on the match,” McIntyre said. “And I had it in the back of my mind, ‘Urgh, if Edge gets eliminated here, these 40,000 people in Houston might be a little upset and boo the cr*p out of Drew McIntyre.’”
“The fact that Edge got eliminated and then minutes later I eliminated Roman Reigns, and they cheered just as much for my victory at the Royal Rumble as they did for the Brock Lesnar elimination, it just blew my mind and really cemented me as [fans saying], ‘We want Drew to be our next guy,’ which felt really cool.”
Bobby Lashley will defend his WWE Championship against either Drew McIntyre or Kofi Kingston at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view next month. Stay tuned for updates.
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