Drew McIntyre: I Don’t Know Why Bret Hart Loves CM Punk So Much, He’s The Opposite Of The Excellence Of Execution

Drew McIntyre takes aim at CM Punk.

Bret Hart called himself “The Excellence of Execution,” a nickname earned through his in-ring acumen and technical wrestling ability. CM Punk has modeled much of his in-ring around Bret, which has earned him praise from “The Hitman” over the years.

Drew McIntyre doesn’t get it.

“The moves do matter, that’s a prerequisite. If you’re a wrestler and you don’t do the moves well, you shouldn’t be a wrestler. I shouldn’t have to say the moves are important because of course the moves are important. You should be able to execute them well. CM Punk, I don’t know how Bret loves him so much, he’s like the opposite of the Excellence of Execution. His moves are executed terribly, but he believes everything he says and people buy his crap. Good for him, I guess. To me, as a wrestler growing up and as a Bret Hart fan, you should be able to do the moves well. That should be a given. You shouldn’t have to talk about the moves because you should just do them. What’s important on top of that is emotional connection. How are you going to do that and connect with the fans? So many people worry about all the intricate sequences and whatever they’ve got in their head. All it takes is one split second of looking in someone’s eyes and see they are thinking too much or are not present in that moment,” McIntyre said on Huge Pop with Donnie DaSilva and Jimmy Korderas when discussing the importance of what comes between the moves.

McIntyre once again shared the advice he received from The Undertaker during his first WWE run where he was told, “Don’t play the wrestler, be the wrestler.”

“A lot of people go out there and just play wrestler. People watching, if you do pretty moves, they’ll get [claps] and they enjoy the performance aspect, but they’ll never get truly emotionally invested unless they are present and know who they are as a charatcer and are selling the story, action and emotion they want to sell during that match or segment. If you’re not able to fully embody that character and be the wrestler instead of playing the wrestler, then you’re never truly going to make it to the main event scene. If you do, because you’re such a freak athlete, you’re one injury away from not being able to do the stuff that got you the [claps] and not making people feel in their heart,” he said.

McIntyre is set to address his attack on Cody Rhodes on Friday’s WWE SmackDown.

Fans can check out the lineup for the show here.

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