Drew McIntyre shares that he still gets butterflies before going out in front of WWE audiences.
Drew McIntyre is a long time veteran of pro wrestling, having first had a run in WWE in the late 2000's. However, after being released by the company in the mid 2010's, McIntyre would find his way back to the promotion where he is now a multi time world champion.
While speaking on a new episode of Pub Darts, Drew McIntyre was asked if he still thinks about the large audience he performs in front of and how it makes him feel.
"I mean, I do think about it. I've done it so long. That as long as I feel confident about the story we're trying to tell, physically I feel as good as I'm gonna feel. I'm pretty confident when I go out, but I still get the butterflies in my stomach, I still get the nerves. No matter if there's.... WWE, the lowest crowd would be 5,000, whatever, or 80,000 people, 90,000 people in Mania. I get the same butterflies in my stomach, the same thought process, no matter how many people are there. Because I wanna go out there, steal the show. More importantly, to me, is tell a compelling story that we can continue every week. What matters is not the cool moves we do, its the emotional reaction we get from the crowd. How we make people feel, the moments we give them, that they remember, because they don't remember a backflip two weeks later. They remember how we made them feel."
Drew was then asked if when he stops getting butterflies if that will be a sign for him to stop.
"Yeah, 100%. Sometimes you can lose perspective. I've been doing it so long. Breaking your neck and getting fired really helps with perspective."
Elsewhere in another interview, McIntyre expressed that he hasn't hit anyone as hard as he's hit CM Punk and Sheamus. You can read more about that here.
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