Drew McIntyre Speaks About Recent Time Off From WWE: “I Honestly Feel Better Than I Felt In About, Minimum, Six Or Seven Years”

McIntyre states that he’s feeling much better physically.

At Saturday Night’s Main Event in May, Damian Priest delivered a Con-Chair-To to Drew McIntyre before going on to win the Steel Cage match they were competing in.

McIntyre returned to WWE television on the July 4th episode of Friday Night SmackDown. He is scheduled to take on Randy Orton at the upcoming Saturday Night’s Main Event special on July 12th. Going into the bout, McIntyre was interviewed by FOX News and spoke about his time off. He’s feeling better than he has in six or seven years, minimum.

“I honestly feel better than I felt in about, minimum, six or seven years. During this time off, I’ve had a chance to step back and look at everything from an outside perspective – the product itself and more specifically me because I’m only competing against myself as far as I’m concerned, and I’ve realized, wow, OK, I’ve got some areas I really need to improve upon even though, from a fan’s perspective they might say, ‘Well, look at your 2024 going into 2025 on the microphone, in the ring, physique-wise compared to everybody else.’ I said no, no, no. I might look good compared to everybody else but I was not giving it … I’d say I was giving it 65%.”

He shared that he’s acquired the services of someone to assist him with training and dieting. McIntyre said physically, he feels how he felt going into the 2020 Royal Rumble event.

“For the first time in my life, I’ve brought in somebody to start the diet the right way. I’ve brought in somebody to kick my a– in the gym. I brought somebody in to start doing rehab at the gym, stretching things I’ve never done in my life and it’s unbelievable what it’s opened in my body and feel exactly the way I did probably like before I won the Royal Rumble in 2020. The way I’m moving about now, in general, I feel unbelievable.”

In addition to McIntyre versus Orton, here’s the updated card for Saturday Night’s Main Event in Atlanta, Georgia:

• WWE World Heavyweight Championship — Goldberg’s Retirement Match: GUNTHER (c) vs. Goldberg
• L.A. Knight vs. Seth Rollins
• Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre
• WWE United States Championship: Solo Sikoa (c) vs. Jimmy Uso