Drew McIntyre: What CM Punk And Roman Reigns Said About Me Didn’t Bother Me, It Was Stuff About The Title And SmackDown

Drew McIntyre weighs in on the post-Rumble promo between Roman Reigns and CM Punk.

On the WWE Raw after Royal Rumble, Rumble winner Roman Reigns chose WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk as his WrestleMania opponent. In their promo, they took shots at Drew McIntyre, the Undisputed WWE Title, and WWE SmackDown, downplaying the star level of all three.

McIntyre issued a response on the following episode of SmackDown, trying to rally the SmackDown roster.

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, McIntyre gave more insight into how he felt about comments made by Punk and Reigns.

“That’s the part [speaking about the title] that more got my attention. I don’t care, say whatever you want about me. I can protect myself and look after myself verbally. They weren’t even that bad. Whatever one person said, the other one defended me. It was the stuff about the title and SmackDown, making it feel a little less than when they’re such big superstars. Just focus on the title and each other. I went out, did a Braveheart speech on Friday because I was legitimately upset. As far as I’m concerned, it’s done. It seems to be done now. They’re focused on their stuff, we’re focused on our stuff. Hopefully, the SmackDown roster saw that and said, ‘Every time I’m in that ring, I’m going to bring it 150% and show you all that I belong on this show, and SmackDown is the A show.’ I remember being in the locker room when Taker was in charge and he would get so angry when he saw the numbers and Raw was beating us on a tour. Go out there, bust your ass, and if you don’t I’ll kick you out the door. I’m very quiet back there, I’ll give you advice when you come to me, but if you’re bringing the show down, I’ll suddenly appear in front of you like magic and I’ll kick your ass out the door,” he said.

McIntyre will learn his WrestleMania opponent at WWE Elimination Chamber.

Je’Von Evans, Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, and LA Knight have currently qualified for the Chamber match.

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