Drew McIntyre on CM Punk rivalry: ‘The whole process was magic’
During a recent interview with The Daily Mail, Drew McIntyre opened up about why he feels his rivalry with CM Punk worked as well as it did.
McIntyre and Punk wrestled three PLE matches against each other last year, starting with SummerSlam 2024, continuing with a strap match at Bash at Berlin, and concluding inside Hell in a Cell at Bad Blood. McIntyre says he and Punk know they have a “certain magic with each other.”
McIntyre said:
“As much as we have certain feelings towards each other, we both are aware we’ve got certain magic with each other. It’s a tale as old as time. The more people have a genuine disdain for each other, people can truly feel it. And if you’re actually good at your job, like we are, it does create magic. And the whole process was magic, and the cell itself was a match that we talked about forever.”
McIntyre continued to say that he was also impressed with how Punk responded to some of the personal shots he took at him both on-screen and on social media.
He continued:
“I will say, however my feelings are towards him, I went completely gangbusters for him. I didn’t hold back. On TV, I can only go so far, but, on social, but it’s my social. You can’t tell me what to do. I went overboard. And the company could have asked me to pull back if they wanted me to, and I’d have said, ‘No, it’s my social.’ But I went at him and went at him. And I’ve done that with a couple of people, and they have got a boo boo face. Not that I care, but he didn’t. He ate it like a man, and then came back with what he had to say. So I’ll give him that.”
It was supposed to hurt. pic.twitter.com/aRntgIu0Jk
— Drew (@DMcIntyreWWE) October 10, 2024
McIntyre was absent from WWE programming for two months following his loss to Punk at Bad Blood. He returned on the December 2 episode of Raw, attacking Sami Zayn. Two weeks later, he defeated Zayn in his in-ring return at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
McIntyre declared for the Royal Rumble on last week’s Raw. He is scheduled to face Seth Rollins in singles competition on Monday’s show.
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