Drew McIntyre on Logan Paul: ‘I don’t consider him an outsider’
Drew McIntyre doesn’t consider Logan Paul an outsider.
McIntyre has praised his SummerSlam tag team partner during multiple interviews, and he did so again recently on the Huge Pop podcast. The former WWE Champion was asked about celebrity involvement in wrestling during the interview, and responded that as long as they can “bring eyeballs,” McIntyre is fine with it.
He said:
“If you bring eyeballs and you actually care about the product and you’re willing to work hard, then it’s all good in my book. Like Bad Bunny, for example. Even Jelly Roll, he worked his ass off, literally, lost over 200 pounds, brought some different eyeballs. I mean, he probably should’ve picked somebody else other than me to have a match with, because he failed epically in front of the entire world, but he tried really hard. He brought some eyeballs, so I’m happy with that.”
“Somebody like Logan, he’s a super athlete. He has a respect and passion for WWE, but he knows exactly who he is.”
McIntyre continued to say of Paul:
“He wants to be here and he deserves to be here, and I don’t consider him an outsider. He’s one of our Superstars now. And I guess he’s my tag partner. We just need to find a freaking name for our little group now.”
McIntyre and Paul defeated Jelly Roll and Randy Orton at SummerSlam. Paul scored the pin after hitting Jelly Roll with a frog splash. It was Paul’s 23rd WWE match dating back to WrestleMania 38 when he and The Miz defeated Rey and Dominik Mysterio.
As for McIntyre, he appears headed into a program over the WWE Championship with Cody Rhodes. On the August 8 episode of SmackDown, McIntyre put Rhodes through the announce table with a Claymore Kick. McIntyre then cut a promo on Rhodes during Friday’s show.
Drew McIntyre’s full appearance on the Huge Pop podcast is available below:
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