Drew McIntyre: When The World Shut Down, When The World Needed A Hero To Step Up, It Was My Face Every Week Leading The Charge

Drew McIntyre highlights his time as WWE Champion.

In 2020, Drew would play a pivotal role in WWE remaining active during the Covid-19 pandemic. After winning the WWE Royal Rumble in January, he would face off with Brock Lesnar during the first and only WrestleMania without fans, winning the WWE Championship. McIntyre would prove to be a major part of WWE programming as the champion throughout WWE’s period without fans, something that Drew feels was wasted due to fans not having his back.

While speaking to Cathy Kelley in a new interview, Drew McIntyre was asked about this time period, with Drew noting that he had stepped up to be the hero the fans needed during the pandemic.

“You remember five years ago, right? How terrifying it was and the one escape during that period was WWE. I tried to be that, the centerpiece of the company, that role that Cody’s in right now. When the world shut down, when the world needed a hero to step up, it was my face every week leading the charge. People have moved on so quickly. I was there when they needed me. When I needed them, they weren’t there. It wasn’t until Hell in a Cell where I bled out for everybody and I was gone for a few months, I saw the truth. I’ve wasted 20 years of my life. I fought for everybody. I sacrificed. I sacrificed my family to be that guy for everybody, no matter what was stacked against me, and they moved right on. I realize what a lot of superstars don’t realize, and they sit at home retired, and they have so much regrets. You’ve got to get what’s yours right now, and I’m going to get what’s mine right now, and I’m going to have no regrets, and that title is not what I want. It’s what I need, and it’s not what I deserve. It’s what Drew McIntyre’s earned.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, McIntyre claimed that his Claymore on Cody Rhodes through an announce table last month was self defense. You can read more on that here.

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