Drew McIntyre Admits Frustration With WWE Creative Changes Ahead of WrestleMania 41

Drew McIntyre was part of an ongoing storyline with the original Bloodline as he had waged war against them, but the storyline was abruptly dropped. In fact, it appears McIntyre was frustrated that WWE changed the direction of the storyline.

While speaking on the Getting Over podcast, Drew McIntyre was asked about his moment with Paul Heyman on Raw a few months ago, where it looked like he was going to go after The Bloodline. The question pointed out that Drew has problems with Roman Reigns, a strong rivalry with CM Punk, and a history with Seth Rollins. Now those three are in a triple threat match at WrestleMania, and it seemed like it could’ve been a four-way with Drew involved, which would’ve made sense.

Drew McIntyre said that it definitely would’ve made sense because of all the history he has with them. The whole “Bloodline Hunter” thing is still part of his story, and he wishes he could’ve been part of the WrestleMania main event.

McIntyre said his rivalry with CM Punk is already full of hate and can’t go any further in a one-on-one match right now, so being in that main event to stop Punk from reaching his goal would’ve fit. He also talked about always fighting with Seth Rollins over the years, including a world title match at last year’s WrestleMania.

“Yeah, I mean, it would 100% have been logical for all the reasons you just mentioned. Doing the Bloodline Hunter thing — which we can come back to — that’s just an ongoing story for Drew McIntyre. But it would’ve been nice to get there for WrestleMania,. You mentioned CM Punk — couldn’t be any more hatred there than there already is. And we can’t take it any further currently in a singles situation, so it would have to be wanting to be in that main event and preventing him from getting his dream in that main event. Seth and I, non-stop feuding over the years. World title match at WrestleMania last year.”

McIntyre brought up the Paul Heyman and Bloodline storyline too. Drew said he jokingly calls himself the “Daddy of the Bloodline” because he beat Brock Lesnar, which led to Roman having to bring Brock back. That started the Bloodline’s rise and all the problems that came with it for Drew and others.

Drew McIntyre said if he hadn’t won that match, things might have turned out differently, but Roman has always been tough for him to beat. No matter how many times they’ve fought, Drew has never beaten him. So that story was already built and could’ve been a great part of WrestleMania, which makes it frustrating that it didn’t happen.

“With Paul Heyman, as I mentioned in that story — I mean, I always say things in my own fun little way, referred to myself as the ‘Daddy of the Bloodline.’ But when I broke it down so everyone could understand, it was: I’m the one that beat Brock Lesnar. I’m the one that set him off into the ocean. And it was Roman who had to rescue him from obscurity because I sent him there. Which led to the Bloodline. Led to all the horrible things — the reign of terror that happened to me and multiple other people.

If I didn’t win that match, would we be in the position we’re in now? Would that have happened? We’ll never know. And Roman has always been my kryptonite. I’ve never been able to get that win over him, no matter how many big matches we’ve had. So yeah, the story was already ready-made. And it would’ve been interesting to have that so it’s a little frustrating it didn’t.”

McIntyre stated that all three competitors in the match now aren’t clearly good or bad anymore. And even though Drew believes he’s telling the truth and doing the right thing, people still treat him like he’s the villain. He thinks that would’ve made the match even more interesting.

In the end, Drew McIntyre said the story going into WrestleMania still makes sense, and he’s okay with that. However, he also thinks there’s still time to go back to these rivalries in the future, especially since wrestling now cares more about what’s happened in the past.

“All three — are they good, are they bad — the shades of gray now. But that one who seems like he’s more of the bad guy, even though I’m completely justified in everything I freaking say and tell the truth — I’m still treated like a bad guy by most people.”

So that would’ve been cool. But again, we’ve got a story that makes sense leading into WrestleMania right now, and that’s something we can come back to with all of them down the line. Because the past matters these days.”

WWE also confirmed that Damian Priest and Drew McIntyre will be squaring off against each other at WrestleMania 41 in one-on-one action. Even though he won’t be in the WrestleMania main event this year, his drive for payback and closure means his story is still going strong, so we’ll have to see what’s next in store for him after WrestleMania 41.

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