Drew McIntyre Reveals What He Does If Someone Goes Into Business for Themselves

Drew McIntyre isn’t here for backstage drama or anyone trying to hijack a storyline. The former WWE Champion made it crystal clear on the UNTAPPED podcast that if someone decides to “go into business for themselves,” they’re going to pay the price — and not just in the ring.

“If someone tries to go into business for themselves and wins a match they aren’t supposed to, it messes up the whole storyline,” McIntyre explained. “So what I do is wait until we get backstage, take them to a private room, and then I knock them on their ass.”

That’s not just tough talk — it’s a warning. McIntyre said situations like that are rare at the top level of the business today, but they have happened. In the past, wrestlers would sometimes go off-script during matches due to disagreements about outcomes, leading to someone getting screwed over. But in modern WWE, professionalism is the standard.

“It has happened before. Maybe not at the very top level very often, but there have been times when people couldn’t agree on what was going to happen, and someone got screwed out of a match,” McIntyre admitted. “It doesn’t really happen now because everyone is professional enough to settle any issues backstage.”

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Still, McIntyre says he’s not afraid to get physical if someone gets out of line — especially if they hit him too hard. In those cases, there’s something in wrestling called a “receipt.”

“Sometimes, someone will hit you hard, and when that happens, we give a receipt. If you hit me hard, I’m going to hit you right back,” he said. “But I won’t take you down or go against the script because we’re professionals.”

He stressed that wrestling is 52 weeks a year and every match is part of a larger story. If one person decides to go rogue, it doesn’t just affect that night — it can throw off weeks or even months of storytelling.

“We’re telling a story… we follow a certain path to take the fans on a journey,” McIntyre added. “You can still rough them up. And I do rough up people I don’t like.”

With WrestleMania season heating up, McIntyre’s words are a clear message to the locker room: follow the script or deal with the consequences — privately and painfully.

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