It’s still real to some folks, and one of those folks apparently recently won a raffle to meet a superstar backstage at a WWE live event.
Drew McIntyre told the story to Branson Quirke and CJ “Lana” Perry
on TMZ’s Inside The Ring. McIntyre — who won the WWE title from Cody Rhodes on the Jan. 9 SmackDown, controversially just after Jacob Fatu’s returned — was approached by company officials about meeting the raffle-winning fan. Drew suggested they have Rhodes handle it since Cody’s “a good guy” while McIntyre describes himself as more of “kind of controversial in-the-middle guy”. But the suits insisted, and the champ said “okie dokie”.
He continued:
“The guy came back and lunged at me saying, ‘That’s Cody’s title.’ Swung at me. Security had to get between us. I calmed him down. We got a picture together — a picture with the title. He was really, genuinely upset. It was great.
“Because I knew he was legitimately upset, as soon as we took the picture — he started mouthing off again. So I stepped back, moved the security guard between us, raised the title, just went ‘ah-hahahaha!’, and ran off like a child.“
Perry and Quirke were a bit alarmed, probably thinking of more serious instances of fans coming after WWE talents for a variety of imagined reasons. McIntyre dismissed their concerns, insisting he wants “passionate” fans like that instead of bored or disinterested ones. But even with the people who don’t want to get lost in the show, the champ says “eventually Drew McIntyre takes off his kilt and they get very excited.”
Never change, Big D.
