Drew McIntyre says Damian Priest can't succeed unless it's at his expense.
Back at the 2025 Men's Royal Rumble match, Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest reignited their previous rivalries that culminated at WWE Clash At The Castle 2024 with the World Heavyweight Championship on the line.
While speaking to The Daily Star, McIntyre addressed his growing rivalry with Priest, remarking his belief that Priest is unable to succeed unless it is at McIntyre's expense.
"We’ve still got six weeks until Mania and anything can change in that time. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t p****d off at not being in one of the title matches after the 2024 I had, but it’s just because I’m so highly competitive and sometimes, you know, there’s only a few spots. I appreciated when the fans reaction was, oh my goodness, it’s Priest and Drew, there’s nothing there. I’m like bloody hell, give us a chance to tell the story. The thing with Priest has been going on since last year’s WrestleMania when he cashed in on me after I was assaulted by Punk. He doesn’t know how to succeed unless it is at my expense. Elimination Chamber I claymore Cena. Instead of going ‘I’ll let Drew pin Cena first’, he eliminates me. It’s the only way he knows how to succeed because he is a vulture. A parasite. A big emo vulture. Finally, he’s got my attention because they’ve got nothing else. I stomped him in his big stupid head last week and if he wants to keep coming back for more, if it goes all the way to Mania, it’s a year in the making story and he deserves the biggest stage of all to get his stupid looking arse kicked."
Priest also eliminated McIntyre from the men's Elimination match at the titular Premium Live Event.
Elsewhere in the same interview, McIntyre addressed the possibility of appearing on Monday's RAW from Glasgow. You can read more about that here.
