After being eliminated by Damian Priest in the 2025 men's Royal Rumble, Drew McIntyre was reportedly upset and cursing about someone "having to get their moves in."
LA Knight referenced the report on the February 7th episode of WWE SmackDown, saying he had to get his stuff in.
Speaking to Adam Silverstein of Getting Over, McIntyre was asked about reports of him being angry and leaving.
"Not all the details are accurate, but yeah, I was fuming. I let everybody know what I thought and then I left. I've learned, as an adult, nothing good happens when you're highly emotional so just go calm down, get the facts, and deal with it. I don't want to punch somebody in the head and be unprofessional and find out facts later that I didn't know about it," he said.
Asked if something like that boils over or if it's chalked up to a bad day at the office, McIntyre said, "It depends on the situation. For me, if I ever feel somebody did something disrespectful and went into business for themselves and the likes, that's when I get frustrated. Sometimes, it's not what it appears on the surface and you have to get all the facts together and you have to just calm down. It's just funny that every time I have a moment, it doesn't happen often, Priest jokes about it in a promo because that's all he's got, 'Drew complains all the time, he's always going to leave the building.' It's a couple of times in a few years. Considering I'm Scottish and have an anger problem, that's not too bad. Also, if I stayed I might have punched some people out and been like, 'Oh, it wasn't actually their fault. Wakey, wakey.'"
McIntyre and Knight worked together in the ring shortly after their Royal Rumble spot.
Elsewhere during the interview, McIntyre commented on fans advocating for him to get a bigger spot at WrestleMania. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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