Drew McIntyre has been having some unpleasant run-ins with SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis in recent weeks.
During an appearance on the latest episode of INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet podcast, “The Scottish Warrior” spoke about a potential match against Nick Aldis, his thoughts on his recent WWE title reign and his in-ring future.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On his WWE in-ring future: “I mean, I know my wife feels like it’s going to be a lot shorter than I probably feel it’s going to be. Especially with how I feel now and how creatively fulfilled I feel these days. But as long as I’m happy, as long as she’s happy, and as long as the fans are happy with what I’m doing, I don’t see any reason to slow down any time soon. Especially when I see guys getting up there in age right now and moving as well as they’re moving right now, because we’ve just moved so far forward with athletes. Look at LeBron James or [Cristiano] Ronaldo, for example, the same age as me and they’re just still at the top of their game.”
On his most recent WWE title reign: “Awesome. Nobody saw it coming for one. I think everybody assumed that the Cody Express would keep moving on forward. You know, he’s been in that position for a long time. And after he finished the story, he was on absolute fire. I’m not saying he wasn’t doing a great job. He’s a great champion, he’s a great performer. But it was a lot of the same, and I think there needed to be a shakeup. And there was a shakeup that no one saw come in when I won in Berlin. My hearing is not great these days, [but] I could hear the crowd. I could hear the response. I could see the response. And it put Cody in a position where he had to chase. Gave Cody a bit of that edge back, which, in my opinion, he desperately needed.”
On a potential match against SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis: “Hell yeah, I would [love to face Aldis]. I can feel it when I’m out there with him. Whenever we go back and forth on the microphone, I can feel the people starting to get into it. But at the same time, there’s this Aldis thing simmering at the side. And every time we go back and forth on the mic, you can feel the tension, you can cut it with a knife. We’ve known each other a long time. I name-dropped his son because I have known him for that long. But what a corporate stooge he is. His kid, Donovan, must be ashamed of him, having such a corporate stooge for a father instead of backing me, the one who’s in the right and the one that he’s known for years and the one who’s his actual friend. So when the time is right, be it Mania, be it after Mania, I think we should have a match. And I don’t think there should be any sanctioning around it. I don’t think anyone should be allowed to interfere. You know, he tapes up the fists. He’s not been in the ring a long time. He thinks he can go with a four-time former World Champion in WWE in the big leagues. [Aldis is] probably the greatest NWA Champion of the modern era, since Billy [Corgan] took over the NWA. But he’s not been in there for a long time. He’s a big guy, I would love to get in there with him and I’d love to see what damage I could do. No one’s allowed to interfere. They can come up close and ask me to stop politely, but I’ve been known to get a little crazy out there.”
