Drew McIntyre Issues Heated Response To CM Punk & Roman Reigns WWE Promo

WWE Champion Drew McIntyre has issued a response to the CM Punk and Roman Reigns promo from this past Monday’s episode of Raw.

Punk and Reigns set up their WrestleMania match on Raw, but in doing so, took a few subtle shots at McIntyre, who both have feuded with in the past.

Both Punk and Reigns essentially made comments alluding to the fact that their match for Punk’s World Heavyweight Championship positioned the title as the top championship in the company and Raw as the top brand, putting down McIntyre’s Undisputed WWE Title and SmackDown as a whole.

On SmackDown tonight, McIntyre, retaliated, saying:

“CM Punk and Roman Reigns, I heard what you had to say and quite frankly I was disappointed. The OTC and CM Punk, for such big superstars, came across to me as very insecure. They would take a dig at me and the other one would defend me just by telling the truth, and talking about me doesn’t upset me, talk about me all day long.

“What frustrated me was trying to make this brand and this title feel second rate. For the SmackDown roster if you didn’t see that as a declaration of war, and you don’t wrestle every match as if it’s your last, I’ll show your arse the door.

“As for this title, what did you say Punk, the title makes the man? This man has been through hell to get this title. This man never quit when times got tough, or went part time, was there when the world shut down, ate banquets of crap and I’ve earned this title.

“How about the men that made this title. The Sammartinos, the Hogans, the Bret Harts, the Shawn Michaels, the not Dusty Rhodes, the Triple Hs, the Stone Colds, the Rocks, real men! If you tried to lie to yourself and say this ain’t the number one title, they’d look you in the eye and call you a bold face liar.

“And Roman, I know why you picked Punk. On one hand you have a 280 pound Scottish War Machine, on the other you’ve got that tattooed sociopath Fragile Phil, who’s always one fall away from his career being over, without your Samoan army, I’d kill ya, you made the best choice for you, so good luck at WrestleMania.

“When you two are out there acting like a couple of little boys, and aura farming, I got the entire rosters climbing over each other to get in that Chamber for the right to face the number one champion, the Undisputed Champion, the real best in the world in the main event of WrestleMania!”

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Currently planned for WrestleMania for WWE Champion McIntyre is a defense against Cody Rhodes, with the possibility of Jacob Fatu being added.

Randy Orton won an Elimination Chamber qualifier tonight against Aleister Black and Solo Sikoa, with the Chamber match ultimate deciding McIntyre’s Mania challenger.

Rhodes and Fatu are both in a qualifier next week along with Sami Zayn.