WWE’s Drew McIntyre Walks Out Of Interview, ‘F**k You For Making Me Do This’

WWE’s Drew McIntyre walked out of The Busted Open Radio Holiday Party after detailing the sacrifices he’s made to the wrestling industry.

The Scottish Warrior recently returned to WWE TV for the first time since October’s Bad Blood PLE, appearing at the very end of the December 2 edition of Monday Night Raw and attacking Sami Zayn.

Drew McIntyre and Sami Zayn will face off one-on-one at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event in Long Island, NY on December 14, and ahead of the bout the former three-time world champion appeared on Busted Open Radio alongside Dave LaGreca, Bubba Ray Dudley, Mark Henry and Tommy Dreamer.

Opening about his WWE absence since Bad Blood, McIntyre revealed that spending time at home with his family made him realise the “mistake” he’s made by giving too much to wrestling at their expense.

McIntyre said:

“I’ve always given to this industry, probably too much and I never really felt like I got too much back. And I would be over the moon if I thought people were following suit and it’d be good for the industry and for the future.

“To be completely honest after Hell in a Cell I went back home, a close family member died I don’t care about the staples in my head, all that s**t. I don’t care about the injuries, I’ve showed up with broken bones, never told the office and worked right through it. But I’ve never had true time at home ever, in 17 years. I’ve only ever been home when there’s a wrestling show, I’ve missed weddings birthdays, some funerals just for this industry. My mum passed I was back at work after a couple of weeks, I never truly dealt with it. And going home this time and spending real time with my family I realised I might have made a mistake.

“I’ve given and given and given to this industry and it’s taken and taken and taken from my real family. I’m trying to keep it together in respect to everybody sitting with me right now, but as much as we’re on the road and we call each other family that’s a matter of convenience. I was with my real family and when I was gone for three months I can count on one finger how many people checked in, like ‘How you doing Drew?’ And it really opened my eyes.”

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McIntyre then turned his attention to the internet wrestling fans and how they’ve gotten to him in recent times, saying he’s done giving to the industry and is simply going to “take” from now on.

He continued:

“I was gone from around here and I tried to stay away from social media and the likes, obviously I’ll be back ripping people and I’ll be myself but I’ll see things like someone cuts a one minute promo and ‘That’s the best promo of the year’, or ‘What have you done for me lately?’ The same old crap, it occurred to me why are we placating so much to the smart marks? The internet fans? When did things change?

“And I realised it wasn’t when we started together, I was a young kid when we started letting the marks in the locker room and they’re truly getting to me. And I hate to say this but I gave and gave and gave and as far as wrestling on TV is concerned I’m going to take and take and take. Tomorrow morning I’m still going to be out there helping the homeless, things that really mean something to me. But when it comes to Drew McIntyre on TV, Drew McIntyre in general, I really hate to say this cause I didn’t believe it in the past until I saw the proof right in front of my face, the lack of contact and the look on my family’s face, realising everything I’ve missed that I’m just going to take from now on.

“When I leave this industry I won’t just be one of those guys, like when I was a kid in the locker room on the indies that are just chasing the last pay check, chasing that last bit of glory, ‘Please remember me’. When I leave, when I retire I will have accomplished everything and it doesn’t matter if you’re Mark Henry, Bully Ray, Tommy Dreamer, Stone Cold Steve Austin, when you’re gone they move on and they forget, and it sucks but it’s true.

“So as far as I’m concerned when it comes to the internet fans I don’t give a f**k about your opinion.”

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McIntyre would then throw his microphone and walk away from the interview, leaving the Busted Open hosts looking on in shock.

After the appearance McIntyre then posted a video of the appearance (see below), along with the caption:

F**k you for making me do this.

We will provide further updates on McIntyre’s Busted Open appearance if/when they become available.

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