WWE Champion Drew McIntyre was recently a guest on the Gorilla Position podcast, and was asked if he's given any thoughts to how fans will react to his big WrestleMania win when they're finally able to attend shows again.
"I mean it is now!" he laughed when asked if those crowd reactions were playing on his mind. "Nah, I feel pretty good about things. Obviously the live crowd is where we get our instant feedback but also social media. As I’ve said before, [we have] a billion social media followers so I do have a finger on the pulse of how people are reacting, how they’re feeling about things."
"I’ve said in the past that social media can be a tad negative sometimes, but since I won the title? They’ve [the fans] been very positive, and every week they’re very positive," he continued. "And there’s feedback they’re rallying behind me, which is cool because they know I’m just a wrestling fan in the end who’s made it. I think you see that the passion hopefully comes through the camera when I’m out there."
Interestingly, McIntyre would go on to say that when WWE is able to have shows take place in front of a live audience, he wants to be the first one to appear in front of that excited crowd of wrestling fans.
"They know like when we get to the arenas? I want to be the first one to come out. I don’t want any dark matches, I don’t want any Main Event tapings or anything that we do prior to RAW starting. I’m gonna do whatever I can and harass Vince [McMahon] until he says ‘it’s okay Drew a you can do this.’ I want to be the first person that walks out of that curtain. The fans are going to be rabid to get back."
That sounds pretty damn good to us!