For 3 years, Drew McIntyre was intent on capturing his third world title in WWE. At WrestleMania 40, he did simply that by defeating Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Throughout a current interview with “Notsam Wrestling,” McIntyre recalled the whirlwind of feelings he skilled in conquering this feat in entrance of followers and his spouse.
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“[To] win the match, that was all very, very actual and it felt actual as a result of it’s actual,” McIntyre stated. “If it ever feels actual with me, it is as a result of it’s actual. After I obtained that title, and I had the second and I checked out it and the folks had been chanting ‘You deserve it’ this time as an alternative of [me] holding the title and it is silence in a Efficiency Middle. [Instead of me] having that personal second I would have within the lodge room later when the adrenaline left me in entrance of the world as a result of it is so quiet, I am having the adrenaline stuffed second of successful the world title and I lock eyes with Seth who’s additionally telling me ‘You deserve it’ … It was superior.”
As McIntyre alluded to, his first world championship win came about in an empty WWE Efficiency Middle because the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a worldwide shutdown forward of WrestleMania 36. In November 2020, McIntyre clutched his second WWE Championship reign with a win over Randy Orton in entrance of the WWE ThunderDome, which allowed followers to seem on display screen through a dwell feed. It wasn’t till WrestleMania 40, although, {that a} McIntyre-world-title win was accompanied with a dwell and in-person viewers.
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Sadly for McIntyre, his WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign was short-lived, as Damian Priest efficiently cashed in his Cash within the Financial institution briefcase moments later.
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