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Drew McIntyre calls winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in Scotland a ‘dream come true’

Originally posted on ClutchPoints | By Matty Breisch | Last updated 5/22/24

Though Drew McIntyre has spent the vast majority of his adult life living in America while pursuing his professional wrestling dreams in the WWE and beyond, in his heart, he is a son of Scotland through and through, with his gimmick, song, nickname, and presentation all built around his country of origin.

So, when news broke that WWE was bringing Clash at the Castle to the UK for the second time in three years, this time swopping out Cardiff, Wales, for the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, it was like music to McIntyre’s ears as, in an interview with PW Insider, the “Scottish Warrior” has been pushing for a PLE in his home country for literally years.

“This is something beyond a dream, you know, I talked about for years and spoke about it with yourself, and everyone else has listened to me for years that the UK needs to get, you know, a significant event. I’ve been asking since the day I was in WWE, and I always heard the logistics excuse, this and this, then suddenly we’re doing shows all across the world, places like Australia, they’ve got the craziest time difference,” Drew McIntyre told PW Insider.

“And finally the original Clash at the Castle, it happened. That was, my goodness, a dream come true. I wrestled in the main event, could have done without singing that stupid freakin’ song afterwards. Nonetheless, it was just an amazing experience. But never thought for a second hey, we’re gonna get you know, a PLE and big event in Scotland. And I was, you know, smartened up a few months ago, hey, it’s going to happen. It’s beyond dreams… growing up, I didn’t think about this because it wasn’t a real thing. And the idea to get to go back there and be part of such a big show while the industry is so hot. If the industry wasn’t as hot, I can assure you the Scottish wrestling fans were just as crazy, and if you think Backlash was something, just wait for the songs. The Scottish fans will be bringing it, and if I’m in less than a title match, quite frankly, I’ll be upset.”

Fortunately for fans in Scotland, McIntyre will almost certainly be in the main event of Clash at the Castle II, where he will challenge Damian Priest for the belt they both won at WrestleMania 40 back in April. While McIntyre clearly didn’t want his title reign to last less than six minutes, in the end, it might have actually been for the best, as he now has a chance to have an even more memorable moment in front of his friends, family, and countrymen.

Drew McIntyre has a chance to make his dreams come true in Glasgow.

Continuing his conversation with PW Insider, Drew McIntyre noted that while he would love to wrestle CM Punk in Glasgow, when it comes to Clash at the Castle, he wants to take things to Damian Priest once and for all, recapturing the title he won at WrestleMania 40 but carelessly threw away after taking his eye off the ball.

“As much as I’d love to slap [CM] Punk around in front of all my friends and family and in Glasgow where I went to university for a year, one of the roughest places in the world. If I don’t finish the job, they’ll finish it for me. It’s about, you know, getting that title back,” Drew McIntyre explained.

“You know, having the title for five minutes and 46 seconds at WrestleMania was pretty cool. It was a legitimate very special moment, and you could tell you know how much it meant to me, having that moment with the fans and my wife and my brother before we went into the other stuff, which obviously advanced stories, but I want that type of magic. [Damian] Priest has still got the title, we had words last week, and whatever he said everyone thinks, Priest got one over on Drew – you can never get one over on Drew, nobody gets one over on Drew, cause Drew’s playing chess, while Priest is playing with his guyliner. Give him a rematch, that’s all I wanted. McIntyre is always one step ahead. I would love to have that title match if he’s still the champion in Scotland and finally have that moment with the title and actually keep the title, but I could never have imagined it could potentially be in Glasgow. So that’s my dream scenario.”

Did WWE pull the rug out from under McIntyre to give him an even bigger pop a few months later in his hometown? If so, you have to give it to Paul “Triple H” Levesque and company, as their plan appears to be perfectly falling into place.