Drew McIntyre: There was only 'an outline' for WWE Raw segment with Punk & Rollins

According to Drew McIntyre, his segment with CM Punk and Seth Rollins from this Monday's Raw was not heavily scripted.

McIntyre, Punk, and Rollins traded insults during a standout segment on Raw this week. The nearly 20-minute long segment included the announcement that Punk will be a special guest commentator for Rollins and McIntyre's World Heavyweight Championship match at night two of WrestleMania 40.

During an appearance on the Torg and Elliott radio show on QFM96 in Columbus, Ohio, McIntyre noted that there was only "an outline" for Monday's war of words with Punk and Rollins. McIntyre said they're three people who are good at their jobs and can tear into each other verbally without writing everything down on a piece of paper.

McIntyre responded when asked how far in advance he knows his plans for Raw:

I'd love to say, 'Is that a joke?' but you honestly probably don't know. But, no, I have no idea. If I'm very, very lucky there's a match promoted in advance publicly. Or maybe one of our creative team members say, 'This is the potential idea.'

And back in the day, it would change right up until showtime. But these days we have a rough idea, and it may change on the day, it may not change on the day. But the way I look at it is, I do not pay attention until show day. Monday Night Raw, I will not ask what's going on until Monday. Then it might change a couple of times, then I might not feel good about it so I'll change a couple of things. And it's a collaboration right up until showtime.

This week - a lot of stuff, if you watch that interview with myself, CM Punk, and Seth Rollins, I'm sure you could feel the tension. Basically the whole thing, if it felt uncomfortable, it's because there was an outline and it's three guys going out there who might not like each other, might have personal feelings, but also are good at their job and go out there and just tear into each other verbally without it on a piece of paper - because it's stupid [writing everything down and then delivering it to a live audience].

The full McIntyre, Punk, and Rollins segment from Raw can be watched below. It ended with Rollins laying out McIntyre while McIntyre was focused on mocking Punk. Later in the night, McIntyre got revenge by dropping Rollins with a Future Shock DDT.