Many fans thought Drew McIntyre would be the one to dethrone Roman Reigns as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion when they met at WWE Clash at the Castle, the first major stadium show in the UK since SummerSlam 1992.
That didn’t happen as Reigns scored the win thanks to some help from Solo Sikoa, who made his Bloodline debut at the show.
Speaking to Alex McCarthy of Daily Mail, McIntyre looked back on the loss.
“For sure. It’s very rare that you ever get moments like that. There’s a stadium full of people 100 percent on one guy’s side and the story has peaked at the right time and you have the chance to take a talent to that next, next, next level. That’s what we had at Clash,” he said.
McIntyre continued, “But you need to look at the bigger picture. What are the plans for Roman and the Bloodline storyline, but at the same time it’s like, ‘Ah, could we do both? Theory has the Money in the Bank briefcase, there might be a way to pull this off, to look after Roman and the Bloodline story, which is the bigger picture, but at the same time take a talent to the next level?’ Everything happens for a reason and sometimes old McIntyre doesn’t quite get it done. It’s the story of my life and my character’s life I guess, that I keep getting knocked down and I guess that’s why my fans keep rallying behind me and pushing me and believing in me because they see how hard I work and how much I believe, no matter how close I get and keep on getting it taken away from me, I’ll keep pushing forward until I finally get that moment.”
