Drew McIntyre says there was a backstage incident where a fan “lunged” at him
While speaking to TMZ’s Inside The Ring podcast, Drew McIntyre said the following while discussing the fan reactions to his WWE Title victory over Cody Rhodes…
“There was one incident actually at a show last week. Somebody won a raffle to meet a superstar backstage, and they asked me to do it. I said, ‘Uh, are you sure? You know, Cody is on the show. You know that he’s the big good guy. I’m kind of the controversial, middle guy.’ And they went, ‘No, no, no. Everyone wants to see you.’
So I went, okay. The guy came back and lunged at me and did say, ‘That’s Cody’s title.’ He swung at me, and security had to get between us. I calmed him down. We got a picture together. I said, ‘We’ll get a picture with the title.’ He was really, yeah, really genuinely upset. It was great.
But because I knew he was so legitimately upset, as soon as we took the picture, he started mouthing off again. So I stepped back, moved the security guard between us, raised the title, and just went and ran off like a child.
[So that guy’s probably banned from all future events, is my guess.] Oh, no. I want fans like that. As long as you’re passionate, you’re making noise. There’s nothing worse than somebody just sitting there, sitting on their hands, not making noise whatsoever when I’m out there.”