Drew McIntyre on match rehearsals: “I can’t stand when people plan stuff from beginning to end”
While speaking to Bradley Martyn’s Raw Talk, WWE star Drew McIntyre commented on wrestling matches being rehearsed. Here is what McIntyre had to say…
“Unless it’s stunt practice, but when it comes to the matches, you should know what you’re doing. We could talk about it a bit.
You got 10 minutes, you got 15 minutes, you got 20 minutes. Go out there and listen to the crowd. Wrestle. I can’t stand when people plan stuff from beginning to end because you don’t know how the crowd’s going to react.
A lot of people are good at listening, but some people panic, and it’s not fun if you’re on live TV and somebody panics and you’re talking to them like, ‘Hey, this ain’t working. We’re going to go this direction now.’ And they kind of freeze up, and that’s when things look choppy. Not choppy in the good way.
I like it if it looks kind of real, if it’s kind of choppy and you get really physical with each other. But if things start messing up in an obvious way, it’s not good. If there’s a miscommunication or somebody’s trying to tell the other person, ‘Let’s go this direction,’ and they’re not quite ready.”