Drew McIntyre to India amid Covid-19: Thinking of you; stay strong, be safe

Former twotime WWE Champion and Royal Rumble 2020 winner Drew McIntyre faced Braun Strowman and WWE champion Bobby Lashley in a triple threat match at WrestleMania Backlash McIntyre went on to lose the bout after he hit a Claymore on Strowman but was thrown out of the ring by Lashley only for the latter to pin Strowman and retain the WWE championshipAhead of his WrestleMania Backlash match Drew McIntyre talked about performing in front of the fans his thoughts on buddy Jinder Mahals return his top 3 WWE stars and also a special message for the people in India who are battling the Covid19 crisisExcerptsHow was it performing for the WWE Universe after a yearIt was awesome to be back in front of the WWE universe We always say theyre our number one Superstar They create the unique atmosphere of WWE and I can only compare them to soccer fans Ive been to every sport in the world how wild and passionate they are and we were proven absolutely right The second we didnt have the fans in the building It wasnt easy not having that kind of energy in the building but we still wanted to give everyone the best show possible During the most difficult times weve found new ways to reach our fans and connect with them at home around the world Even when we didnt have the fans in the building including pivoting into our WWE ThunderDome which brought our fans back virtually so we could at least hear everybody over the speakers from across the world but having them there live it was amazing You can just watch my entrance from the first match Look at my face look at the crowds face and it says it allYou lost to Bobby Lashley at WM How was it different from your match against LesnarI couldnt make a mistake That was how I was going to put myself on top of the mountain and prove myself as a breakout WWE Superstar at the very top And I didnt make a mistake and I got the job done in under five minutes and it was very successful for an entire year and a half Against Lashley somebody who was coming up in the same position as me essentially the last WrestleMania I really wanted to prove myself cement myself at the top of the mountain He knew he couldnt make a mistake And it was going to come down to who made the first mistake Unfortunately that was me I allowed myself to be distracted for one second allowed Lashley to put me to sleep However this past Monday on RAW we saw that I promised I wasnt going to allow Lashley to distract me I was going to hit a Claymore Thats exactly what I did before I got the chance to pin Lashley and right the wrong of WrestleMania Braun stuck his big stupid nose in everybodys business and attacked us both and attacked me from behindYour former 3MB teammate Jinder is back how do you feel about his returnVery excited for Jinder He and I go way back as everybody knows on screen but offscreen too And he was part of my wedding party We had him in a kilt and hes educated me in Indian culture over the years He just went through a lot of injuries back to back and hes not wavered his work ethic or let them affect them mentally Its great to see him back in the ring and looking so physically incredible as he always doesName your top 3 WWE stars you would want to work with and whyWith Roman itrsquos pretty obvious there is unfinished business we are a couple of Superstars at the top of our game on our respective brands we had a cheap finish from the last match with all the interference and the low blowJinder Lets just say weve never had significant singles match the way Sheamus and I were able to recently When you have real history with somebody even though youre friends its good to get in there and be competitive with your friends and then hopefully joke about it afterwards and have fun afterwards No matter who wins Obviously with Sheamus things got a little bit personal hopefully that wouldnt happen with JinderDaniel Bryan I dont know whats going on with his future after he lost the match Maybe he shows up on NXT Maybe he shows up on RAW But he and I havent got to do much together Certainly never had anything big and I think obviously with where were at in our careers it would be something very specialMost memorable moment in WWEThat would be winning the Royal Rumble because we had 40000 people going crazy and that image is used all the time I still remember the night mostly because we havent really had fans My next biggest moment would be winning the WWE Title from Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania which was the exact opposite Such a big moment for me meant the world to me just like the Royal Rumble But didnt have those 40000 people going crazy There was complete silence but it still meant the world to me So both polar opposites but both mean the worldYour first book A Chosen Destiny has been released Tell us more about itWell its a book about my career and life and its written for everybody For WWE fans for wrestling fans and for new fans and people that havent checked out the show and hopefully become fans Obviously my career is in there and we talk about it indepth and I dont hold back anything but the main reason the main inspiration for me writing the book was my story outside of the ring that Ive talked about on television and talked about in interviews but never gone really indepth with The fact that Ive been able to go really indepth with it not hold back and only talk about the good times but especially talk about the bad times If anyone knows my career its been such a rollercoaster of ups and downs and lessons learned the entire way There have been times where Ive felt like Im at rock bottom Theres no light at the end of the tunnel and I kept pushing forward and wouldnt give up and finally achieved my dreams but it wasnt an easy journey I know during these times especially the past year people have been really struggling People are going through very difficult times right now I hope they can read my book and take something from it that inspires them to keep pushing forward Thats exactly why I wrote it in the first placeApart from wrestling where does Drews passion lieI dont have time for anything else I like helping others where I can Everythings virtual right now but the responsibilities that came with being WWE Champion such as virtual hospital visits supporting paediatric cancer awareness month meeting the troops and the virtual meet and greets I meet my fans all across the world from every country including India and they are a big inspirationOh and obviously I work out and I hang out with the wife and my cats and watch television I guess those are some things outside of wrestling but mostly everything revolves around my jobMessage for your fans in India battling Covid19Everyone stay strong The world is thinking about you right now Support each other where you can follow all the guidelines I know it is not great right now but just like I always say the night is always darkest before the dawn There is light at the end of the tunnel Were going to get through it everyone in the world Things are going to get back to normal Everyone will be able to see each other hug each other WWE will be back in India I cant wait to come and see everybody in person sometime soon We are thinking of you Stay strong and stay safeYou can watch WRESTLEMANIA BACKLASH on TV on Monday 17th MAY 2021 at 430 AM IST EXCLUSIVELY on SONY TEN 1 and SONY TEN 3 ChannelsAlso ReadWWE womens champ Bianca Belair Want to bring in new era of womens wrestling