Wwe's Drew Mcintyre Shares 'honest' Thoughts About Randy Orton, John Cena And Cody Rhodes

Drew McIntyre will make his in-ring return astatine WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event erstwhile he squares disconnected against Randy Orton much than a period aft he mislaid to Damian Priest successful a alloy cage match.

McIntyre showed his look past week erstwhile he interrupted a conception betwixt Orton and Cody Rhodes.

Unafraid to show it for illustration it is, McIntyre wondered "what happened" to Orton arsenic nan alleged "Legend Killer" seemingly mislaid nan psychological warfare against Rhodes good earlier he mislaid nan lucifer against him that would person fixed him a changeable astatine nan Undisputed WWE title against John Cena astatine SummerSlam.

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Drew McIntyre during Wrestlemania 39 Night 2 astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, Calif., April 2, 2023. (Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports)

Orton sewage nan past connection that night, but it group up a lucifer betwixt nan 2 superstars astatine Saturday Night’s Main event.

"I conjecture we’ll find out," McIntyre told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked whether Orton whitethorn person mislaid his slayer instinct. "He yet dropped maine pinch nan RKO aft I ran my rima for 8 consecutive minutes. But I’m honest. I’m ever honest. I’m not nan bad guy. You know, ‘heel,’ for illustration everyone likes to say. I conscionable show nan truth and that makes you nan bad feline today's time successful age.

"I said Cody’s been buttering him up for months, talking astir really awesome friends they are, really overmuch he respects him, getting Randy’s defender down starring into nan (Night of Champions) lucifer and nan divided 2nd Randy tweaked his back, his surgically repaired back, nan backmost he was ne'er gonna return from astatine 1 point. 

"What did Cody do? ‘My bully friend, ohio my goodness, are you OK? I want to do this nan correct way.’ No! He went correct aft his back. He targeted his back, perchance shortened his profession moreover more. Then, erstwhile Randy had nan opportunity to get him back, he hesitated, but he went for it anyway, past he missed and he mislaid nan match. That’s connected Randy."

McIntyre said "prodding" Orton was portion of nan scheme to get a lucifer pinch him. He compared himself pinch John Cena and said he wasn’t going to waste his psyche and return "cheap" way to get a title shot.

Randy Orton makes his entranceway during WWE Elimination Chamber astatine Rogers Centre March 1, 2025, successful Toronto. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)

When it came to who he wants to look for nan title, he pointed straight astatine Rhodes and made clear he didn’t want to spell up against this type of Cena.

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"Cena and Cody at SummerSlam. … I’ve said this already. I don’t want this John Cena. This John Cena is simply a small b----," he said. "We ne'er had a lucifer one-on-one ever. It would beryllium a immense match. I don’t want this Cena. 

"I want to nonstop him packing nan measurement he utilized to beryllium — hustle, loyalty and respect, doing things nan correct way. These inexpensive finishes, everyone leaves nan arena like, ‘That freaking sucked, that was a discarded of money.’ I want nan existent John Cena. But since he’s not that guy, I want Cody to triumph that title."

McIntyre compared his profession to Rhodes’ and believes their imaginable matchup would beryllium 1 everyone wanted to see.

"And arsenic I told Cody, parallel careers for 20 years. We some sewage handed a crappy manus backmost successful nan time characteristic wise. We some had to time off nan institution to find ourselves, travel back, get ourselves to wherever we are now. I utilized to beryllium wherever he was successful his mindset wherever he is now. I’ve evolved past that. I spot what’s important now," he told Fox News Digital.

Cody Rhodes is interviewed by Byron Saxton aft his triumph during Night Of Champions astatine Kingdom Arena June 28, 2025, successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)

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"Parallel careers, different destinations. The communicative is gonna beryllium incredible, nan lucifer is gonna beryllium incredible. But I want to beryllium nan 1 to tear nan title retired of Cody’s hands and spot nan look successful his look and know, ‘Oh crap this isn’t nan aforesaid Drew, and I was frightened of nan aged Drew. This is an evolved Drew I can’t compete pinch because he’s amended than me.’"

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