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UK Promoter Says WWE Is Wasting Drew McIntyre, More...

Posted By: Caylon Knox of WrestlingNewsSource.com on Jun 15, 2013

UK wrestling promoter Graham McKay recently spoke with "The Big WrestleShark Show" about WWE Superstars Drew McIntyre and Sheamus, as well as other former WWE stars who McKay has worked with:

Drew McIntyre: "He's getting wasted in WWE. You look at theĀ  3MB set up: three of the best guys they've got in that company and they areĀ  totally wrecking them. He was supposed to get the big push, he was the next bigĀ  thing. Bret Hart has spoken to Vince about Drew, Roddy Piper has spoken to VinceĀ  about Drew, but nothing seems to be happening. Drew doesn't let much on aboutĀ  what's happening, but I said to him a couple of weeks ago that he's gettingĀ  ruined. He didn't say much but he seems quite happy with what he's doing. So IĀ  don't know if they have plans for him, but I don't see how they can repair whatĀ  they're doing to him right now. Drew's ability is so much more advanced thanĀ  what WWE will let him do. He is so technically minded. Him and SheamusĀ got signed at the same time, they're best friends: they would have greatĀ  matches."

Sheamus signing with WWE: "Sheamus was actually in two mindsĀ  over whether or not to go for the WWE try-out. He's that little bit older, he'sĀ  in his 30s, he had a good job in Dublin and was very well paid. So he was in twoĀ  minds, because obviously if you get through the try-out you go to developmental,Ā  you can spend two or three years there and get nothing. So it was a big risk forĀ  him to go for that and potentially come back to no job. Believe it or not it wasĀ  Drew that convinced him to go for the try-out."

Chris Masters appearing for BCW: "You get a lot of AmericanĀ  workers come over and they are lazy. They're going to get paid either way: ChrisĀ  worked so, so hard to get people over. He's such a hard-working man. He shouldĀ  be signed back up."

Getting punched by Raven: "I came backstage after managingĀ  the match before, and Alex Shane grabs my collar and pulls me out the curtainĀ  saying 'come on, you're managing me.' He gave me this spot at the end where IĀ  was to jump up and get hit by Raven, but the referee messed up and accidentallyĀ  counted the 1-2-3. So Raven started getting pretty upset, and when I jumped upĀ  on the apron Raven punched me full force in the face… then I had to pay him. ItĀ  can be great to have Americans over… but you get the good ones and bad ones."

Thinking he had killed Marty Jannetty: "I once thought heĀ  was dead. He mixed UK Paracetamol (mild pain killers) with US Paracetamol. IĀ  went in to wake him up and he had been sick blood all over the pillow and heĀ  wasn't moving. I thought 'my god, I've just killed Marty Jannetty.' But I shookĀ  him, and he just kind of woke up with no idea what I was so worried about… it'sĀ  crazy."

Bret Hart's medical condition: "There were a few things heĀ  was talking about backstage when he was over to work in England. For example, ifĀ  he turns his head to fast in one direction he loses all sight, gets dizzy andĀ  may collapse; so he has to be careful even getting in the ring. That's why whenĀ  he does the Sharpshooter there is a possibility that he may lose sight and keelĀ  over. That's why he does it very, very slowly now. And yet, you book him in theĀ  UK and he will still sell out shows. Last time he was over to promote his bookĀ  and they had to close off a couple of streets for him."

Trying to book Roddy Piper: "I still have the email in myĀ  phone, he would only come over to work for BCW if I could get him a part in anĀ  Irn Bru advert. He said he had just been over and would have no reason to comeĀ  back otherwise. I was just like, I've got enough troubles trying to promote aĀ  show without trying to get him a role in an advert."


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