{"id":112001,"date":"2021-01-24T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=112001"},"modified":"2021-01-24T14:00:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T20:00:36","slug":"wwe-champion-drew-mcintyre-responds-to-undertaker-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/24\/wwe-champion-drew-mcintyre-responds-to-undertaker-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Champion Drew McIntyre responds to Undertaker comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-696033173\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>It didn&#8217;t take long for the WWE Champion to respond to comments by the Undertaker on the Joe Rogan podcast that called the WWE product soft.<\/p>\n<p>Drew McIntyre addressed the comments in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/news-i-agree-whatsoever-drew-mcintyre-responds-the-undertaker-s-criticism-current-wwe-product-exclusive\">Sportskeeda<\/a> and said that he plainly did not agree with them. \u201cI don\u2019t agree whatsoever. Especially from an in-ring perspective.&#8221; He continued and said, \u201cBack in the day, there were more sexual based, more like risque 18 plus. Our current product is PG, there\u2019s only so far we can push it and we\u2019re willing to push it. There\u2019s certain things from back in the day that was awesome and certain things that were not awesome that I wouldn\u2019t wanna go back to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to calling the product soft, Undertaker voiced criticisms of the current crop of WWE stars, alluding to his time of &#8220;men being men&#8221; as being better than today in which stars are playing video games backstage.<\/p>\n<p>Undertaker last appeared on WWE programming at Survivor Series in which he retired in grand fashion. Drew McIntyre has been out of action for the last two weeks due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/11\/drew-mcintyre-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/\">positive test for COVID-19<\/a>. McIntyre is set to wrestle Goldberg for the WWE Championship at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/07\/wwe-planning-not-to-allow-fans-at-the-royal-rumble\/\">Royal Rumble<\/a> on Sunday January 3oth.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/23\/heydorns-take-its-time-to-see-a-better-undertaker\/\">HEYDORN\u2019S TAKE: It\u2019s time to see a better Undertaker<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3613211500\"><div id=\"pwtor-384466584\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>It didn&#8217;t take long for the WWE Champion to respond to comments by the Undertaker on the Joe Rogan podcast that called the WWE product soft. 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