{"id":214281,"date":"2026-04-03T00:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=214281"},"modified":"2026-04-03T00:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:13:46","slug":"drew-mcintyre-discusses-dropping-title-cody-says-he-trusts-managements-plan-for-his-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/04\/03\/drew-mcintyre-discusses-dropping-title-cody-says-he-trusts-managements-plan-for-his-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew McIntyre discusses dropping title Cody, says he trusts management&#8217;s plan for his character"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3399162467\" 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>Drew McIntyre appreciates that fans were disappointed that he lost the WWE Undisputed Championship to Cody Rhodes on the March 6 episode of Smackdown, but he trusts that management has a long-term vision for his character because they&#8217;ve always been honest with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fans getting disappointed on my behalf, I appreciate it and sometimes I am equally as personally disappointed,&#8221; said McIntyre during an interview on the April 2 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2lGH7281JjM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insight<\/a> with Chris Van Vliet. \u201cAnd I hope to see the future and I do have personal conversations with those in charge and say my feelings. And I\u2019m always told, \u2018Drew, here\u2019s what we\u2019re thinking 0r \u2018Here\u2019s what I\u2019m thinking.\u2019 We go this direction, I give my opinion, and it\u2019s always that\u2019s where we\u2019re going to go. And we have stuck on that path every time. I\u2019ve been so particular about the journey and the character and the nuances and I\u2019ve not been lied to when it comes to the journey. Things change, that\u2019s just the nature of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McIntyre believes that even though he dropped the title, it made sense because it created two big matches for WrestleMania 42 on April 18 and April 19 with Cody Rhodes now defending the WWE Undisputed Championship against Randy Orton and McIntyre set to face Jacob Fatu. McIntyre says he believes the long-term goal is for him to turn face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s another part of Drew McIntyre\u2019s story. Personally, it sucks. I\u2019d love to walk into Mania as champion with the title and whatever might have been supposed to happen would have been very cool. But things happen in the bigger picture, as I\u2019ve been talking about over and over and as a company, as Mania for two days, we need all these big matches. We need surprises and this gave us two giant matches. But for Drew McIntyre, you know, screwing over Cody, even though it was in a contract, even though it was justified and it makes perfect sense to raise the story with Aldis, It makes perfect sense to set up the match with Jacob.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we get this crazy match with Drew McIntyre and Jacob Fatu. We get people seeing like, \u2018Drew was screwed, but at the same time, kind of deserved it, but did he really deserve it?\u2019 And then Cody and Randy have got their match over there going on right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I appreciate the fans. If anything doesn\u2019t work out and I\u2019m sitting there at one point just like, \u2018Oh my God, no one cares and the story didn\u2019t make sense and it sucks and I\u2019m left in the lurch,\u2019 then I\u2019ll be the first one to point it out. But that\u2019s not happened so far and after the stuff I\u2019ve been doing with Jacob, I know McIntyre is right back on track of where we need to be, which I believe inevitably is going to lead to a big babyface run down the line. But I\u2019m not trying to get there any time soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drew McIntyre is currently scheduled to face Jacob Fatu in an Unsanctioned match at WrestleMania 42. He is a former 4x World Champion in WWE. 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