Fired WWE Champion returns to the company… Releases Shock on Vince McMahon

In a recent appearance on the Notsam Wrestling Podcast, the former WWE Champion revealed his desire to perform on NXT, before returning to RAW or SmackDown, caught the attention of the WWE Chairman.

Drew McIntyre has opened up on how he was able to impress Vince McMahon upon his return to WWE after being released.

McIntyre said Vince McMahon responded positively to McIntyre’s intentions to work in NXT first, saying McMahon recognized him as more of a “businessman” as opposed to just a performer.

Here’s what Drew McIntrye had to say about impressing Vince McMahon:

“It was important for me to be there (in NXT). I was going to put in the work while I was there and I was so proud of what I was able to achieve there.

I wish I never tore my bicep of the bone, it cut my run short.

But I did maximize that time, working with Shawn Michaels at the Performance Center and, inevitably, when I returned to RAW, and I started getting running, Mr. McMahon did say to me one day… he knew that I wanted to go to NXT and that did impress him.”

He continued:

“That I was like, ‘No, I want to start here. I want to prove myself. This is my audience right now and eventually, I’ll come over here and start again, I’ll educate myself on WWE RAW or WWE SmackDown, wherever I happen to land.

‘ He was impressed with just that mindset and he could see what I was thinking, now more as a businessman, looking at things logically, than, ‘I wanna be on RAW!’ Than just jump in at the deep end. No, that doesn’t make sense.”

Clearly, McIntyre’s intentions to impress the boss worked well, as he was crowned WWE Champion at WrestleMania 36.