Drew McIntyre Recalls Dark Match With Big Show At WrestleMania 36

Drew McIntyre battled The Big Show in a dark match after his WWE Championship win at WrestleMania 36, something he recently looked back on. McIntyre defeated Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at the PLE, which was taped at the WWE Performance Center due to the COVID pandemic. Afterward, he faced Big Show in an “impromptu” dark match that was a hook for the Monday Night Raw afterward.

McIntyre was asked about the matter in his appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet. He recalled that it was a matter of trying to “throw things against the wall” to see what would stick in terms of storyline. He also spoke about his role in the upcoming Highlander reboot with Henry Cavill. You can see highlights below:

On His Dark Match With Big Show At WrestleMania 36:

“I don’t know. I mean, I guess I do know that the story is, but we’re just trying to throw things against the wall and see what sticks. I guess it was some kind of hook for the next Raw rather than just, I come out as champion, and here’s a promo in an empty warehouse with zero people reacting. Oh, by the way, there was also this match that happened once the cameras went off the air. I’ll never quite know, but it does allow me to say I beat Brock Lesnar and The Big Show in one night within about 15 minutes. That’s pretty cool.”

On How His Highlander Casting Came About:

“I don’t go into the ins and outs backstage in these things, but I had the chance to talk to a couple of people and get offered an opportunity. When we talk about this next time, if something’s out there and it’s not edited, and I don’t feel like an arse, because some people have been edited out, we just look like arses. And then we will go into details about it. But if it comes around the way you just mentioned, and Dave ends up killing me, I have an idea that we just keep doing feature after feature after feature where he murders me. I think he even mentioned me one time, ‘We can keep this going, and then you can get me the next time.’ No, screw that, I want it to be like Undertaker’s streak. I want it to be like 20 films in a row [where] I just get murdered, and then just out of nowhere, I go, ah! Like Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves where he gets the Sheriff of Nottingham, just out of nowhere, and the whole place pops and lose their minds. I finally broke the streak.”