WWE Saturday Evening’s Fundamental Occasion: Drew McIntyre returns to face Randy Orton

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Drew McIntyre will make his in-ring return at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event when he squares off in opposition to Randy Orton greater than a month after he misplaced to Damian Priest in a metal cage match.

McIntyre confirmed his face final week when he interrupted a phase between Orton and Cody Rhodes .

Unafraid to inform it like it's, McIntyre questioned "what occurred" to Orton because the so-called "Legend Killer" seemingly misplaced the psychological battle in opposition to Rhodes effectively earlier than he misplaced the match in opposition to him that might have given him a shot on the Undisputed WWE championship in opposition to John Cena at SummerSlam.

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Drew McIntyre throughout Wrestlemania 39 Evening 2 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., April 2, 2023. (Joe Camporeale/USA Right this moment Sports activities)

Orton received the final phrase that night time, but it surely arrange a match between the 2 superstars at Saturday Night’s Main event .

"I suppose we’ll discover out," McIntyre advised Fox Information Digital when requested whether or not Orton might have misplaced his killer intuition. "He lastly dropped me with the RKO after I ran my mouth for eight straight minutes. However I’m trustworthy. I’m at all times trustworthy. I’m not the unhealthy man. You understand, ‘heel,’ like everybody likes to say. I simply inform the reality and that makes you the unhealthy man at present's day in age.

"I stated Cody’s been buttering him up for months, speaking about how nice pals they're, how a lot he respects him, getting Randy’s guard down main into the (Evening of Champions) match and the break up second Randy tweaked his again, his surgically repaired again, the again he was by no means gonna return from at one level.

"What did Cody do? ‘My good buddy, oh my goodness, are you OK? I wish to do that the suitable approach.’ No! He went proper after his again. He focused his again, presumably shortened his profession much more. Then, when Randy had the chance to get him again, he hesitated, however he went for it anyway, then he missed and he misplaced the match. That’s on Randy."

McIntyre stated "prodding" Orton was a part of the plan to get a match with him. He in contrast himself with John Cena and stated he wasn’t going to promote his soul and take "low-cost" path to get a title shot.

Randy Orton makes his entrance throughout WWE Elimination Chamber at Rogers Centre March 1, 2025, in Toronto. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE by way of Getty Pictures)

When it got here to who he needs to face for the title, he pointed instantly at Rhodes and made clear he didn’t wish to go up in opposition to this model of Cena.

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"Cena and Cody at SummerSlam . … I’ve stated this already. I don’t need this John Cena. This John Cena is somewhat b----," he stated. "We by no means had a match one-on-one ever. It will be an enormous match. I don’t need this Cena.

"I wish to ship him packing the way in which he was — hustle, loyalty and respect, doing issues the suitable approach. These low-cost finishes, everybody leaves the world like, ‘That freaking sucked, that was a waste of cash.’ I would like the precise John Cena. However since he’s not that man, I would like Cody to win that title."

McIntyre in contrast his profession to Rhodes’ and believes their potential matchup can be one everybody needed to see.

"And as I advised Cody, parallel careers for 20 years. We each received handed a crappy hand again within the day character smart. We each needed to depart the corporate to seek out ourselves, come again, get ourselves to the place we at the moment are. I was the place he was in his mindset the place he's now. I’ve developed previous that. I see what’s vital now," he advised Fox Information Digital.

Cody Rhodes is interviewed by Byron Saxton after his win throughout Evening Of Champions at Kingdom Enviornment June 28, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE by way of Getty Pictures)

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"Parallel careers, totally different locations. The story is gonna be unbelievable, the match is gonna be unbelievable. However I wish to be the one to tear the title out of Cody’s fingers and see the look in his face and know, ‘Oh crap this isn’t the identical Drew, and I used to be petrified of the previous Drew. That is an developed Drew I can’t compete with as a result of he’s higher than me.’"