Drew McIntyre recently spoke with Sam Roberts for his Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast where he discussed his recent Raw angle with Heath Slater. Below are some highlights with a H/T to WrestlingInc.com for the transcriptions.

On his recent Raw angle with Heath Slater:

“When I heard about it, I genuinely feel bad because this is a dick move,” McIntyre said. “The way it came together, and Heath is sympathetic, to begin with. Thankfully I could hear the crowd while we were filming, they understood a past relationship and if they didn’t, hopefully, we played it that way. It wasn’t necessarily all planned, me reaching for the money, the banter back and forth, that was going with the flow and going with how it feels.”

Wanting to feud with Slater:

“Heath and I genuinely have a relationship, I know his family and we were just trying to put that in the moment,” McIntyre explained. “It would be good for Heath and good for me if somewhere down the line we had a little program.”

His WrestleMania 35 match with Roman Reigns:

“Hard to put into words, that the company and Roman had that belief in me,” McIntyre stated. “To have the first match with him, after his illness, on the grandest stage of them all, for me it was such a significant match for me, just with the journey I have been through. To end up having my first singles match at WrestleMania, be against Roman Reigns, in his return match, it was very special for both of us. It was a night I would never forget.”