Drew McIntyre is WWE Champion once again, and the first event he got to bask in this accomplishment was in his hometown of Glasgow.
Last night’s episode of SmackDown saw Drew McIntyre defeat Cody Rhodes in a Three Stages of Hell match to become WWE Champion for a third time. In a beautiful twist of fate for McIntyre, WWE’s next scheduled date was a live event in Glasgow, Scotland.
What a moment for Drew McIntyre
Drew McIntyre delivered an emotional speech to the WWE Universe in Glasgow. Noting that he delivered his promise of bringing the title back to his home.
“A lot of you have been coming to the WWE Hydro shows for a few years now, yeah? You’ve probably heard me repeatedly make you a promise that I’m going to win the WWE Championship, and I’m going to bring it back to Scotland. Well, the first time I won the WWE Championship, unfortunately, the world had to go shut down on us, didn’t it?
“I won it twice. I’m proud of what we did during that period. We gave people an escape during scary times, but I swore I would get the title back, and it has been years and years of disappointment. I’ve been screwed over, but still believing in myself, because I’ve got this weird condition that makes me mental. I’m Scottish.
“Last night, you couldn’t have written it any better. I won the WWE Championship and the very first place I was able to walk out in front of live fans as the number one wrestler on planet Earth was Glasgow, where I can fulfill my promise.”
You can check out McIntyre’s speech for yourself in the embedded video below:
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