After Drew McIntyre defeated Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship in a Three Stages Of Hell match earlier this month, “The Scottish Warrior” went viral on social media when he posted a photograph of himself sleeping with the title. Although McIntyre is thought to be one of the crucial creative skilled wrestlers on social media, he recently shared in an interview with “TMZSports” that the thought was inspired by one other famous Instagram post, and revealed that he actually slept with the title.
“My buddy actually had the thought, from [Lionel] Messi, the most important Instagram post of all time and that is where the thought got here from and a couple of athletes have replicated it since and I desired to be one in all the athletes who did it,” he explained. “I gave it old wash first cause I don’t need Cody’s dirty little germs on me to provide me anything, but then I slept with it … I actually woke up and thought it was a dream for a second. I looked beside me and I legitimately slept with it. In order that wasn’t a bit. I actually did sleep with the title.”
This upcoming weekend on the Royal Rumble, McIntyre will defend the Undisputed WWE Championship against Sami Zayn, who emerged victorious in a Fatal 4 Way at Saturday Night’s Predominant Event to challenge for the title. If McIntyre fails to defeat Zayn on Saturday, it might be the second shortest WWE title reign of his profession, along with his world championship win at WrestleMania 40 only lasting five minutes.
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