Drew McIntyre Critical Of Young WWE Stars

Drew McIntyre isn’t impressed by what he sees.

After his first run with WWE fell short of his and the company’s expectations, Drew McIntyre took a long, hard look at himself and decided to rebuild.

In the weeks, months, and years that followed, McIntyre took it upon himself to take the independent scene by storm and get into the best shape of his life. His goal was to become so good and so talked about that WWE had no choice but to sign him back.

And three years after his departure, that’s exactly what happened.

However, McIntyre feels that desire and willingness to learn are now missing from WWE’s younger generation.

Drew McIntyre Disappointed In WWE’s Next Generation

During a new interview with The West Sport, McIntyre held nothing back when giving his thoughts on the rest of the WWE roster. He began by doubling down on earlier claims that not even half of his colleagues “look like wrestlers.”

“I’ve said it recently… 85% of the roster don’t look like wrestlers,” he stated. “I have a lot of friends that tune into Netflix for the first time… and, like, ‘wait a minute, I could beat up this guy. My kid could probably beat up this guy.’ So some of our roster need to dial it in. Maybe start looking like athletes.”

He added that while not everyone has to look like him, they need to find a way to stand out, citing Rey Mysterio as a smaller wrestler who managed to do just that.

“I’m not saying you all have to look like Drew McIntyre, because you’re not gonna, but at least think of something that makes you stand out. You got to grab people’s attention right away… You could be five foot eight and just have something about you that makes you stand out. Look at Rey Mysterio is a superhero… You gotta find your thing that makes you stand out.”

McIntyre then called out younger members of the roster for failing to approach veterans for advice, and failing to listen and take things on board when they do.

“I give all this advice away for free in these interviews, because no one, like all the new guys listen to Twitter and it tells them how good they are. Oh I must be good. Twitter’s telling me I’m good,’ even though I’m not really on the show very often. You got all these vets here to ask, they don’t ask any advice… and they just don’t bloody listen.”

Speaking elsewhere, Drew McIntyre branded John Cena’s heel turn a “waste of time.” He said that now the veteran is back to his babyface self, a match with him before he retires is much more appealing.

H/t to WrestlingNews.Co