Drew McIntyre Thinks Jelly Roll Showed Up WWE Stars
Drew McIntyre has called on the WWE roster to step up.
At SummerSlam, Drew McIntyre teamed with Logan Paul to beat Jelly Roll and Randy Orton. However, coming out of the match, it was Jelly Roll who captured the headlines.
The singer was widely praised for his performance, as well as his commitment to training. In fact, he’d made such an impression, it was reported that WWE is already working to bring him back in early 2026.
During a new interview with the Huge Pop podcast, McIntyre said that Jelly Roll’s punches in particular looked better than many members of the WWE roster. Then doubled down on suggestions that some of his colleagues aren’t applying themselves as they should be.
The comments came after Drew McIntyre blasted young WWE stars for not only failing to ask for advice, but also ignoring guidance when it was given.
“It says a lot. His jabs felt and looked better and most of the guys. I said it recently, I don’t know why it was so controversial, 85%, maybe I’m a little off, maybe it’s like 82% of the roster look like they shouldn’t be WWE Superstars.
I don’t mean you have to be big and jacked like me. It would help to look like an athlete, my God. You’re in World Wrestling Entertainment. Wrestling is still in there. Athletic endeavor. Look like an athlete. I’m not just saying be huge and jacked. Be in shape, for God’s sake. To find something to make you stand out, something different. What’s going to make you different from everybody else?
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McIntyre added that there are more eyes than ever on WWE, which means that it’s also more important than ever to do something to stand out. He said that in his view, there are currently too many people in the locker room trying to do the same thing.
“There are a bunch of guys, to me, that just do the same thing and are very much of the same mold. What’s going to make you stand out from the other guy that is really good at wrestling or high flying, and an injury comes and you can’t do that style anymore?
It’s just food for thought more than anything, but when I watch the show, I want every segment to be something that catches your eye because we’re on Netflix now and all across the world. We’re cutting these giant TV deals including $1.6 billion on ESPN for the PLEs.
There are so many eyeballs on us and people have such short attention spans. Every single one of our segments have to be bangers and have to be something that draw your eye.
If you’re not physically larger than life, have something that makes you watch that segment so they are going to think about it from not a wrestling fan perspective. Obviously, we want to entertain our fans, but if people are tuning in for the first time, you have to grab them right away or they’re changing the channel.
Maybe they are going to tune in, ‘I’m going to rip on wrestling. Oh, this has got my attention. Wow, look how athletic this person is. Look at this character, there is something different about him or her.’
Think about it and stand out. Also, get in the damn gym. You have all the free time in the world and get paid a bunch of money, you have no friggin’ excuse to be sitting on your couch and eating pizza.”
During the same interview, Drew McIntyre questioned by Bret Hart seems to love CM Punk so much. He said that while Hart was the “Excellence of Execution,” all of Punk’s moves are executed terribly.
Punk and McIntyre went to war through much of 2024, and McIntyre has repeatedly stated that the pair have a very real dislike of one another.
CM Punk is set to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship at Clash in Paris as part of a huge Fatal-Four-Way Match. Also involved is LA Knight, and Jey Uso, as well as champion Seth Rollins.
It’s believed that McIntyre will also challenge for the World Championship at the event, after repeatedly targeting Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes in recent weeks.
H/t to Fightful