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Drew McIntyre Responds After Cody Rhodes Agrees To Stipulation

By Shuvangi Sen Chaudhury • Published Dec 20, 2025 04:00 EST
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Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre have been going at each other’s throats for a while now. Unless they have the championship match, the situation will continue to take a turn for the worse.

Nick Aldis had met with The Scottish Warrior at the latter’s home ahead of the latest episode of SmackDown. SmackDown’s General Manager told McIntyre that his suspension would be lifted if he paid the fine and apologised to the referee.

However, McIntyre refused to do anything until Nick Aldis agreed to his condition that if Cody Rhodes laid a finger on McIntyre before the match, The American Nightmare would be stripped of the title. Just after Aldis had verbally agreed to it, The American Nightmare reached Drew McIntyre’s home and attacked him.

Drew McIntyre’s response to Cody Rhodes after the latter agreed to the condition

On the latest episode of WWE SmackDown, The American Nightmare agreed to the stipulation. Following that, Drew McIntyre responded to it.

Cody, Cody, Cody. You’re such a smug b**tard aren’t you? You tell half-truths and lies up and down, but I’ll go into those next time I’m face-to-face with you. You attacked me in the parking lot a couple of weeks ago, and all I was trying to do was come to work and do my job, and you had the audacity to attack me on my property.

I am protecting these fans from seeing you rapidly descend into madness and mess this whole thing up for everyone. Now, who knows what kind of man you really are? But soon, you won’t have the upper hand. I will.

You’re not good for that championship, you’re not fit for the job, but I am. You stayed as champion the last time we faced off because of an inept official.

You lay your hands on me, it’s all over. The title’s mine. Regardless, once you and I face each other in that ring, the title’s mine anyway. So I hope you have happy holidays, Cody, you and your family. It will be your last as the WWE Champion.

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