News

Drew McIntyre Addresses Scotland Crowd As WWE Champion (VIDEO)

By Monika Thapa • Published Jan 11, 2026 04:09 EST

Drew McIntyre is the new WWE Undisputed Champion.

On the latest edition of Friday Night SmackDown, The Scottish Warrior defeated Cody Rhodes in a Three Stages of Hell match to become the new WWE Undisputed Champion.

Towards the end of the match, the crowd at Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany, saw a returning Jacob Fatu attack McIntyre and Rhodes.

While Fatu was busy with The American Nightmare, Drew McIntyre snuck out of the steel cage to steal the victory and the gold from Rhodes.

Drew McIntyre Celebrates WWE Championship Victory In His Homeland

Following SmackDown, WWE held a house show on January 10 at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, where Drew McIntyre made his first appearance as the Undisputed WWE Champion in his homeland to address the crowd.

He said:

“I assume 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 gonna win the WWE Championship and I’m gonna bring it back to Scotland.
“Well, the first time I won the WWE Championship the World had to go shutting down on us. I won it twice and 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 could fulfill my promise!”