AJ Styles defeated Riddle and Keith Lee to become the No. 1 contender for Drew McIntyre’s WWE Championship. The two are going to face of at TLC pay-per-view on December 20.
The one person who is happiest about the matchup is the Champ Drew McIntyre himself. ‘The Scottish Psychopath’ revealed on WWEs The Bump that he has been dreaming of this match for a really long time.
Drew McIntyre: This match is going to be phenomenal!
Drew McIntyre shared that he has wanted a match with AJ Styles since he was 16 years old. They tried to make the contest happen at other independent promotions, but it never came to fruition (H/T Wrestling Inc.).
“I’ve wanted this match since I was 16-years-old. We were like passing ships in the night – we kept missing each other. We tried to make the match back then at other independent promotions, but it never happened. When I was in NXT, he was on SmackDown. I moved to Raw, and he finally moved over to the same brand.”
‘The Phenomenal One’ is finally on the same brand as Drew McIntyre, but this time he has a 7 ft. 3 inches associate with him at all times. But the two-time WWE Champion is no intimidated by the presence of Omos and is confident about finding “a way to overcome” at TLC.
“Finally, the match is about to happen, and then he runs to SmackDown. I feel like, ‘Oh, AJ is ducking me; this match is never going to happen.’ Then he returns to Raw and brings with him an eight-foot-tall bodyguard. I was a little bit concerned. I don’t care if he’s at TLC. Perhaps, it gives him the advantage. I don’t care if the odds are against me; I always find a way to overcome. But this match is going to be phenomenal!”
Just six days before #WWETLC, @AJStyles brings “The Nightmare before TLC” on #WWERaw! What does The Phenomenal One have in store for @DMcIntyreWWE?
Find out TOMORROW NIGHT at 8/7c on @USA_Network. https://t.co/np5Jsp5vgU pic.twitter.com/H7qMwOUpBe
— WWE (@WWE) December 14, 2020
Drew McIntyre also talked about his Hell in a Cell match with Randy Orton. The fall he took from the side of the cage onto the announcer’s table was the ‘worst of his career’, Drew McIntyre stated.
“It really, really, really sucked. It was easily the worst fall of my entire career. For some reason, I thought that table was going to break my fall, but it didn’t.”
The Viper sends Drew McIntyre FALLING
(via @WWE)pic.twitter.com/EvBH4YnGqC
— B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) October 26, 2020
