Former WWE champion Drew McIntyre recently appeared on Ryan Satin’s Out of Character podcast where he opened up about his experience of wrestling with Ricky Steamboat and what he learned from it.
The former world champion got a chance to compete against the wrestling veteran during his first WWE run in 2009. He recalled a particular match they had during a live event in New York.
McIntyre mentioned how Steamboat was very relaxed and present in the moment during their bout. It was just opposite to his own behavior and it’s something that took him a long time to learn:
“He was just so relaxed in his demeanor and the way he was when he out there, and the crowd were still with him because he so in the moment, so present with them, and I was thinking so much about not messing up
And like, in my own little bubble that, that’s why they weren’t responding to me. It took me again a long time to figure that out.”
Drew McIntyre Reveals The Lesson From Undertaker
The lesson he learned on the day was very similar to the advice Drew McIntyre got from The Undertaker. According to him, the Dead Man told him to stop playing the character and live it instead:
“This is a lesson the Undertaker told me: stop playing the wrestler and be the wrestler, I was out there so concerned about the things I might do and not messing up. It was very obvious to the crowd that Ricky was relaxed, he was part of [the match], he believed in himself so they believed in him.”
Drew McIntyre is currently scheduled to challenge Bobby Lashley for the WWE championship in a Hell In A Cell match on Sunday’s PPV. If the Scottish Warrior loses this match, he won’t be able to challenge Lashley for the title again.
