Drew McIntyre unhappy with WWE Royal Rumble participant ‘trying to get himself over’

Drew McIntyre is not happy with someone he was in the ring with at Royal Rumble 2025.

Yesterday, PWInsider reported that McIntyre was angry backstage after being eliminated from the Rumble about one participant who “had to get their moves in” at the expense of other stories being told. McIntyre is said to have been “screaming and cursing” and stormed out of the building before the end of the show. 

Our own Dave Meltzer confirmed the story on Wrestling Observer Radio, adding that McIntyre was not the only one upset about the situation. 

“There’s a guy that a lot of people were pissed at in that match with the idea that he was trying to get himself over and not the match over,” Meltzer said, also noting that the name of the person in question will likely come out soon, but has not been confirmed by more than one source as of yet.

“It’s multiple people telling me that the Drew thing was… he wasn’t happy. It’s not an angle,” Meltzer said, adding, “I heard that Drew was not the only one unhappy about the situation.”

A clip of McIntyre being eliminated in the match by Damian Priest while Logan Paul and LA Knight are nearby was posted online by SEScoops’ Anutosh Bajpai. McIntyre attempts to throw Jey Uso out of the ring before he and Uso collide with Paul and Knight, which leads to McIntyre’s elimination.