Drew McIntyre Comments on Working with CM Punk in WWE & Real Feelings Towards Each Other Exist Within Their Program
PWInsider held a recent interview with Drew McIntyre. One of the topics discussed included McIntyre’s thoughts about working with CM Punk in WWE since Punk’s return and real negative feelings shown towards each other within their current storyline program.
“I mean, if I had a chance to really think about it, initially, I was pretty annoyed (that CM Punk returned to WWE), but I understand business and I understand why it was done. But, I found it interesting that everybody started going, ‘Oh, it’s obviously going to be this, or obviously going to be this guy.’ I was sitting there thinking, there’s a lot of real history here, and a lot of real feelings I’ve got and if I get the opportunity, I know we could tell the most compelling story of all, because no matter my real feelings, I’m still a professional, you know? He’s still a professional, and we’ve been given the platform to show the world what we can truly do creatively. Our creative team, obviously led by Triple H is very much, you go out there and you take this creative as far as you can take it. You make people feel, you make people believe, and it’s not so hard to make people believe when you truly feel what’s good on-screen, inside and out.”
More on NXT Viewership for September 10, 2024
The September 10th episode of WWE NXT saw NXT gain a slight increase in key demographic ratings but suffered a slight decline in overall viewership.
NXT drew 628,000 viewers and a 0.19 key demographic rating on USA Network. NXT’s key demographic ranking for the night is currently not known.
Detailed key demographic viewership breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Dave Meltzer reported that the main reason for NXT’s mixed results this week was due to a combination of stiff news competition from the 2024 Presidential Debate and the large decline from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. This mostly offset the large gain from their overall key demographic viewership group, which was up 13.6% compared to last week’s show.
In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2024 Presidential Debate drew 19,049,000 viewers on ABC, 6,189,000 viewers on CBS, 10,075,000 viewers on NBC, 4,845,000 viewers on FOX, 9,062,000 viewers on FOX News, 4,389,000 viewers on CNN, and 6,381,000 viewers on MSNBC, the soccer game of United States vs. New Zealand drew 268,000 viewers on TNT, the MLB game of Baltimore Orioles vs. Boston Red Sox drew 268,000 viewers on TBS, Deadliest Catch drew 668,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, Love & Hip Hop Atlanta drew 355,000 viewers on MTV, Chopped drew 445,000 viewers on Food Network, and My Big Fat Fabulous Life drew 338,000 viewers on TLC.
In terms of peak viewership, NXT’s peak overall viewership was at 709,000 viewers for the second quarter hour featuring the Chelsea Green vs. Giulia match. NXT’s peak key demographic viewership was not given but was on the first and second quarter hour.
In terms of key demographic viewership, NXT had 259,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that NXT’s male/female viewership skew was 65.6% in favor of males.
In terms of yearly comparisons, NXT was down 26.1% in overall viewership and down 22.7% in key demographic viewership.
Two New Matches Announced for This Monday’s WWE RAW Show
WWE announced two new matches for the card of next week’s WWE RAW show on September 16th at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.
The first new match announced was a singles match of Damian Priest vs. Dominik Mysterio.
The second new match announced was a singles match of Braun Strowman vs. Bronson Reed.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 #WWERaw General Manager @ScrapDaddyAP has some HUGE news regarding this Monday's Raw! 👀 pic.twitter.com/MQmYBt0nME
— WWE (@WWE) September 14, 2024
Current card for September 16th WWE RAW show:
- WWE World Tag Team Championship – New Day (Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston) vs. Judgement Day (JD McDonagh & Finn Balor) (c)
- Damian Priest vs. Dominik Mysterio
- Braun Strowman vs. Bronson Reed
- CM Punk to appear
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