WWE Stars At Risk Of Being Kicked Off SmackDown Roster

WWE stars could be at risk of being kicked off the SmackDown roster with a passionate champion issuing an important warning.

After Roman Reigns won the Royal Rumble at the end of January, he chose to challenge Raw’s World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk at WrestleMania 42.

CM Punk & Roman Reigns Say WWE Raw Is Bigger Than SmackDown

On the WWE Raw after the Rumble, Reigns and Punk went back and forth on the microphone to build up their match.

However, it was notable that they positioned their match, the World Heavyweight Championship, and the Raw brand as a whole, as more important than SmackDown.

Undisputed WWE Champion Drew McIntyre fired back with a promo on SmackDown a few days later, urging the talent on the show to prove Reigns and Punk wrong.

Drew McIntyre Responds To CM Punk & Roman Reigns

In a new interview with No-Contest Wrestling, McIntyre was asked why he cut that promo and issued another message to SmackDown talent.

He said:

“I felt like I had to. I’m not a bad guy, I’m not a good guy, I say exactly how I feel and what’s on my mind, and that’s what was on my mind that day based on what I saw Monday.

“I don’t care what they said about me. If anything, they actually kind of defended me. Punk would run his mouth about me, Roman would say, ‘He’s four times bigger, he had you crying over a plastic bracelet.’

“Roman would say, ‘I beat Drew for three years in a row,’ Punk would say, ‘Yeah, you and your entire family.’ So it’s not like they were going after me too bad.

“But making SmackDown and the roster feel less-than is what bothered me. That’s why I gave my Braveheart speech, just telling the truth.

“Like, listen, this (the Undisputed WWE Championship) is the number one title in the world, it’s got the lineage, including those two guys have held it, both of them had historic reigns. Argue all you want, this is the number one title in wrestling.

“For the SmackDown roster, if they didn’t watch that and get a light lit under their ass with gasoline thrown on it and every single time they’re out there – be it a promo, be it a match – they’re not giving 150%, making SmackDown unmissable, then I’m gonna kick you off the show.

“I stay quiet unless you ask for advice, I don’t impose my advice – but if I see you bringing the show down, I’ll personally go and shout at you until management get his ass off the show, or her ass off the show.

“If you’re not contributing, we’ve got a three-hour show. We’re competing against Raw as far as I’m concerned. Roman and Punk, all they did was fire me up and they should have fired everyone else up too.”

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