Drew McIntyre comments on getting his knee drained ahead of his match on WWE SmackDown.
Former WWE Champion Drew McIntyre took to social media to reveal that he had excess fluid drained from his knee less than an hour before his match against Jimmy Uso on the February 21st episode of WWE SmackDown. While the procedure usually requires rest, McIntyre still competed as scheduled.
During an Elimination Chamber media tour, Rick Ucchino for The Takedown on SI asked McIntyre about getting his knee drained before the match.
“I couldn’t bend it fully, unfortunately,” Drew McIntyre said. “I told the doctor, listen, let’s get this fluid out. He wasn’t exactly over the moon about it, but medically it was safe or we wouldn’t have done it in the first place.”
“To put it simply, I’m not a p****. A lot of the guys are now. I said get that out. I’ve gotta show to put on. I’ve got a performance to do and this is affecting me. So we took that fluid out. I got in the ring, I did my job. I left Jimmy not looking like a winner, that’s for sure.”
Drew McIntyre On WWE Elimination Chamber
McIntyre is set to compete in the Men’s Elimination Chamber match at WWE Elimination Chamber. He made it clear that no injury would stop him in his quest to earn a world title shot.
“You don’t have to hand me a thing. I’ll keep taking and taking and taking and showing why I belong on top,” he said. “And that’s a match I’m not gonna miss if I have to hold myself together with duct tape.”
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