The tale of CM Punk versus Drew McIntyre might be over for now, but since everything has settled down, McIntyre has learned something very important about his wrestling career; whether he is involved in a story with someone he doesn't get along with, he absolutely loves being part of WWE right now.

"With the Punk process, having so much real feeling, so much material, and not just my ideas...obviously creative are just absolutely on fire, and with Hunter leading the charges, setting these awesome shots up for me, all I have to do is put it in the back of the net," McIntyre admitted. "It was an interesting and fun process, and it's better than any therapy in the world. I don't need a therapist to talk to, I've got a microphone every week, because you see some of the stuff I say, especially these days, even talking about my personal tragedies and the likes I sounded out on TV. And during the Punk stuff, I was sounding out a lot of feelings when he came back eventually and started saying his piece."

McIntyre has already opened up about how he essentially never fully dealt with the death of his mother in 2012, and in 2024 he not only lost another close family member shortly after Bad Blood in October, but he was also on another continent when he found out his wife had been rushed to hospital for emergency surgery. The Scotsman has found a better balance in prioritising what's important in his own life, and that has reflected in his work in the ring as he is currently enjoying arguably the most successful period of his entire career.

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