5 interesting storylines for Drew McIntyre before WrestleMania 36

Drew McIntyre secured himself a World Championship match at WrestleMania 36 with a resounding victory in the 2020 Men’s Royal Rumble match. The Scottish Psychopath wasted no time in picking Brock Lesnar as his WrestleMania opponent. The two giants will clash with each other in the main event of WrestleMania 36, but there are still seven weeks left for the mega-event.

Brock Lesnar does not appear regularly on RAW and unlike his WrestleMania rival, Lesnar is currently engrossed in a feud on the Red brand. The WWE Champion is slated to defend his title against Ricochet at WWE Super ShowDown while McIntyre has nothing to do. He featured in a segment with MVP on the previous episode of RAW, but the WWE Creative team cannot keep booking him in segments like that.

The former RAW Tag Team Champion needs to have momentum by his side before WrestleMania 36, and here are 5 interesting storylines for him ahead of the Show of Shows.

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#5 Have a mini-feud with Bobby Lashley

Lashley and McIntyre worked as a team on RAW

It was surprising to see Ricochet emerge victorious in the #1 contender’s triple threat match on RAW a few weeks ago. The fans expected Bobby Lashley to win the bout and challenge Brock Lesnar in Saudi Arabia, however, the Creative team had other plans.

Lashley won his feud against Rusev, but he seems to have gained nothing from that long rivalry. Recently, he lost a singles match versus Ricochet which has further diminished his credibility. WWE can keep him in the spotlight by inserting him in a short feud with the Royal Rumble winner, Drew McIntyre.

WWE can have a backstage confrontation between the two Superstars where Lashley would try to remind McIntyre about how strong they were together but, the Scot would be least interested in his talks and tell Lashley that he does not believe in group formations now. The All Mighty would further try to get along with him only for McIntyre to lose his cool and attack him.

They can have a singles match at Elimination Chamber then where McIntyre would decimate Lashley. This will help him in garnering a ton of momentum before WrestleMania.

#4 A short rivalry with AJ Styles

AJ Styles is nursing an injury

Former WWE Champion, AJ Styles has seemingly lost his prominence on the Red brand ever since his United States Championship reign ended. Styles needs to have a marquee feud ahead of WrestleMania 36 to get his momentum back on track and Drew McIntyre will be the perfect opponent for him.

Styles is scheduled to be a part of the Tuwaiq Trophy match at WWE Super ShowDown and looking at the list of participants, he will start as the favorite to win this gauntlet match. The Phenomenal One can then come out on RAW bragging about his victory only to be interrupted by McIntyre.

They can have a brief feud which would lead to a blow-off match at Elimination Chamber. The twist in this storyline would be that Brock Lesnar would interfere in this match and end the bout in a disqualification. Both McIntyre and Styles will go on their separate ways from there.

Later, when McIntyre would win the WWE Championship at the Grandest Stage of Them All, Styles could come out and lay out a challenge for him. The two Superstars can then have a long feud which would definitely entertain the fans.

#3 Issue Open Challenges on RAW

Drew McIntyre can build a winning streak on Monday Night RAW

After he won the Men’s Royal Rumble match, Drew McIntyre issued an open challenge on RAW which was accepted by Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. The Scot easily ran through his opponents in a handicapped match to establish himself as the fiercest Superstar on the RAW roster.

Given that Brock Lesnar will shift his focus towards Ricochet now, McIntyre can send out open challenges to the locker room and build a long winning streak on Monday nights. There are a plethora of underutilized heels who can accept the challenge of the former RAW Tag Team Champion.

He can wrestle the lower mid-card stars like Shelton Benjamin, Rusev, No Way Jose, Mojo Rawley, Eric Young or EC3. Otherwise, WWE can even have him contend with legends like Big Show and Matt Hardy to add some big wins on his road to WrestleMania.

Besides, Hardy is expected to leave WWE soon so, just like WWE had him take a vicious beat-down at the hands of Randy Orton, they can book him in a match with Drew McIntyre on his way out to the company.

#2 Pick a fight with Aleister Black

Aleister Black needs an opponent

This might not be a popular option but given the way WWE has booked Aleister Black on RAW after his feud with Buddy Murphy, it seems like it would be a good way to keep Black in the upper mid card by having him engage in a battle with Drew McIntyre. It is unknown at the moment whether WWE plans to have a marquee match for Black at WrestleMania 36.

Looking at the recent booking decisions, it is unlikely that the fans will see the Dutch Destroyer take part in a singles match at the Show of Shows thus, he can help Drew McIntyre in getting more over with the fans ahead of WrestleMania. Black is a talented in-ring performer who has not received an opportunity to showcase his talent on a pay-per-view ever since he debuted on the main roster.

The NXT graduate mentioned on RAW that he will not wait for others to pick a fight with him now as he himself will call out the Superstar he wants to battle with. So, WWE can simply kick off this feud by having Black call out the Scot.

McIntyre and Black can have a stellar match at Elimination Chamber which could help the latter in earning the attention of the Creative team and this could also lead Black to a potential US Championship match at WrestleMania 36. So, since this feud would benefit both the stars, it will be a good move to progress in this direction.

#1 Join Kevin Owens' clan for a while

Will Drew McIntyre align himself with the premier face stable of RAW?

The feud between the factions of Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens reached the next level on RAW last week where the two groups clashed against each other. Rollins and co. stole the win courtesy of Murphy’s smartness, however, it does not look like that the rivalry has ended yet.

The fans may get one more multi-man match at Super ShowDown and, in case you forgot, Kevin Owens does not travel to Saudi Arabia for the WWE shows. So, WWE can have Drew McIntyre take his place in the eight-man tag team match or they can introduce a new heel character in this feud to have a 10-man tag team match at Elimination Chamber.

WWE can announce an eight-man match for Super ShowDown, but a mystery man could kidnap/injure Kevin Owens on the go-home show of the event. The faces could go down in a 4-on-3 handicap match and on the fallout RAW episode, WWE could reveal a returning Jinder Mahal as the mystery man.

This can attract a lot more interest to this feud because then Drew McIntyre will join forces with Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe and The Viking Raiders. A massive 10-man tag team match at Elimination Chamber would allow all the Superstars to showcase their talent. The faces would ultimately prevail and end this mega feud.