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#1. Drew McIntyre had to convince Heath Slater to return on WWE RAW
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Tom Colohue reported on the most recent episode of the Dropkick DiSKussions podcast that Drew McIntyre had a big role to play in Heath Slater's one-off return on WWE RAW.
McIntyre was noted to be the guy who wants to help his friends' careers and he did that in Heath Slater's case.
Tom revealed:
"That's pretty much exactly what happened. All of Heath Slater's promo was the exact opposite of what had actually happened, and they scripted that knowing that was the case.
Drew McIntyre, as soon as he won the Championship and even beforehand, wanted to try and get feuds going with Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal, and I've reported that with Jinder Mahal right here on this channel and this podcast. While it's not technically a favour to Drew, as in they are not really trying to help him along and he's just really trying to work with the friends and help their careers, this is one where he is able to support them. It's in a way they are able to keep storylines going because quite often, Champions do get to choose their challengers until they get to the big matches when the championships could change hands."
Drew McIntyre confirmed Tom Colohue's report during a recent interview with talkSPORT. The WWE Champion revealed that Slater wasn't too keen on returning, but he convinced his former 3MB stablemate to show up for the WWE RAW segment.
McIntyre also said that he was surprised to read about the report on the internet stating that he was responsible for Slater's WWE return. He admitted to playing a significant role in pushing the idea for the reunion and it coming to fruition on WWE TV.
"The moment at the end was very special, and I was very much pushing for that idea to happen. I think I saw something on the internet saying I was behind it and I'm thinking how are they getting this information?! But yeah, I played a big part in making it happen, and to be honest, Heath was a little bit against it, and I spoke to my wife right before the phone call I made to Heath to try and convince him to come onto the show for the segment."
