{"id":456152,"date":"2026-02-08T10:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/456152\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:02:07","slug":"person-behind-drew-mcintyres-brutal-smackdown-mic-drop-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/456152\/","title":{"rendered":"Person Behind Drew McIntyre\u2019s Brutal SmackDown Mic Drop Identified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The fiery Drew McIntyre promo that closed the loop on SmackDown chaos this week wasn\u2019t just raw emotion \u2014 it was carefully scripted behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

According to Fightful Select,<\/a> the February 6 SmackDown<\/a> segment where Drew McIntyre unloaded on CM Punk and Roman Reigns was written by Cristian Scovell.<\/p>\n

The promo came after a rough night for McIntyre, who was first attacked by Cody Rhodes and later blindsided by Jacob Fatu. Despite that, McIntyre powered through and delivered a blistering segment calling out Punk and Reigns<\/a> for what he framed as insecurity, obsession, and disrespect toward the SmackDown roster.<\/p>\n

McIntyre positioned himself as the backbone of the blue brand, defended the Undisputed WWE Championship as a top-tier title built by legends, and reminded fans he carried the company during the pandemic era. He also addressed Roman Reigns choosing to face Punk at WrestleMania 42, framing Punk as fragile and himself as the dominant champion standing tall without backup.<\/p>\n

With Scovell now confirmed as the writer behind the segment, it\u2019s clear the promo wasn\u2019t just a vent session \u2014 it was a calculated statement meant to reinforce McIntyre\u2019s role as the centerpiece of SmackDown and the standard-bearer heading into WrestleMania season.<\/p>\n

Did knowing who wrote Drew McIntyre\u2019s SmackDown promo change how you saw it, or did it already feel like a statement-making moment regardless? Drop your thoughts and leave your feedback below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fiery Drew McIntyre promo that closed the loop on SmackDown chaos this week wasn\u2019t just raw emotion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[102262,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-456152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-drew-mcintyre","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}