WWE's Drew McIntyre shares 'honest' thoughts about Randy Orton, John Cena and Cody Rhodes

Drew McIntyre will make his in-ring return at WWE Saturday Night s Main Event when he squares off against Randy Orton more than a month after he lost to Damian Priest in a steel cage match McIntyre demonstrated his face last week when he interrupted a segment between Orton and Cody Rhodes Unafraid to tell it like it is McIntyre wondered what happened to Orton as the so-called Legend Killer seemingly lost the psychological war against Rhodes well before he lost the match against him that would have given him a shot at the Undisputed WWE championship against John Cena at SummerSlam CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMOrton got the last word that night but it set up a match between the two superstars at Saturday Night s Main event I guess we ll find out McIntyre advised Fox News Digital when petitioned whether Orton may have lost his killer instinct He eventually dropped me with the RKO after I ran my mouth for eight straight minutes But I m honest I m reliably honest I m not the bad guy You know heel like everyone likes to say I just tell the truth and that makes you the bad guy today's day in age I noted Cody s been buttering him up for months talking about how great friends they are how much he respects him getting Randy s guard down leading into the Night of Champions match and the split second Randy tweaked his back his surgically repaired back the back he was never gonna return from at one point What did Cody do My good friend oh my goodness are you OK I want to do this the right way No He went right after his back He targeted his back possibly shortened his career even more Then when Randy had the opportunity to get him back he hesitated but he went for it anyway then he missed and he lost the match That s on Randy McIntyre disclosed prodding Orton was part of the plan to get a match with him He compared himself with John Cena and revealed he wasn t going to sell his soul and take cheap highway to get a title shot When it came to who he wants to face for the title he pointed directly at Rhodes and made clear he didn t want to go up against this version of Cena WWE STAR DREW MCINTYRE TALKS PUTTING HIMSELF UNDER THE MICROSCOPE TO GET BACK INTO SHAPE BEFORE RETURN Cena and Cody at SummerSlam I ve announced this already I don t want this John Cena This John Cena is a little b---- he declared We never had a match one-on-one ever It would be a huge match I don t want this Cena I want to send him packing the way he used to be hustle loyalty and respect doing things the right way These cheap finishes everyone leaves the arena like That freaking sucked that was a waste of money I want the actual John Cena But since he s not that guy I want Cody to win that title McIntyre compared his career to Rhodes and believes their expected matchup would be one everyone longed to see And as I stated Cody parallel careers for years We both got handed a crappy hand back in the day character wise We both had to leave the company to find ourselves come back get ourselves to where we are now I used to be where he was in his mindset where he is now I ve evolved past that I see what s central now he described Fox News Digital Parallel careers different destinations The story is gonna be incredible the match is gonna be incredible But I want to be the one to tear the title out of Cody s hands and see the look in his face and know Oh crap this isn t the same Drew and I was scared of the old Drew This is an evolved Drew I can t compete with because he s better than me Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter