This WWE Superstar is poised to win Royal Rumble and headline WrestleMania in his backyard

Drew McIntrye is ready for the WWE Royal Rumble on Sunday from Houston’s Minute Maid Park (home of the MLB Astros) and streaming live on WWE Network.

In my audio interview with the top WWE superstar, McIntyre, 34, discusses the Royal Rumble and what it means to him; champ Brock Lesnar declaring himself No.1 entrant in the Rumble; WrestleMania 36 in April in Tampa, his American hometown, his cool WrestleMania entrance last year with the Scottish pipers and drummers; wrestling Roman Reigns at that Mania; DX eliminating him in his first Royal Rumble 10 years ago; what it would be like to enact revenge on DX in 2020’s version. NXT, his journey; Rangers FC and more.

McIntyre is a member of the Raw brand. Raw is 8 p.m. Mondays on the USA Network.

The Royal Rumble begins 7 p.m. ET with the drop kick-off show at 5 p.m. ET. on WWE Network.

WWE Royal Rumble 2020

Men’s Royal Rumble.

The Fiend Bray Wyatt defends the Universal Championship against Daniel Bryan in a strap match.

Becky Lynch defends her WWE Raw Women’s Championship against Asuka.

Bayley defends her WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship against Lacey Evans.

Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin, falls count anywhere.

Sheamus vs. Shorty G.

Andrade, with Zelina Vega, defends the WWE United States Championship against Humberto Carrillo.

Women’s Royal Rumble and more.

The road to WrestleMania 36 Tampa starts on Sunday in Houston.

Drew McIntyre and The Royal Rumble

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DMcIntyreWWE

WWE bio: https://www.wwe.com/superstars/drew-mcintyre

Royal Rumble info: https://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble

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This story was originally published January 24, 2020 at 10:58 AM.

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