Drew McIntyre is open to wrestling Nick Aldis.
The two WWE names have been involved in a heated rivalry for months now, and there have been multiple moments where they came very close to exchanging blows. Some fans even speculated that the SmackDown General Manager could be returning to the ring to face the former World Champion at WrestleMania when he booked The Scottish Warrior in the WWE Championship match against Cody Rhodes after Elimination Chamber.
While the story has since pivoted towards a WrestleMania encounter between McIntyre and Jacob Fatu, fans are still hopeful about getting the Aldis match somewhere down the line. During a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, Drew McIntyre was also asked about a potential future bout with Nick Aldis. The former WWE Champion suggested that he is open to the possibility, noting how the fans are always invested whenever the two of them share the screen:
Every time we go back and forth, you can feel the tension. You can cut it with a knife. We’ve known each other a long time. I name-dropped his son because I have known him for that long. But what a corporate stooge he is, his Donovan must be ashamed of him having such a corporate stooge for a father instead of backing me, the one who’s in the right and the one that he’s known for years, and his one is his actual friend. So when the time is right, be it Mania, be after Mania. I think we should have a match.
Drew McIntyre later praised Nick Aldis for his accomplishments outside of WWE, saying that he is probably the greatest NWA Champion of the modern era. The SmackDown star also said that he would like the match between the two to be free of any interference and claimed that he would love to see what damage Aldis can do in a real match.
