Drew McIntyre Criticises WWE Superstars' Use Of Social Media
Don't expect the Scottish Psychopath to break character on Twitter anytime soon.
Last week's Seth Rollins vs. Will Ospreay Twitter spat made the way wrestlers use social media a burning topic, with the WWE Universal Champion letting himself down when the two-time Best of the Super Juniors winner responded to his original chest-beating tweet, biting back like the most gotten to man on the internet.
Drew McIntyre weighed in on the topic during a recent appearance on Sam Roberts' Notsam Wrestling podcast. He feels that wrestlers should use platforms like Twitter in ways that don't clash with their characters, whether they're face or heel, stating that "a lot of it is what have we lost, and what has changed," and "as much good as there is in social media, it is not making people seem as larger-than-life."
He added that "fans are saying positive things about people they don't necessarily care about to get a like or retweet," and that performers responding to these things "is not becoming of a WWE Superstar."
McIntyre has a point. Kayfabe is almost impossible in a word where social media exists, but wrestlers can use it to further characters, storylines and angles without pulling the curtain back too far.