10 Live Observations From Attending WWE Raw Live In Manchester
9. The Response To Drew McIntyre
Given that last night's SmackDown and Monday night's Raw are UK shows, there was always going to be a lot of love for the home country heroes performing.
While Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster got a nice response in a losing effort against The Viking Raiders, WALTER and Imperium were obviously over in a major way during their Raw antics. There was plenty of love for Becky Lynch, and the response to Drew McIntyre was huge.
Coming out to dominate Sin Cara in a brief, impactful match that was designed to make McIntyre shine, The Scottish Psychopath was one of the few names on Raw to get treated like an A-list, top tier talent. In fact, the only people who got a similar sort of response as Drew were WALTER, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, and Kevin Owens.
Ever since he returned to WWE a couple of years ago, many have regularly referred to Drew McIntyre as a World Champion-in-waiting, and if the Manchester crowd's response to the former NXT Champion is anything to go by, fans are fully ready to embrace McIntyre as a competitor who is in the mix for the biggest prizes in the company.