WWE star Drew McIntyre discussed his confidence when performing in front of fans during an interview with Pub Darts.
McIntyre said, “I mean, I do think about it. I’ve done it so long. That as long as I feel confident about the story we’re trying to tell, physically I feel as good as I’m gonna feel. I’m pretty confident when I go out, but I still get the butterflies in my stomach, I still get the nerves.”
On still getting butterflies in his stomach in front of the fans:
“No matter if there’s…. WWE, the lowest crowd would be 5,000, whatever, or 80,000 people, 90,000 people in Mania. I get the same butterflies in my stomach, the same thought process, no matter how many people are there. Because I wanna go out there, steal the show. More importantly, to me, is tell a compelling story that we can continue every week.”
On telling a compelling storyline:
“What matters is not the cool moves we do, its the emotional reaction we get from the crowd. How we make people feel, the moments we give them, that they remember, because they don’t remember a backflip two weeks later. They remember how we made them feel.”
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
