Drew McIntyre plays mind games with Cody Rhodes ahead of WWE title match at SNME

Drew McIntyre played mind games with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes today. The American Nightmare will be defending his title against McIntyre at Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend.

The Scottish Warrior took to his Instagram story today to share a video of himself working out his biceps. The video had "Kingdom" by Downstait playing in the background, which is Rhodes' theme song. You can check out McIntyre's cryptic update in the image below.

McIntyre played mind games with Rhodes today on social media. [Image credit: Drew McIntyre on Instagram]

Jacob Fatu and McIntyre were supposed to square off in a number-one contender's match earlier this month on SmackDown. However, Fatu was attacked backstage before the match could take place, which led to a brawl between Rhodes and McIntyre. Rhodes defeated McIntyre in the main event of Wrestlepalooza 2025 last month to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship.

Former WWE writer claims Triple H is jealous of Drew McIntyre

Wrestling veteran Vince Russo recently suggested that Triple H was jealous of Drew McIntyre behind the scenes.

Speaking on Sportskeeda's The Wrestling Outlaws show, Russo stated that it is difficult for a former wrestler to be the head of creative. He suggested that Triple H could be jealous of McIntyre and that it was killing him inside that he was no longer able to perform in the ring.

"This is why I say you can't be one of the boys, and write and book and be creative. Because Chris, how do we know, how do we know part of the issue is Triple H isn't jealous of Drew McIntyre? Come on, Chris, you and I both know, you don't think it's not killing Triple H that he can't work anymore? You don't think that's not killing him inside?" said Russo.

You can check out Russo's comments in the video below:

McIntyre defeated Seth Rollins to win the World Heavyweight Championship at WWE WrestleMania XL, but was only able to hold the title for a few minutes before Damian Priest cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. It will be interesting to see if McIntyre can defeat Rhodes to become Undisputed WWE Champion this weekend.