{"id":36902,"date":"2025-04-05T17:23:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=36902"},"modified":"2025-04-06T17:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T16:26:51","slug":"drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damian Priest and Drew McIntyre have been part of each other&rsquo;s story for an entire year now. If you narrate one&rsquo;s career over the past year, the story of the other would come intertwined. It all started when Drew McIntyre won the WWE Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XL but his happiness was short-lived. Damian Priest cashed in his MITB contract on him and Drew McIntyre lost the championship in mere 5 minutes and 42 seconds.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew McIntyre cost Drew McIntyre once again &#128517;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kIa61qJsuL4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Drew tried to regain his championship but failed. Fast forward to the 2025 Royal Rumble, where Damian Priest eliminated Drew McIntyre making the latter furious. They met at the 2025 Elimination Chamber and Damian Priest eliminated Drew again. An angry Drew McIntyre delivered a Claymore to Damian Priest and gave Logan Paul the opportunity to eliminate him. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Damien Priest &amp; Drew McIntyre can not be separated\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iruRbAr78tY?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest have been at each other&rsquo;s throats ever since. Drew McIntyre attacked Damian Priest and the latter retaliated the same day later. Drew McIntyre followed it up by attacking Damian Priest on back-to-back SmackDown episodes. Damian Priest retaliated by attacking Drew McIntyre last week delivering a South of Heaven to Drew McIntyre sending him through the car&rsquo;s windshield. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shinsuke Nakamura aids in Drew McIntyre&rsquo;s beatdown of Damian Priest: SmackDown, March 14, 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YvMyWyJGTxc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drew McIntyre has a warning message for Damian Priest<\/h2><p>Drew McIntyre warns Damian Priest that bad things are going to happen to him. He blamed Damian Priest for ruining his moments ever and taking both his World Title opportunities at WrestleMania by eliminating him at the Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber from behind. He called him for attacking him from behind and not facing him like a man. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"Everyone knows when Drew McIntyre prays, bad things happen!\"<br><br>FIRE VIGNETTE &#128293;&#128293;&#128293;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#SmackDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NUqv2sbikK\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/NUqv2sbikK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Movement &ndash; Pro Wrestling (@TheMovementXx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMovementXx\/status\/1908320736239915053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Drew McIntyre claimed that he could live with a bad hurt. He might however never be the same due to the shard of glass that went in his eye. He said he needed to pray for a miracle but also warned Archer of Infamy that bad things happen when he prays. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew McIntyre unleashes brutal attack after Damian Priest&rsquo;s tag team pin: SmackDown, March 21, 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ugU_P4mpVg?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Damian Priest responded with a Challenge for Drew McIntyre<\/h2><p>Damian Priest was quick to respond mocking Drew McIntyre for blaming others for all the bad things that happened to him. Priest called Drew for playing the victim card and making him the villain of his story when in reality the latter screwed himself. He claimed Drew&rsquo;s weird obsession with CM Punk cost him the title at WrestleMania. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Damien Priest with a Chokeslam THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pHuatQBL3iw?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Damian was quick to remind Drew McIntyre that his obsession didn&rsquo;t let him win the title back. Damian claimed that he eliminated Drew fair and square at the Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber. He however blamed him for costing him his shot at WrestleMania Main Event as he delivered the Claymore to the former getting eliminated. He called Drew a hypocrite who pointed fingers at others for his failure.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArcherOfInfamy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@ArcherOfInfamy<\/a> wants revenge&hellip; &#128064;<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#SmackDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H9oEGc8zfM\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/H9oEGc8zfM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1908339646964117768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Damian Priest told Drew McIntyre he no longer needed to paint him as the villain of the story anymore. He claimed to be the villain of Drew&rsquo;s story. He asked Drew to stop playing the victim and face him on the upcoming Friday Night Smackdown. Damian Priest also challenged him for WrestleMania. WWE is yet to announce their match but given the issue between them, we might be looking at the potential WrestleMania match. <\/p><p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wwe-smackdown-result-rey-fenix-made-wwe-debut-with-victory-over-nathan-frazer\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>WWE SmackDown Result: Rey Fenix made his WWE Debut with a victory over Nathan Frazer<\/a><\/p><p>Image Credit: WWE.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damian Priest and Drew McIntyre at each other&#8217;s cross heir again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":37154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":[1015,1253,1216,2274,1219,807,4300],"class_list":["post-36902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe","tag-damian-priest","tag-drew-mcintyre","tag-elimination-chamber","tag-royal-rumble","tag-wrestlemania","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest are set to cross paths at WrestleMania, just waiting for an official announcement.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown - The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest are set to cross paths at WrestleMania, just waiting for an official announcement.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-06T17:26:51+01:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ashish Negi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ashish Negi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ashish Negi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c51972d52c24108ed51586bcaaaa7762\"},\"headline\":\"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-05T16:23:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-06T16:26:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/\"},\"wordCount\":608,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Damian Priest\",\"Drew McIntyre\",\"Elimination Chamber\",\"Royal Rumble\",\"WrestleMania\",\"WWE\",\"WWE SmackDown\"],\"articleSection\":[\"WWE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/\",\"name\":\"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown - The Playoffs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-05T16:23:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-06T16:26:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest are set to cross paths at WrestleMania, just waiting for an official announcement.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"description\":\"Share passion for sports &amp; betting\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"width\":415,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"The Playoffs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c51972d52c24108ed51586bcaaaa7762\",\"name\":\"Ashish Negi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e45f9ea46626a8d7881399caec072b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e45f9ea46626a8d7881399caec072b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ashish Negi\"},\"description\":\"I am Ashish Negi, and I work as a WWE and NFL writer at The Playoffs. I have 5 years of experience in content writing, and I have written in different domains like Real Estate, but I found my love while writing in sports. I love watching sports and have been a fan of WWE and cricket. I got an opportunity to write full-time on WWE and NFL here, so following the footstep of my hero John Cena, I turn heel on my last company\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/author\/ashish\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown - The Playoffs","description":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest are set to cross paths at WrestleMania, just waiting for an official announcement.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown - The Playoffs","og_description":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest are set to cross paths at WrestleMania, just waiting for an official announcement.","og_url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/","og_site_name":"The Playoffs","article_modified_time":"2025-04-06T16:26:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ashish Negi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ThePlayoffsEN","twitter_site":"@ThePlayoffsEN","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ashish Negi","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/"},"author":{"name":"Ashish Negi","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c51972d52c24108ed51586bcaaaa7762"},"headline":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown","datePublished":"2025-04-05T16:23:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-06T16:26:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/"},"wordCount":608,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg","keywords":["Damian Priest","Drew McIntyre","Elimination Chamber","Royal Rumble","WrestleMania","WWE","WWE SmackDown"],"articleSection":["WWE"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/","name":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown - The Playoffs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-05T16:23:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-06T16:26:51+00:00","description":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest are set to cross paths at WrestleMania, just waiting for an official announcement.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/124_CATC_06152024AT_19631-724e28691956f519f7e21686f1d47234.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-and-damian-priest-continue-their-war-of-words-on-friday-night-smackdown\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest continue their War of Words on Friday Night SmackDown"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","name":"The Playoffs","description":"Share passion for sports &amp; betting","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization","name":"The Playoffs","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","width":415,"height":280,"caption":"The Playoffs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c51972d52c24108ed51586bcaaaa7762","name":"Ashish Negi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e45f9ea46626a8d7881399caec072b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e45f9ea46626a8d7881399caec072b2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ashish Negi"},"description":"I am Ashish Negi, and I work as a WWE and NFL writer at The Playoffs. I have 5 years of experience in content writing, and I have written in different domains like Real Estate, but I found my love while writing in sports. I love watching sports and have been a fan of WWE and cricket. I got an opportunity to write full-time on WWE and NFL here, so following the footstep of my hero John Cena, I turn heel on my last company","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/author\/ashish\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36902"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37458,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36902\/revisions\/37458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}