Drew McIntyre, who is not one to mince words, told Cody Rhodes that “The American Nightmare” currently has a mindset that he had five years ago, where he wanted to please everyone, which he feels will eventually work against him.

“And he believes he’s the only one that can hold that title ’cause we need someone so positive like him bringing positivity. The smile, you know, kissing the baby, shaking the hands, and that’s great and all that, but it’s just not the way the world is. The world needs honesty. It needs brutal truth. Again, I would have done that five years ago. Cody, in five years from now, he’s going to say, ‘My god, Drew was right.’ When I’m champion, I’ll be telling the brutal truth. And when you tune in, you’re not going to know what to expect. You’re like, ‘Oh my god, this loose cannon’s going to come out.’ But I’ll tell you the freaking truth every time.”

The Scotsman promised to be brutally honest with everyone when he becomes world champion, which he thinks Rhodes doesn’t necessarily do, and feels is missing from the world. 

“I’ll be brutal with everyone backstage, brutal with our roster, brutal with the fans, and you’re going to say this is what the world needs right now is some damn honesty, ’cause that’s what we don’t have. Not just in WWE, in the entire world,” McIntyre added. 

McIntyre and Rhodes have clashed twice in recent months, with their most recent match coming on last week’s “WWE SmackDown,” where the former won by disqualification.