5 Times WWE stars did not want to squash their opponent

Batista and Goldberg were reluctant to defeat a certain opponent in quick fashion
Batista and Goldberg were reluctant to defeat a certain opponent in quick fashion

#3 Drew McIntyre did not want to squash Andrade (WWE RAW)

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Drew McIntyre defeated Brock Lesnar in the main event of WrestleMania 36 to win the WWE Championship. In the weeks following the event, he briefly feuded with Andrade before defending his title against superstars including Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley.

Andrade, who left WWE in 2021, lost one-on-one matches against McIntyre on the April 13 and May 11 episodes of WWE RAW in 2020. The first match lasted only five minutes and 35 seconds, while the second match lasted eight minutes and 30 seconds.

Speaking to Lucha Libre Online, Andrade said McIntyre did not want one of their matches to be as one-sided as their producer had hoped.

“Drew was great with me and behaved well with me in NXT and on the main roster,” Andrade said. “We had the matches and a producer came to me and said, 'Make sure Drew looks like a monster, because he's the champ.' Drew came to me and told me to wrestle how I know to wrestle, saying that he doesn't need me to make him look good, but to wrestle how I wrestle best.” [H/T Fightful]

McIntyre and Andrade also feuded during their time in NXT. In November 2017, Andrade won the NXT Championship from McIntyre in a 15-minute match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames.

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