49 Facts About Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre is currently signed with WWE, where he performs under the ring name Drew McIntyre.

Drew McIntyre is assigned to the Raw brand, but has yet to appear due to contract disputes.

Drew McIntyre is a two-time WWE Champion, one-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, one-time NXT Champion, and a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion, and won the 2020 Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year.

Drew McIntyre has wrestled extensively on the independent circuit, where he is the inaugural and two-time ICW World Heavyweight Champion, one-time Evolve Champion, one-time Open the Freedom Gate Champion, two-time Evolve Tag Team Champion, and one-time WCPW Champion.

Drew McIntyre is the first British world champion in WWE and the 31st Triple Crown champion.

Drew McIntyre grew up in nearby Prestwick, where he studied at Prestwick Academy.

Drew McIntyre considered being a professional football player when he was younger, playing for the youth club Prestwick Boys, normally in defensive positions.

Drew McIntyre agreed and went on to earn a master's degree in criminology from Glasgow Caledonian University.

Drew McIntyre picked up his first win on the second night in a tag team match alongside Wolfgang, defeating Blade and Stu Pendous.

Drew McIntyre then had a brief series of feuds, as in March 2005, he defeated Jay Phoenix but their rematch in November, officiated by Mick Foley, ended in a no contest.

Drew McIntyre held the title through 2007, with successful defenses against the likes of Martin Stone, Allan Grogan and Lionheart, before vacating the title when he relocated to the United States in September.

Drew McIntyre successfully defended the belt that evening against Go Shiozaki.

Drew McIntyre held the title for 280 days, ultimately losing it to Darkside on 22 July 2007 in a five-man elimination match that involved Jack Jester, Wolfgang and Liam Thomson.

Drew McIntyre has appeared in April 2007, taking his rivalry with O'Shaunessy to London with a double count-out which led to a rematch in June where Galloway picked up the victory in a Street Fight.

Drew McIntyre held the title for 280 days, retaining over Wolfgang and Allan Grogan, before losing the title to Darkside in a five-man match which included Jack Jester, Wolfgang and Liam Thomson.

At the beginning of 2008, Drew McIntyre was separated from Taylor and moved to the Raw brand, making his official debut on the 6 January episode of Heat as a face, defeating Charlie Haas.

In September 2007, Drew McIntyre went to Louisville for Ohio Valley Wrestling, with his first match being a dark match after OVW TV, where he took on another developmental talent from the UK, "The Ripper" Paul Burchill.

Drew McIntyre reformed his team with Stu Sanders, now going under the name of The Empire.

Drew McIntyre closed out the year with an unsuccessful attempt to gain the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship in a four-way match, but Escobar won the title from O'Shaunessy.

Drew McIntyre interfered in Hennig's match the following week, costing him the match.

Drew McIntyre received a singles opportunity the next day with the same result.

On 28 August 2009, Drew McIntyre re-debuted on the SmackDown brand, disregarding his previous time on WWE television, and established himself as a villain by attacking R-Truth as he entered the ring, using his new double underhook DDT finishing move, the Scot Drop.

Drew McIntyre continued to attack Truth over the following weeks, claiming to be on the show to wrestle, not to party like R-Truth.

Drew McIntyre retained the title against Morrison on the 1 January 2010 episode of SmackDown and against Kane on 21 February at Elimination Chamber using underhanded tactics.

Drew McIntyre returned two weeks later and was re-instated after being made to beg Long.

Drew McIntyre was the final man remaining on his team before he was eliminated by Big Show.

Drew McIntyre participated in the 40-man Royal Rumble match on 30 January 2011, but was eliminated by Big Show.

On 26 April, Drew McIntyre was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2011 supplemental draft.

Drew McIntyre subsequently began an eight match losing streak going into the new year, after the last of which, Long fired Drew McIntyre within the storyline.

Drew McIntyre continued to lose matches and was confined to Superstars and house shows, but was still able to make several appearances on Raw and SmackDown, albeit in squash matches.

At Royal Rumble on 27 January 2013, Drew McIntyre competed in the 30-man Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Chris Jericho.

On 12 June 2014, WWE announced that Drew McIntyre was released from his WWE contract.

Drew McIntyre returned at Evolve 51, where he defeated FIP World Heavyweight Champion Caleb Konley.

Drew McIntyre was eliminated by eventual finalist "Speedball" Mike Bailey on Night 2, before teaming with Chuck Taylor, Aero Star, Drew Gulak and Trent in a winning ten-man tag effort the following night, against Timothy Thatcher, Andrew Everett, Drago, Mark Andrews and Tommaso Ciampa.

Drew McIntyre returned to PWG on 2 January 2016, for "Lemmy", where he scored his first PWG singles victory over former PWG World Tag Team Champion Jack Evans.

On 1 April 2017, Galloway, billed as Drew McIntyre, was shown on-screen sitting in the front row at NXT TakeOver: Orlando.

The night before that event, Drew McIntyre successfully defended his championship against Adam Cole, with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee at a house show in San Antonio, Texas.

On 16 April 2018, during the Superstar Shake-up, Drew McIntyre returned from injury on Raw, attacking Titus Worldwide and aligning himself with Dolph Ziggler, turning heel in the process.

The next night on Raw, Drew McIntyre viciously assaulted Roman Reigns before his match with Corbin, leading to a falls count anywhere match with Dean Ambrose later that night, which Drew McIntyre won.

Shortly after Extreme Rules, Drew McIntyre ended his association with McMahon and continued his singles run.

From late 2019 to early 2020, Drew McIntyre embarked on a winning streak, while vowing to win the upcoming Royal Rumble match and receive his first world championship opportunity, while showing signs of a face turn, becoming more respectful towards his opponents and the fans.

Drew McIntyre made his first successful title defense against Big Show on the same night in WrestleMania 36, which was televised the following night on Raw.

Drew McIntyre uses a running single leg dropkick called the Claymore as his finisher.

The move was created accidentally during a match when Drew McIntyre was attempting a big boot, but since the leather pants he was wearing were too tight, he had to kick up with the other leg to avoid ripping them.

Drew McIntyre knocked himself out during the move; after the match, a road agent noted that if he could figure out how to use the move without killing himself, it would be great, so he continued to use it.

Drew McIntyre began using a countdown upon the execution of the move during a house show, which stuck after fans participated in the countdown.

Drew McIntyre uses a double underhook DDT called the Future Shock, and a headbutt called the Glasgow Kiss.

Drew McIntyre's character took a more comedic turn upon joining the 3MB faction in 2012 as he continuously lost matches.

Drew McIntyre is a playable character in the video games WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011, WWE 12, WWE 13, WWE 2K14, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, WWE 2K22 and WWE 2K23.