Drew McIntyre
Scottish professional wrestler / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Drew Galloway (born 6 June 1985, in Ayr, Scotland), also known by his ring name Drew McIntyre, is a Scottish professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs the Raw brand. He is a four-time world champion between WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Drew McIntyre | |
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Born | (1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 (age 38) Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Drew Galloway Drew McIntyre |
Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Billed weight | 275 lb (125 kg) |
Billed from | Ayr, Scotland |
Trained by | Justin Richards James Tighe Mark Sloan Colin McKay Spinner McKenzie |
Debut | 2001 |
During his first run in the WWE from 2007 to 2014, McIntyre won the WWE Intercontinental Championship one time and the WWE Tag Team Championship one time with Cody Rhodes. On 12 June 2014, McIntyre was released from his WWE contract.[1] He then began wrestling on the independent circuit, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (where he was a one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion and one-time Impact Grand Champion) and Evolve (where he was one- time Evolve Champion, one-time Open the Freedom Gate Champion and two-time Evolve Tag Team Champion).
In April 2017, he returned to WWE, where he wrestled on their developmental territory NXT and won the NXT Championship. He was drafted back to the main roster in 2018 and won the renamed Raw Tag Team Championship a second time with Dolph Ziggler. In 2020, he had his most successful year, when he won the Royal Rumble match [2] and the WWE Championship two times. He is the first and only British world champion in WWE and the 31st Triple Crown champion.[3] At WrestleMania XL night two on 7 April 2024 he won the World Heavyweight Championship, but lost it to Damian Priest minutes later.[4]