Drew McIntyre has discussed how he took inspiration from his time as Drew Galloway, as well as his Scottish roots, for his latest WWE persona!
Over the last year, Drew McIntyre has adopted a more aggressive and, arguably selfish, attitude after multiple failed attempts at capturing the Intercontinental and World Heavyweight Championships. At the same time, rumour and speculation built regarding his future with the company as his contract was set to expire earlier this year.
Speaking exclusively to Kenny McIntosh of Inside The Ropes ahead of Clash At The Castle earlier this week, McIntyre revealed how both his time as Drew Galloway on the independents, his Scottish roots and his uncertain contract situation all influenced his latest WWE character.
“I go with what’s presented to me as well as what I feel. Creative-wise, we went a certain direction which allowed me to be more of myself, be more like Drew Galloway outside of WWE, a lot of stuff you’d have seen in ICW. Obviously with Drew McIntyre, big sword guy, there’s a certain line you can’t cross as a character to try and keep that character’s integrity.
There’s a lot of truth in there: For the past four years, up until the past nine months or whatever, there was a certain wall that hit where I couldn’t fully be myself because I’m one s**t-talking motherf**ker if you can believe me. But now I get to show everybody what’s inside, what’s going on, my true Scottish side. Everyone’s like, ‘woah, where did these Twitter comments come from? These burns on the microphone?’ I was just like, ‘this is what we’re like in Scotland, this is how we talk to our friends most of the time in Scotland.’
So having that creative freedom from a storytelling perspective, the social perspective, and feeling like everything’s just open wide now and working so close with creative who have the mentality, with Hunter leading the charge, of nothing’s off the table is amazing. I wouldn’t say it was directly related to the contract or some other circumstance.
My mindset now is I’m going to do what I believe to be right, I’m gonna go so far over the line, you’re gonna have to pull me back and they’ve had to pull me back a few times. But I’ll never ever be pushed towards a line again.”
Drew McIntyre HATED The Original Clash At The Castle’s Ending
In the same interview, Drew McIntyre revealed his true thoughts on the finish to the original Clash At The Castle Premium Live Event in 2022. McIntyre’s described his loss as “soul-crushing” before branding his post-show singing segment with Tyson Fury “stupid.”
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