Drew McIntyre

Andrew McLean Galloway IV (Scottish Gaelic: Anndra MacGill-Eain Gall-Ghàidhealaibh IV) (born 6 June 1985) is a Scottish professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Drew McIntyre. Galloway began his career in 2001 in United Kingdom. He signed a development contract with WWE in 2007, when he was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling. Under the character The Chosen One, he worked on SmackDown on 2009, winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship. During the following years, he worked as a low card wrestler, being part of the stable 3MB. On 2014 he was released from his contract. Between 2014 and 2017, he worked under his real name on several promotions across the world. Notably he wrestled on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), 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 2017, he would return as McIntyre to WWE, being assigned to NXT and winning the NXT Championship. Upon returning to WWE's main roster in 2018, he won the Raw Tag Team Championship, the 2020 Men's Royal Rumble match, and the WWE Championship in the main event of the second night of WrestleMania 36. He is the first British world champion in WWE and the 31st Triple Crown champion. Early life Andrew McLean Galloway IV was born in Ayr on 6 June 1985. He grew up in nearby Prestwick, where he studied at Prestwick Academy. He considered being a professional football player when he was younger, playing for the youth club Prestwick Boys, normally in defensive positions. When he was 10 years old, Galloway read a magazine named X Factor, which focused on conspiracy theories and ghost stories; this prompted him to write a letter to the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act, to which the FBI responded by sending him a file with several documents. A fan of professional wrestling as a child, he started training at the age of 15, and his parents agreed to support him as long as he gave the same amount of focus to his studies. He agreed and went on to earn a master's degree in criminology from Glasgow Caledonian University.