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 on the Raw brand. He is a four-time world champion between WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
| Drew McIntyre | |
|---|---|
McIntyre in March 2017 | |
| Born | 6 June 1985 Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Drew Galloway Drew McIntyre |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
| 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]
Galloway became engaged to American professional wrestler Taryn Terrell (also known as Tiffany) in July 2009,[5][6] while both working for WWE and they married in Las Vegas in May 2010.[7][8] They divorced in May 2011.[9] Galloway met doctor Kaitlyn Frohnapfel at a bar in 2013 and they married on 10 December 2016. The couple currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, having previously lived in Tampa, Florida.[10]
Galloway's mother, Angela, died on 3 November 2012, at the age of 51.[11]
Galloway is a supporter of the Scottish football club, Rangers.[12]
On 2 June 2023, Galloway announced that he had become an American citizen.[13]
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