WWE Drew McIntyre (wrestler) Age, Bio, Wiki, Career, and More...

Drew McIntyre

Andrew McLean Galloway IV was born in Ayr on 6 June 1985.
His mother, Angela, died on 3 November 2012 at the age of 51.
He grew up in nearby Prestwick, where he studied at Prestwick Academy.
He considered being a professional football player when he was younger.
He played for the youth club Prestwick Boys, normally in defensive positions, before concentrating on wrestling; he has named Bret Hart as his favorite wrestler.
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.
He began training for a professional wrestling career 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 would go on to earn a master's degree in criminology from Glasgow Caledonian University.

Drew McIntyre First Wife Taryn Terrel

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Personal Information

Birth name: Andrew McLean Galloway IV
Born: 6 June 1985 (age 34)Ayr, Scotland
Residence: Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Spouse(s): Taryn Terrell(m. 2010; div. 2011)Kaitlyn Frohnapfel(m. 2016)
Galloway got engaged to American professional wrestler Taryn Terrell in July 2009.
They were married in Las Vegas in May 2010. On 24 May 2011, Terrell announced that she and Galloway were divorcing.
Galloway married Kaitlyn Frohnapfel on 10 December 2016.

Drew McIntyre with Kaitlyn Frohnapfel

Professional wrestling career

Ring name(s): Drew Galloway, Drew McIntyre
Billed height: 6.5 ft
Billed weight:120 kg
Billed from: Ayr, Scotland
Trained by: Spinner McKenzie, Justin Richards, Mark Sloan, James Tighe.
Finishing Move: Claymore Kick
Debut: 2001

Training and debut (2001–2006)

Galloway began training as a wrestler at the Frontier Wrestling Alliance's Academy at the age of 15 after his family moved to England and settled in Portsmouth.
In the FWA Academy, while he was trained by the promotion's operator Mark Sloan along with Justin Richards and James Tighe, he also cites the promotion's established wrestlers helping out with training, including Doug Williams, Paul Burchill, and Alex Shane.
In 2003, Galloway made his debut for the inaugural show of British Championship Wrestling (BCW), operating in the Greater Glasgow area.
While there he honed his wrestling skill further, training under Colin McKay and later Spinner McKenzie and developing the character of "Thee" Drew Galloway, a cocky narcissist.
His first match, which took place at February's No Blood, No Sympathy: Night 1, saw him lose against Stu Natt.
He picked up his first win on the second night in a tag team match alongside Wolfgang, defeating Blade and Stu Pendulous.
Galloway earned a non-title win over Knight the following February in 2004, at Night of The Fan but Knight exacted revenge by knocking Galloway out of the King of BCW tournament.
Later that year, Galloway had a series of matches against American veterans. In June, he was defeated by The Honky Tonk Man.

IWW International Heavyweight Championship

Drew McIntyre as IWW International Heavyweight Champion

On 28 August 2006, Galloway finally managed to beat the reigning Irishman and won the IWW International Heavyweight Championship in a singles match. He successfully defended the belt that evening against Go Shiozaki.
In November, Galloway took the championship to London, England against Jody Fleisch, However, Galloway was not able to commit to fully defending the title, due to other bookings in his homeland and his academic studies, he was thus forced to relinquish the championship in January 2007.

WWE

NXT Champion (2017–2018)

On 1 April 2017, Galloway once again billed as Drew McIntyre, was shown on-screen sitting in the front row at NXT TakeOver: Orlando.
It was later confirmed in an exclusive interview with ESPN that he had re-signed with WWE and will perform in its developmental territory NXT.
On the 12 April episode of NXT, McIntyre made his NXT re-debut as a face, with new entrance music and displaying mannerisms he had developed on the independent circuit, where he defeated Oney Lorcan.
On the 19 July episode of NXT, McIntyre defeated Killian Dain to become the number one contender for the NXT Championship, earning the right to challenge Bobby Roode at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III.
At the event on 19 August, McIntyre defeated Roode to win the NXT Championship, making him the first superstar to have previously been on the main roster to win the championship and the first Scotsman to do so.
Following the match, McIntyre was attacked by Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and the debuting Adam Cole.
On the 4 October episode of NXT, McIntyre successfully retained his title against Roderick Strong.
The night before that event, McIntyre successfully defended his championship against Adam Cole, with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee at a house show in San Antonio, Texas. The title defense would eventually air on the WWE Network on 3 January 2018.
On 18 November, at the NXT Takeover: WarGames, McIntyre lost the NXT Championship to Almas, marking his first loss in NXT.
After the match, it was revealed that McIntyre suffered a torn bicep towards the end of the match.

Claymore Kick

Drew With Dolph

On 16 April 2018, during the Superstar Shake-up, McIntyre returned from injury on Raw, attacking Titus Worldwide (Titus O'Neil and Apollo Crews) and allying himself with Dolph Ziggler, turning heel in the process.
The following week, McIntyre and Ziggler defeated Titus Worldwide. On the 18 June episode of Raw, McIntyre assisted Ziggler in winning the Intercontinental Championship from Seth Rollins. The following week on Raw, Rollins defeated Ziggler by disqualification in a rematch for the championship following interference from McIntyre, allowing Ziggler to retain the title.
After the match, Roman Reigns came out to help Rollins fend off McIntyre and Ziggler.
With Rollins set to challenge Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship at Extreme Rules in an Iron Man match, McIntyre faced Rollins on the 9 July episode of Raw to determine whether or not he would be allowed at ringside, where McIntyre was victorious.
At the event, the match went into sudden-death overtime, and McIntyre distracted Rollins, allowing Ziggler to retain.
On 27 August episode of Raw, McIntyre, and Ziggler formed an alliance with Braun Strowman after he turned on Roman Reigns in a tag team match.
The following week on Raw, McIntyre, and Ziggler defeated The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel) to win the Raw Tag Team Championship, beginning their first reign together and McIntyre's second reign individually.
McIntyre and Ziggler successfully defended the titles against Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose at Hell in a Cell.
At Super Show-Down, McIntyre and Ziggler teamed with Braun Strowman against The Shield in a losing effort.
On 23 October episode of Raw, McIntyre, and Ziggler lost the Raw Tag Team Championship to Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose when Braun Strowman attacked McIntyre.

Drew and Dolph with raw tag-team championship titles

Royal Rumble winner (2020–present)

At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on 26 January 2020, McIntyre won the Royal Rumble match by lastly eliminating Roman Reigns, entitling him to a championship opportunity at WrestleMania 36.
In the match, McIntyre eliminated six other participants, including WWE Champion Brock Lesnar.
The following night on Raw, McIntyre announced that he chose to challenge Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 36, thus turning face in the process.
On raw drew delivered 3 claymore kicks to brock when the brock tried to attack drew.

Drew McIntyre

Some facts

McIntyre made his video game debut as a playable character in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 and appeared in WWE 12, WWE 13 (DLC), WWE 2K14, WWE 2K18 (DLC), WWE 2K19, and WWE 2K20.
Galloway is a supporter of Scottish football team Rangers FC.

Championships and accomplishments

Danish Pro Wrestling

DPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Evolve

Evolve Championship (1 time)
Evolve Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Johnny Gargano (1) and Dustin (1)
Evolve Tag Team Championship Tournament (2016) – with Johnny Gargano
Open the Freedom Gate Championship (1 time)

Florida Championship Wrestling

FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Stu Sanders

Insane Championship Wrestling

ICW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
ICW Hall of Fame (2018)
ICW Award for Moment of the Year (2014) – Surprise return at "Shug's Hoose Party"

Irish Whip Wrestling

IWW International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Outback Championship Wrestling

OCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Preston City Wrestling

There Can Be Only One Gauntlet (2016)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Ranked No. 11 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016

Scottish Wrestling Alliance

Scottish Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Impact Grand Championship (1 time)
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Feast or Fired (2016 – World Heavyweight Championship contract)
Global Impact Tournament (2015) – with Team International (Magnus, The Great Muta, Tigre Uno, Bram, Rockstar Spud, Khoya, Sonjay Dutt, and Angelina Love)
TNA Joker's Wild (2016)

Union of European Wrestling Alliances

European Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

What Culture Pro Wrestling/Defiant Wrestling

WCPW Championship (1 time)
Defiant Wrestling Award for Match of the Year (2017) – vs Will Ospreay on 6 March

WWE

NXT Championship (1 time)
WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Cody Rhodes (1) and Dolph Ziggler (1)
Men's Royal Rumble (2020)

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