Drew McIntyre

He is the first and only British world champion in WWE history and the 31st Triple Crown champion.

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. He is a former two time WWE Champion and a one time WWE Intercontinental Champion.

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.

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.

Although 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.

Galloway began his career in 2001 in United Kingdom.

In 2003, Galloway made his debut for the inaugural show of British Championship Wrestling (BCW), operating in the Greater Glasgow area.

While there, he trained under Colin McKay and Spinner McKenzie, then 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 Pendous.

By December, Galloway was managed by Charles Boddington, who aided him in his first significant success and managed him for the next four years.

Later that year, Galloway had a series of matches against American veterans.

In June, he lost to The Honky Tonk Man and later that month lost to Marty Jannetty and Highlander, with Sabotage on his side.

In November, at the aptly titled Lo Down, Galloway main evented in a double countout match against D'Lo Brown.

He then had a brief series of feuds, as in March 2005, he defeated Jay Phoenix but their rematch in November, officiated by Mick Foley, ended in a no contest.

With Charles Boddington still in his corner, he competed in three contests during his first appearance on 23 July 2005 for Whiplash TV.

After losing to "SOS" Sheamus O'Shaunessy, he found a similar fate against Mad Man Manson, sparking a feud between the two.

Despite these two losses, his status abroad meant he was already booked in a Ten-Man Gauntlet match to determine the top contender for the main title.

Galloway was whitewashed the entire evening, losing to Vic Viper.

At Gym Wars the following day, Manson was absent, so Galloway tried to avenge his loss with O'Shaunessy but it ended in a double count-out.

In May 2006, after their lengthy feud in Irish Whip Wrestling, Galloway lost then won in successive matches against long-term rival Sheamus O'Shaunessy.

In November 2006, Galloway and Lionheart, in the main event of Live in East Kilbride, pinned BCW Heavyweight Champion Highlander, who was tagging with Wolfgang.

This put Galloway in contention for the title at December's No Blood, No Sympathy IV event, which was booked as an "I Quit" match with Conscience as the special guest referee.

At the event, he won his second BCW Heavyweight Championship.

He signed a development contract with WWE in 2007, when he was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling.

He held the title through 2007, with successful defenses against the likes of Martin Stone, Allan Grogan and Lionheart, before vacating the title when he relocated to the United States in September.

After gaining momentum in Scotland, Galloway began wrestling dates across the Republic of Ireland with Irish Whip Wrestling (IWW), continuing to use "Thee" Drew Galloway as his gimmick.

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.

In 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.