Drew McIntyre On Why He Didn’t Like The “Scottish Psychopath” Gimmick

Drew McIntyre has been back on the WWE main roster for a few years now, and for a while he was being pushed as the Scottish Psychopath.

Despite the fact that WWE repeatedly drilled the phrase “Scottish Psychopath” into the heads of the fans, it didn’t seem to ever really click.

The former Intercontinental Champion opened up about his feelings on the gimmick while speaking to Corey Graves on the After The Bell podcast, and he explained why he didn’t think it was a good fit.

“Yeah, 100%. I am psychotic when it comes to that and my drive. I didn’t necessarily love the ‘Scottish Psychopath’ name because I wasn’t necessarily doing psychotic on television. But the real Drew Galloway is psychotic in his drive.”

Over the last few weeks McIntyre has been able to showcase a different side of his personality, and he noted that what we’ve been seeing as of late is more in line with who he is.

“But if you’ve seen over the past couple of months, a few different things have happened where I was eliminating complacency, which was me. Then suddenly I was just talking about eating carcasses for a brief period, and then I was buddies with a bunch of guys, which wasn’t the real Drew. And over the past couple of months, I’ve been given the okay to ‘Hey, show them the real Drew Galloway. Show them the real Drew McIntyre. You’ve noticed things have started to change. I heard you in one of your rants about, ‘Let people be themselves.’ What you’re seeing right now on television? That’s Drew Galloway; that’s Drew McIntyre.’”

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