When Drew McIntyre first returned to the main roster he was promoted as the Scottish Psychopath, but the gimmick didn’t really seem to click.
Recently Drew McIntyre has been doing things a little differently, and it seems that the audience is having an easier time relating to the former Intercontinental Champion.
Drew recently spoke to TV Insider about the gimmick change, and he noted that Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman wanted to see the real him.
“I didn’t ever say I was a good guy or bad guy. The thing now is that I’m giving them a little more of the real me. When I first came back to Raw, I was serious all the time. I was talking about eating carcasses and the like is not necessarily the real me. I was a strong bad guy for the good guys to wrestle. I had a lot of big moments including at WrestleMania. Over the past couple of months it was made clear to me by the boss himself, Paul Heyman and all of creative that they wanted me to show them the real me.”
“When I got the okay to finally be myself, that’s when I started loosening up out there and having fun. I started to show Drew Galloway, the real me. The one who was successful outside the company and wound up successful in NXT. I think when the crowd saw me relaxing and having fun, they started having fun with me. That’s the key there. In the past they couldn’t relate to this giant, hairy, scary Scotsman that beats people up all the time. They see my personality. What you are seeing now on TV is the real me.”
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