Drew McIntyre On Wrestling Elsewhere: “It Was Never a Consideration. I’m Wrestling With WWE”

Drew McIntyre was recently interviewed by PWInsider Elite where he discussed several topics. Among them was leaving his family to join WWE, and if he would sign elsewhere, amid recent contract negotiations.

Below are some highlights from the interview:

McIntyre on leaving his family to join WWE:

“It’s the hardest thing that I’ve had to do. This was always the dream since I was a kid and making it to WWE. Honestly, I never truly considered ‘Oh yeah you have to move to America’ until I got signed.” McIntyre added, “I did all the work, I had the self-belief [thinking] I’m going to be the first ever Scottish person signed directly from Scottland through WWE. I finally did it and I had the contract in my hand and I went wait, I have to move to America. Taking that to account. I’m so close with my family, I’m so close with my mother. It was very hard to be away but they were so encouraging and kept pushing me forward to keep chasing the dream and when you’re young you can put yourself in that mode of just work work work. When I was a kid it was work work work, party party party and you don’t think too much and years can slip about and they slip by real quickly. I got home maybe once a year during that period and it wasn’t enough but over these past few years, I’ve grown up a lot more.

I started thinking a lot more about back home and seeing people not with us anymore, like my mom and my dad getting older and my brother having my nephews now and seeing how big they get. I realized I want to be working on my dream, I don’t want to give that up. But at the same time, I want to be home more. I’m gonna have to try and find that balance because that’s where I’m at in my life now. Thankfully, thanks to Nick Khan and Triple H and WWE, we got there where I feel comfortable with my family and my wife and I feel comfortable. I’m gonna be able to give to the company and give to my family at the same time.”

McIntyre on if he would sign with another company:

“It was never a consideration. I’m wrestling with WWE. I don’t think in the sense am I gonna go wrestle somewhere else, this is where I want to wrestle. I don’t want to be anywhere else but our family has gone through a lot over the past year. Things in my own family and my wife’s sister unfortunately passed a year ago yesterday. That was very difficult and I felt like I’m gonna have to take some serious time for my family. There was a period where I was like maybe I’m gonna have to take a little break and come back and some uncertainty. Thankfully as a family, we came together and WWE gave me the time I needed whenever I needed it during that period and in the end, as a family we came together. We had a conversation about what was best for us. The company was unbelievable with that and thankfully everybody is in a great place right now.”

[h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription]

 

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