Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley who is a former three times WWE World champion recently talked about WWE SmackDown star Drew McIntyre and praised him. He discussed how he reinvented himself outside of WWE.
Drew McIntyre was brought into WWE for the first time in 2007 after a short spell on the independent circuit. He work on the Ohio Valley Wrestling which was the development Territory of WWE back in the time before making his main roster debut back in 2009. WWE had big plans for him upon his debut as he was introduced by Vince McMahon himself as the chosen one.
Mick Foley Discusses Drew McIntyre’s Growth Outside Of WWE
He even won the WWE Intercontinental Championship and was continuing and undefeated streak. But soon WWE understood the push he was being given was actually too early for him. So WWE stopped his push, and unfortunately he became a jobber. In 2014 he was released from the promotion after a terrible run at the end. After getting released from WWE he settled himself on the independent circuit and Impact Wrestling.
This time he became quite successful and he also won a number of world championships throughout the independent circuit and at the Impact Wrestling as well. In 2017 he made his return to WWE and this time he became quite famous as he instantly became a main event star. The way he reinvented himself on the independent circuit will always be an example for the wrestlers of the future.
Mick Foley who is a former three times WWE World champion recently spoke on his Foley is Pod Podcast where he talked about WWE SmackDown star Drew McIntyre and praised him. He discussed how he reinvented himself outside of WWE. He said;
“There’s some people who make it a point to go back, if not, reinvent themselves, then to improve themselves. It’s almost like the Drew McIntyre blueprint. ‘Yes, I am gonna do some shows where I take advantage of the name I had, but I am going to improve myself, come back as a better Drew McIntyre.’”
“I don’t know if I’ve told this story, but I think this deserves to be said,” Mick Foley continued. “He sent me a text, probably a direct message on Twitter. He goes, ‘I know we don’t know each other that well, but your opinion means a lot to me.
“I’m trying something new, I just did this.’ I don’t know if he used the word reinvent, and I watched his comeback to Insane Championship Wrestling, ICW, and the first thing I did was text Hunter, who I don’t text too often, and I said, ‘You need to take a look at Drew McIntyre.’ I said, ‘I know he just left, but it’s almost like he’s a different human being.’”
H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcription