Drew McIntyre on AEW: So many people making a full-time living is ‘awesome’

Drew McIntyre

WWE star Drew McIntyre is happy to see so many of his friends making a full-time living in professional wrestling.

During a social media Q&A with fans on Thursday, McIntyre was asked to give his thoughts on the current AEW product. McIntyre was in character for much of the session, but he said he’s happy to watch all wrestling and is glad to see how much the industry outside of WWE has grown.

“I mean, I’m happy to watch all wrestling, especially when I’m off. You know, when I was out that three months,” McIntyre said. “That’s a chance for me to catch up and everything. You know, Impact, AEW, New Japan, the independent scene. And I’m just happy to see so many people that I’m friends with making a full-time living. That wasn’t the case when I was fired in 2014 and reinvented what it meant to be an independent wrestler. Using social media, as I still do to this day at a top level, it’s been going since 2014, to rebrand myself. To see how much the industry grew in those three years and led to so many places with so many people making a full-time living is awesome.”

McIntyre was away from WWE television for a couple of months following his Hell in a Cell loss to CM Punk at Bad Blood. He returned earlier this month and recently defeated Sami Zayn at Saturday Night’s Main Event.