DREW MCINTYRE

When you're by yourself and not with WWE, you are your own business. And I was very successful in that business because of all the lessons I learned.

There are superstars that deserve to be at the top and do give everything.

I built my business, and WWE brought my business in. I want to be successful in my business and, in turn, make WWE successful.

RVD is the most chilled man on planet Earth - if he was any more relaxed, he'd be asleep - and he is a really nice guy, too.

I never get nervous before a show, but I get nervous when we come to Scotland.

Opportunities came because WWE built my name, and I've made the most of it.

I sent away to America for 'The Inside Secrets of Wrestling' that Percy Pringle and Dennis Brent wrote, and Volume 1 told me to keep kayfabe of the book. So I used to keep it in a briefcase, and I'd go to school every day, and everyone would talk about wrestling, and they didn't know what was going on, but I knew what was going on.

The Shield has been up at the top for so long now, they're just living in their own little world. They're not working for the boys; they're working for each other.

I became one of the top wrestlers outside of WWE in the world, and it all happened because I started giving it my everything.

The goal is become the top person on 'Raw,' the example on 'Raw,' the John Cena, the ultimate workhorse of 'Raw.'

I used to travel for 12 hours to learn to wrestle when I was 15.

Undertaker, right up until his last day, was working full time constantly, even when he was beat up, had fire in his eyes. If he couldn't walk, he was flying around, and he was The Undertaker in every way. That was such an inspiration.

From a boy who left university as a student straight to WWE - those experiences, those ups and downs in life and work shaped the wrestler and man I am today.

There is so much more than just what you do in the ring and what you do on the microphone.

Oney Lorcan is such a hard-hitting dude, just like me. We go in there, two hard-hitting dudes, and the crowd are going to be taken aback, and that's our goal.

When it comes to the southern states, I used to actually live in Louisiana for a year.

There's so much more to being a 'top guy' than what you see on screen that I really learned.

I've been so lucky with people giving me an opportunity to showcase the real Drew.

Keeping a secret in the social media age often is impossible.

Anything can happen in pro wrestling.

I was part of Evolve as they were beginning to make their name, and I was lucky enough to help it grow worldwide as WWE got involved.

I was 21 years old when I first signed with WWE. I finished my university degree and came straight to America.

I see it as my responsibility to start trying to help wrestling because if I don't do something, wrestling is going to die - like, wrestling as we know it.

The big thing for me is no longer is trying to impress people around me.

I was in FCW for about six months. It was roundabout 2009; a lot of guys started to retire, and they didn't have guys coming in from other companies to replace them.