WWE’s Drew McIntyre addresses his viral photo with AEW star Jack Perry

During an interview with Gorilla Position, WWE’s Drew McIntyre revealed how his viral photo with AEW star Jack Perry came to be…

“On the same flight. He was just right in front of me. I had a chat with him. Lovely lad. His girlfriend’s really nice, flying to L.A. and just said, ‘Hey, we should take a picture together. We’re both wrestlers. I’ll put it on the internet. Give ya a little rub (McIntyre laughed),’ and people reacted crazy.”

McIntyre also discussed his new WWE contract…

“The only thing that I had in my mind was family time (as my WWE contract was expiring). I’ve talked about it publicly so I’m not saying anything shocking. It’s gonna hit the dirt sheets. Probably will anyway. Everything I say hits the dirt sheets but, we lost my sister-in-law about a year and a half ago. My mother-in-law was struggling and my wife was struggling and I told them, ‘Okay. I’m going to take some time off at the end of this contract.’ Be with the family for the first time in my life. I went from college to WWE, to being fired, to the independent schedule which was crazier than WWE, to back to WWE and that was my plan and as time passed, you know, we got into the (CM) Punk stuff, the evolution of the character and our family started to learn to live with the new normal and it got to the point where my wife said, ‘Okay, we should have a conversation. It’s probably not the time to be going anywhere. Right now, if we can figure out just a little more time for the family because you’ve given your entire life to wrestling but I just need a little bit more but at the same time, still, give yourself to what you love which is wrestling’ and thankfully, thanks to Triple H and Nick Khan, we got the perfect deal for work, for my family, for everybody and a nice little sword for my wall.” (quotes courtesy of PostWrestling.com)