Drew McIntyre loves playing with himself. In video games.
McIntyre is one of the top stars in WWE and one of the top rated stars in the WWE 2K games. For WWE 2K23, McIntyre scored a 91 overall rating.
On February 10, McIntyre tweeted that he loves playing with himself in the video game.
Speaking on HOT Mornings on Demand, McIntyre expanded on why he enjoys playing with himself in video games.
"It's amazing what goes viral, anything I say [laughs], especially the silly stuff. It's unbelievable, it never gets old," he said on seeing himself immortalized in a video game. "When I was a kid, all I did was get my hands on every WWE action figure, video game, card, sticker, and anything I could afford or ask for Christmas. To dream about being in WWE, especially being in Scotland because it's a small country of five million people, but no one has ever signed to WWE, the big American wrestling company. To actually make it there and see myself in a video game, the first one when I was 23, and I've been in multiple games, multiple figures, very fortunate with the amount of merchandise I've been featured on, but it never gets old. I'm still that wrestling fan and kid at heart. I've never lost that perspective of how cool it actually is to get the opportunity to play with yourself in a video game."
While McIntyre is rated 91 overall, Roman Reigns became the highest rated character in WWE game history, scoring a 99 overall rating.
The standard edition of WWE 2K23 is set to release on Friday, March 17, 2023, and it will be available on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series XS, Xbox One, and PC. Those who pre-order the Deluxe and Icon Editions will have access to the game on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
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