RIYADH: It has been an exciting year, internationally, for WWE, according to two-time WWE Champion Drew McIntyre. Speaking during an appearance on the Mayman Show for Arab News, the wrestler said that as long as there is an appetite among fans for WWE in any part of the world, it will be there.

And according to the Scotsman, the WWE superstars are just as thrilled about the global expansion as the fans are.

鈥淚t鈥檚 exciting. It鈥檚 very exciting,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檝e been around WWE since I was 22 years old 鈥� back then I thought the company couldn鈥檛 get any bigger and every single year we just keep evolving and growing and growing. And the global footprint is just absolutely unbelievable.鈥�

McIntyre said it is incredible to see premium live events taking place in so many countries and it is all thanks to the fans.

鈥淪eeing how many big shows we鈥檙e bringing to the entire world now is amazing,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e have such a passionate fan base, all across the world. And right here (in 萝莉视频) and in the UK are a couple of the most passionate fan bases; they deserve those shows.

鈥淲henever there鈥檚 an appetite for WWE and our product, we鈥檙e going to be there.鈥�

McIntyre said he can see that fans all around the world share the same passion for WWE but he admitted that the depth of knowledge among Saudi fans had surprised him.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think they (the fans) are much different,鈥� he explained. 鈥淗owever, when it comes to comparing (Saudi fans) to passionate fans from other countries, that caught me by surprise, I guess.

鈥淚n my first visit (to the Kingdom), I think it was 2018, I was with Dolph Ziggler at the time and we decided we wanted to see at a mall. I remember meeting all the fans individually and them telling me about their WWE fandom and telling me facts about my career that I鈥檇 forgotten.鈥�

Every single person they met wanted to tell them about the first time they watched wrestling and what draws them to the sport and their favorite stars, McIntyre said. They also seemed to know more about his career than he did.

鈥淟egitimately, matches that I鈥檝e forgotten about, I had to go, 鈥榊es, I remember that match,鈥欌€� he said. 鈥淚 was like, I don鈥檛 remember that. How do they know this stuff?

鈥淎nd to go out and wrestle in front of them and hear how loud they are, and to hear the chants and hear the passion, especially last year 鈥� it was probably my favorite match, the one with myself and Big E for the WWE Championship.

鈥淭he crowd really took it to that next level. You know, an amazing crowd can make an average match good, a good match great, and a great match legendary. And I felt that we had a really, really great match. And the crowd took it to that next level. It鈥檚 one of my favorite memories of my career.鈥�

McIntyre is a two-time WWE Champion, one-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, one-time NXT Champion, and a two-time WWE (Raw) Tag Team Champion. He also received the 2020 Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year. He competed under his birth name, Drew Galloway, during his wrestling career outside of WWE.