Most wrestlers spend countless hours experimenting before carefully choosing their finishing move. For Drew McIntyre, however, it came almost spontaneously.
The Scottish Warrior recently appeared on ESPN Get UP to promote the Survivor Series: WarGames PPV. Among other things, he was asked about his Claymore finisher.
The former World Champion revealed the unique origin story of the move while answering the question. He mentioned that it became a thing accidentally when he was going for a regular kick while wearing leather pants:
\"The move came around by accident, actually. I created it when I was younger. I used to wear these tight leather pants when I was a kid, and I ran to kick somebody in the face, just a regular big boot. I realized the pants were gonna split. I kicked up my other leg, hit my opponent on the face.\
It Could Have Been Embarrassing: Drew McIntyre
Drew McIntyre famously wore leather pants during his 3MB days. He mentioned that the pants would have split open in an embarrassing moment had he not made the adjustment:
The reason I did it is because my crotch was gonna burst open in those tight leather pants. I\'m Scottish. We don\'t love underwear. It could have been embarrassing, and that\'s where the Claymore came from.
I developed it. It resulted in World title after World title after World title, and what I\'m saying is - the secret to success is tight, tight leather pants.
Drew McIntyre will be competing in the Men\'s WarGames match, teaming with Brock Lesnar, Logan Paul, and The Vision at the show tonight. They will face the team of Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk and The Usos in the match beyond.
