During this week's "ARN" podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Arn Anderson and Conrad Thompson reviewed the 2010 Money in the Bank PPV, and the All Elite Wrestling star weighed in on why WWE Champion Drew McIntyre's first run with the company didn't work out.
Despite being introduced as "The Chosen One" hand-picked by Vince McMahon, Drew Galloway quickly fell by the wayside, and ended up a member of 3MB. After leaving WWE, he remade himself as a serious wrestler, before returning to NXT and ultimately the main roster. So, where did it all go wrong in 2010?
"He saw something in Drew that he really liked. He named him the Chosen One," Anderson recalled. "I think that was a shoot at that time. I think he looked at Drew and said, here is a young guy I’m going to go all the way with. I said this before and I know it sounds crazy, but Drew got too lean. I know that he knew Vince liked body guys and everything but Drew went through a period where he got so lean that it actually a detraction from his look because he is a big tall guy."
"He got so ripped and he looked like a guy that was fixing to get into an amateur bodybuilding content. I think that hurt him in as much as anything else," the WWE Hall of Famer continued. "But, I think Vince truly chose him as being one of the next big stars. When he got so ripped and stuff it just took away from him and I think he had some issues outside of the ring as far as his personal life and at that particular time, it snowballed altogether."
Needless to say, it all worked out for McIntyre in the end, and he's now set to defend his WWE Championship against Dolph Ziggler at the upcoming Extreme Rules PPV this weekend.