5 rare photos of Drew McIntyre, showing the 2020 Royal Rumble winner as you may never have seen him

#2 A maiden WrestleMania

Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania in 2010

Drew McIntyre may be set to headline this year's WrestleMania at what is probably the peak of his career to date, but there's no doubting that his first outing at WWE's biggest show of the year will always rank highly in terms of top career moments.

WrestleMania XXVI was held March 2020 in Arizona, before over 70,000 rabid fans. A young McIntyre, then still Intercontinental Champion, was part of the Money in the Bank ladder match, which was given a prime spot and some 13 minutes on the night's card.

However, The Scot's bid to claim the coveted briefcase failed, as Jack Swagger went on to defeat not only McIntyre, but also Dolph Ziggler, Shenton Benjamin, Christian, MVP, Evan Bourne, Kofi Kingston, and Matt Hardy.

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#1 Champions with Cody Rhodes

Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes celebrate winning tag-team gold

The year 2010 continued to be yet another landmark year for Drew McIntyre, and at Night of Champions in September, just a year after so dramatically announcing his arrival on the big stage of WWE, he again captured championship gold.

This time the gold in question was the WWE Tag Team championships, with McIntyre and his partner Cody Rhodes having aligned themselves, established common enemies in Matt Hardy and Christian.

The Clash of Champions win came in a hectic tag team turmoil affair, with the Hart Dynasty, The Usos, Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov, and Evan Bourne & Mark Henry all downed before Rhodes and McIntyre had their hands raised.

The reign would be somewhat short-lived, lasting around just a month before John Cena and David Otunga snared the gold.