5 current and former WWE Superstars Drew McIntyre is friends with in real life

#2 Jinder Mahal was a groomsman at Drew McIntyre's wedding

Former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal has been battling his fair share of injuries, but Drew McIntyre is waiting for him to return just so he can defend his WWE Championship against The Modern Day Maharaja.

Drew McIntyre has never shied away from calling his former 3MB partner Mahal his best friend, and the WWE Universe have already heard several interesting stories involving the two men.

Speaking to ComicBook.com, McIntyre had the following to say when asked about a possible rivalry against Mahal:

"Yep. 100%. The same things I said about Sheamus apply to Jinder also, I just want everything to be as real as possible for the fans to get invested. Even at first, they're not too sure about it or skeptical about it, that they find themselves getting invested in Jinder and I. He's one of my best friends in the world. We met when I moved back to Tampa when I was about 25 years old. We started hanging out for a couple of years before 3MB was even formed. We got closer during that period. He was there to support me during some difficult times in my personal life that we very much would involve in a storyline to take it to that next level."

McIntyre also spoke about his close relationship with the WWE Superstar who endured the same hardships as him a few years ago.

"I'm very comfortable, my life's an open book that's been on the public display since I was 21. He (Jinder) was one of the groomsmen at my wedding and we're still training with each other to this day. I think he posted a picture from his gym the other day, actually, of how close we are. I think the environment we're in right now, like I mentioned, telling deeper stories and developing those characters and having more layers to our stories and characters, this would be the perfect environment to do it in. Sometimes when the arenas of fans are unsure with something initially they might crap all over it and they'll give it a chance, but in this environment they're kind of forced to listen to that story and I think people would truly get invested in a Jinder-McIntyre story."

Both men turned their fortunes around after 3MB disbanded and they were released, and it seems like their hard work in the gym and the ring has paid off big time.