We've all memory-holed parts of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's easier than processing the reality that we all lived through that.

Drew McIntyre is among the few unlucky people on Earth to have reached a global cultural pinnacle during the period no one wants to think about.

McIntyre, a Scottish pro wrestler who was once released from WWE, returned in 2017 and grinded his way to the top of the company. He won the world title April 5, 2020 at WrestleMania 36 — in front of zero fans at the WWE Performance Center, the equivalent to raising the Larry O’Brien trophy in an empty NBA practice facility.

"I was champion for over 300 days in the pandemic. Nobody was there," McIntyre told me in an interview. "I sacrificed my moment because the world shut down. Unfortunately, my moment at WrestleMania

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