Wade Barrett

Stuart Alexander "Stu" Bennett (born 10 August 1980), better known by his ring name Wade Barrett, is an English professional wrestling commentator, actor, former professional wrestler and former bare-knuckle boxer. He is signed to WWE, where is a colour commentator on the SmackDown brand. As an active wrestler he was also known under the ring names Bad News Barrett and King Barrett. He is a five-time Intercontinental Champion, the winner of the first season of NXT, and the 2015 King of the Ring.

Wade Barrett
Barrett in 2016
Birth name	Stuart Alexander Bennett
Born	(1980-08-10) 10 August 1980 (age 45) Penwortham, England
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Bad News Barrett[1] King Barrett[1] Lawrence Knight Pinnacle[2] Stu Bennett Stu Sanders Wade Barrett[1]
Billed height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)[1]
Billed weight	246 lb (112 kg)[1]
Billed from	Manchester, England Preston, England
Trained by	Al Snow Jon Richie
Debut	2004
Retired	2016

Barrett was born in Penwortham. He lived in Preston until he was six. He then moved to Wales.

After winning NXT in 2010, he made his debut on the main roster on the June 7 episode of Raw as the leader of The Nexus.^[3] He was later removed from being the leader of Nexus after CM Punk gave him the opportunity to regain the leadership saying that if he won a three-way steel cage match to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship, but during the match Punk came down to ringside and took off Barrett's Nexus armband, which symbolically removed him from the Nexus, and he went on to lose the match.^[4] He then joined a new group, The Corre.

On 28 April 2016 episode of Raw, Barrett competed in the 2015 King of the Ring tournament. In the tournament, he defeated Dolph Ziggler in the first round after Sheamus distracted Ziggler.^[5] The next night on the WWE Network, Barrett defeated R-Truth in the semi-finals and defeated Neville in the finals win the tournament and become King of the Ring.^[6] On 6 May 2016, Barrett was released from WWE and retired from wrestling.^[7][8] He returned to WWE as a commentator for NXT in September 2020,^[9] and was called up to the main roster again two years later.^[10]

Acting career

Film

Year	Title	Role
2013	Dead Man Down	Kilroy
2016	Eliminators	George "Bishop" Edwards
2018	I Am Vengeance	John Gold
2020	I Am Vengeance: Retaliation	John Gold

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Total Divas	Himself	Guest star

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013–2015	The JBL and Cole Show	Himself
2015	Swerved	Himself	1 episode
2018	Ultimate Beastmaster	Himself

Championships and accomplishments

Barrett is a five-time Intercontinental Champion.

• The Baltimore Sun
  • Feud of the Year (2010) - The Nexus vs John Cena^[11]
  • Newcomer of the Year (2010)^[11]
• Dropkixx
  • Dropkixx IWC European Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[12]
  • Dropkixx IWC European Heavyweight Title Tournament (2005)^[13]
  • Best Physical Appearance Award (2005)^[13]
• Florida Championship Wrestling
  • FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (2 time) – with Drew McIntyre^[14]
• Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Paul Burchill^[15]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Feud of the Year (2010) – The Nexus vs. WWE^[16]
  • Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2010) – As part of The Nexus^[17]
  • Ranked No. 19 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011^[18]
• WWE/World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship (5 times)^{[19][20][21][22][23]}
  • King of the Ring (2015)
  • NXT (season one)
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship No. 1 Contender's Tournament (2014)
  • Slammy Award (1 time)
    • Shocker of the Year (2010) – The debut of The Nexus^[24]