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.

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. 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. 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. 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. On 6 May 2016, Barrett was released from WWE and retired from wrestling. He returned to WWE as a commentator for NXT in September 2020, and was called up to the main roster again two years later.

 Acting career 
 Film 
YearTitleRole2013Dead Man DownKilroy2016EliminatorsGeorge "Bishop" Edwards 2018I Am VengeanceJohn Gold2020I Am Vengeance: RetaliationJohn Gold

 Television 
YearTitleRoleNotes2015Total DivasHimselfGuest star

 Web 
YearTitleRoleNotes2013–2015The JBL and Cole ShowHimself2015SwervedHimself1 episode2018Ultimate BeastmasterHimself

 Championships and accomplishments 
 The Baltimore Sun
 Feud of the Year (2010) 
 Newcomer of the Year (2010)
 Dropkixx
 Dropkixx IWC European Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 Dropkixx IWC European Heavyweight Title Tournament (2005)
 Best Physical Appearance Award (2005)
 Florida Championship Wrestling
 FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (2 time) – with Drew McIntyre
 Ohio Valley Wrestling
 OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Paul Burchill
 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 Feud of the Year (2010) 
 Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2010) – 
 Ranked No. 19 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
 WWE/World Wrestling Entertainment
 WWE Intercontinental Championship (5 times)
 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)  – 
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