Barron Blade

“*Controversy creates cash.*”
―Barron Blade
**Barron Blade** is an American retired professional wrestler, television producer, marketer, promoter and commentator. He first appeared in *WWE 2K15* and is the founder of an indie professional wrestling promotion, BCW in 2016.

## History

### Return to WWE; Sporadic appearances

Before Buzz's initial match with Cole Quinn, Barron Blade is seen talking to WWE scout Matt Bloom. He introduces Buzz as "Van-Go", a nickname he came up with due to Buzz driving his late father's old work van around. However, when Cole angrily reveals that Buzz regularly lives in the van due to Barron's inept payment ability, he drops the nickname upon realizing it's in bad taste. At Buzz's tryout match against Braun Strowman on *Raw*, he reunites with Triple H, after being gone from WWE for several months.

After a "masked fan" cost Buzz his shot at NXT, Barron intended to use the surge in Buzz's popularity its video caused to boost BCW's popularity. He sends Cole to do a show in Japan while he and Buzz head down to Mexico so he can manage him during a match against El Mago. Following the masked attacker showing up at the event, he asks Buzz if he thought that was the original attacker, but Buzz's rudimentary knowledge of Spanish reveals that he was merely a fan who donned the mask simply to get exposure.

After Barron's second attempt at a "Live Stream PPV" falls through after WWE claims streaming rights to the venue they were at, Barron is the only one who was hesitant about Buzz's plan to invade NXT due to his knowledge of Triple H's tendency to hold a grudge. His concerns are proven when Triple H investigates Buzz's attack and finds out that Barron was the party responsible, having come to the conclusion that he'll lose business if one of his biggest stars made the jump to WWE and felt that costing him his opportunity and getting him to stay with BCW was the best thing for his career. Wanting to stick it to Buzz, Triple H forces him to compete under the mask against Buzz on the condition that he wouldn't reveal the secret should he win, though he later admits he never intended to keep his word since he knew Buzz would go to any lengths to find out who cost him his chance at WWE. Once Buzz finds out the truth, Barron tries to apologize for his actions, but Buzz, understandably upset about what he did, refuses to hear it and severs ties with him.

After Triple H forces him to hand over Buzz's contract and Cole ends his business with him out of solidarity, Barron and BCW begin to lose business. A majority of the fans stop tuning in to watch in defense of Buzz and the wrestles he has under contract leave out of fear he'll betray them as well if they look for opportunities outside of BCW. Eventually, Barron is forced to close down BCW when he's unable to keep the promotion afloat. He tries to contact Buzz ever since, apologizing for his actions and congratulating him every time he succeeds.

He returns on Raw once since he was exposed as Buzz's masked attacker on NXT. During a promo by AJ Styles and Finn Bálor, who both had recently betrayed Buzz as well, they invite him to the ring to explain to the WWE Universe that his actions against his protégé were to stop him from leeching of him. However, Barron reveals he only told them that because that was the only way they'd let him get close to them, and he lambasts them for the insincere way they turned on Buzz. As he's about to leave the arena, he was attacked by Styles and Bálor, before he was saved by Buzz. How should he forgive him is depends on the player.

If he chooses to forgive Barron, then he would accompany him for the Universal title match at WrestleMania. During the title match, Barron stops Finn Bálor from interfering momentarily.

### Rebuilding BCW

Follow Buzz's victory of regaining the Universal title at WrestleMania, Barron went on to rebuild his company and their first venue for the return of BCW is the high school at Fulton, NY. He offers RED and Tre to be part of an addition to the BCW roster, but they declined the offer. Undeterred, he calls RED after she won the 2019 Mae Young Classic to get her to sign with BCW over WWE, but RED doesn't return the call.

Barron later gets in contact with former mascot and WWE's hopeful Chase about working a BCW show on the side from his Performance Center training. Assuming Barron was merely inviting him to watch the show on the pretense of getting some restaurant 'matches' he managed to pick up, Chase agrees and invites the Male Player, only to discover that Barron has already posted on social media that he expects them to compete against each other, much to the Male Player's chagrin.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Step kick
	+ *Cutting Blade* (Cobra clutch backbreaker)
* **Signature moves**
	+ DDT
	+ STF (Stepover toehold facelock)

## Trivia

* He serves as an NPC in MyCareer mode from *WWE 2K15* up to *WWE 2K18*. It might be possible to recreate this wrestler. In *WWE 2K19*, he became a playable character with his new original design as a middle-aged former wrestler.