Stuart Bennett

Stuart Alexander Bennett is an English professional wrestling commentator, actor, and former professional wrestler and former bare-knuckle boxer who holds both British and American citizenship. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is a color commentator on the NXT brand under the ring name Wade Barrett. Under the Wade Barrett name, Bennett won the first season of NXT in 2010 and made his main roster debut on Raw later that year. He rose to prominence as the leader of The Nexus, a villainous faction composed of the remaining NXT first-season rookies. He headlined five PPV events for WWE in 2010—SummerSlam, Night of Champions, Bragging Rights, Survivor Series, and TLC—three of which saw him unsuccessfully challenge for the WWE Championship. He later formed The Corre, a short-lived group with former Nexus members Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel, along with Ezekiel Jackson in 2011. After they disbanded, he would go on to become a five-time Intercontinental Champion. In 2013, Barrett's ring name was changed to Bad News Barrett and he adopted the character of a man who took pleasure in breaking bad news to other people. In 2015, he won the 20th King of the Ring tournament, at which point his ring name was changed to King Barrett. He notably portrayed a villain for his entire WWE career, regardless of the other changes to his character. He has not wrestled since leaving WWE in May 2016, though he has appeared in non-wrestling roles on the international independent circuit, such as a commentator for World of Sport Wrestling and a general manager for Defiant Wrestling under his real name. He made his acting debut in the thriller film Dead Man Down (2013) and has since starred in films such as Eliminators (2016), I Am Vengeance (2018), and I Am Vengeance: Retaliation (2020). He returned to WWE as a commentator in August 2020.

Cast

WWE Night of Champions 2010

(Wade Barrett)

WWE WrestleMania XXVII

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Extreme Rules 2011

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Over The Limit 2011

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Bragging Rights 2010

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Money in the Bank 2011

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Hell In A Cell 2010

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Elimination Chamber 2011

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Survivor Series 2010

(Wade Barrett)

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2010

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Capitol Punishment 2011

(Wade Barrett)

WWE SummerSlam 2010

(Wade Barrett)

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011

(Wade Barrett)

WWE SummerSlam 2011

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Royal Rumble 2011

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Elimination Chamber 2012

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Royal Rumble 2012

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Survivor Series 2011

(Wade Barrett)

Dead Man Down

(Kilroy)

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Survivor Series 2012

(Wade Barrett)

WWE WrestleMania 32

(King Barrett (Ringside))

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Money in the Bank 2013

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Royal Rumble 2015

(Bad News Barrett)

WWE Payback 2013

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010

(Wade Barrett (Appearance))

WWE Money in the Bank 2010

(Wade Barrett (Appearance))

WWE Extreme Rules 2015

(Bad News Barrett)

WWE Money in the Bank 2015

(King Barrett)

WWE Battleground 2015

(King Barrett)

WWE Hell in a Cell 2015

(King Barrett)

NXT Great American Bash 2022

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Payback 2014

(Bad News Barrett)

WWE Extreme Rules 2014

(Bad News Barrett)

Survivor Series War Games 2023 Kickoff

(Wade Barrett)

CM Punk: Best in the World

(Himself)

WWE Fastlane 2015

(Bad News Barrett)

WWE WrestleMania 31

(Bad News Barrett)

WWE Payback 2015

(King Barrett)

WWE Elimination Chamber 2015

(King Barrett)

WWE The Beast in the East

(King Barrett)

Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan

(Wade Barrett)

WWE King Of The Ring 2015

(Bad New Barrett)

WWE Fastlane 2023 Kickoff

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Elimination Chamber 2023 Kickoff

(Wade Barrett)

WWE WrestleMania 39 Saturday Kickoff

(Wade Barrett)

WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday Kickoff

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Payback 2023 Kickoff

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Royal Rumble: Kickoff

(Wade Barrett)

WWE SummerSlam 2023 Kickoff

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Survivor Series 2015

(King Barrett)

NWA Into the Fire

(Stu Bennett)

WWE Roadblock 2016

(King Barrett)

WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Countdown to Money in the Bank 2024

(Wade Barrett)

Countdown to NXT Stand & Deliver 2024

(Wade Barrett)

Eliminators

(Bishop)

WWE Countdown to SummerSlam: Cleveland

(Wade Barrett)

I Am Vengeance

(John Gold)

Fanged Up

(Victor Stanczyk)

WWE SummerSlam 2015

(King Barrett)

I Am Vengeance: Retaliation

(John Gold)

WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012

(Wade Barrett)

WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions

(Wade Barrett)

You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge

(Wade Barrett)

WWE WrestleMania 29

(Wade Barrett)

You May Be Pretty, But I Am Beautiful: The Adrian Street Story

(Himself)

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1

(Wade Barrett)

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2

(Wade Barrett)

WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015

(King Barrett)

NXT TakeOver 36

(Wade Barrett)

WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff

(Wade Barrett)

The JBL and Cole Show

(Bad News Barrett)

WWE SmackDown

(Bad News Barrett)

WWE SmackDown

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Raw

(Bad News Barrett)

WWE SmackDown

(King Barrett)

WWE Raw

(King Barrett)

WWE Table For 3

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Ride Along

(Wade Barrett)

Swerved

(Bad News Barrett)

WWE Main Event

(Wade Barrett)

WOS Wrestling

(Himself)

WWE NXT

WWE Rivalries

WWE NXT

(Wade Barrett)

WWE Raw

(Wade Barrett)

WWE SmackDown

WWE Raw

NWA Powerrr