Stuart Bennett

Biography

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.

Known For

Wade Barrett

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

Kilroy

Dead Man Down

Wade Barrett

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012

Wade Barrett

WWE Survivor Series 2012

King Barrett (Ringside)

WWE WrestleMania 32

Wade Barrett

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

Wade Barrett

WWE Money in the Bank 2013

Bad News Barrett

WWE Royal Rumble 2015

Wade Barrett

WWE Payback 2013

Wade Barrett

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010

Wade Barrett (Appearance)

WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010

Wade Barrett (Appearance)

WWE Money in the Bank 2010

Bad News Barrett

WWE Extreme Rules 2015

King Barrett

WWE Battleground 2015

King Barrett

WWE Money in the Bank 2015

King Barrett

WWE Hell in a Cell 2015

Wade Barrett

NXT Great American Bash 2022

Bad News Barrett

WWE Payback 2014

Bad News Barrett

WWE Extreme Rules 2014

Wade Barrett

Survivor Series War Games 2023 Kickoff

Himself

CM Punk: Best in the World

Bad News Barrett

WWE Fastlane 2015

Bad News Barrett

WWE WrestleMania 31

King Barrett

WWE Payback 2015

King Barrett

WWE Elimination Chamber 2015

King Barrett

WWE The Beast in the East

Wade Barrett

Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan

Bad New Barrett

WWE King Of The Ring 2015

Wade Barrett

WWE Fastlane 2023 Kickoff

Wade Barrett

WWE Elimination Chamber 2023 Kickoff

Wade Barrett

WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday Kickoff

Wade Barrett

WWE WrestleMania 39 Saturday Kickoff

Wade Barrett

WWE Payback 2023 Kickoff

Wade Barrett

WWE Royal Rumble 2024 Kickoff

Wade Barrett

WWE SummerSlam 2023 Kickoff

King Barrett

WWE Survivor Series 2015

Stu Bennett

NWA Into the Fire

King Barrett

WWE Roadblock 2016

Wade Barrett

WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show

Wade Barrett

WWE Countdown to Money in the Bank 2024

Wade Barrett

WWE Countdown to NXT Stand & Deliver 2024

Bishop

Eliminators

Wade Barrett

WWE Countdown to SummerSlam: Cleveland

John Gold

Vengeance

Victor Stanczyk

Fanged Up

King Barrett

WWE SummerSlam 2015

John Gold

I Am Vengeance: Retaliation

Wade Barrett

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

Himself

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

Wade Barrett

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1

Wade Barrett

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2

King Barrett

WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015

Wade Barrett

NXT TakeOver 36

Wade Barrett

WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff

Wade Barrett

WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show

Wade Barrett

Countdown to WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024

Wade Barrett

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show

Wade Barrett

WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025

Wade Barrett

WWE Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025

Wade Barrett

WWE Elimination Chamber: Toronto

NWA Hard Times

Wade Barrett

Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Saturday

Wade Barrett

WrestleMania 41: Saturday

Wade Barrett

Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Sunday

Wade Barrett

WrestleMania 41: Sunday

Wade Barrett

Countdown to WWE Backlash 2025

Wade Barrett

WWE Backlash 2025

Wade Barrett

WWE Countdown to Money in the Bank 2025

Wade Barrett

WWE Money in the Bank 2025

Wade Barrett

WWE Night of Champions 2025

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-08-10

Place of Birth

Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Bad News Barrett