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.
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- 2024 · WWE Countdown to SummerSlam: Cleveland as Wade Barrett
- 2024 · WWE Countdown to Money in the Bank 2024 as Wade Barrett
- 2024 · WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland as Wade Barrett
- 2024 · WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show as Wade Barrett
- 2024 · TKO WWE Pay Per View as Wade Barrett
- 2024 · Countdown to NXT Stand & Deliver 2024 as Wade Barrett
- 2024 · WWE Royal Rumble 2024 Kickoff as Wade Barrett
- 2023 · Survivor Series War Games 2023 Kickoff as Wade Barrett
- 2023 · WWE SummerSlam 2023 Kickoff as Wade Barrett
- 2023 · WWE Fastlane 2023 Kickoff as Wade Barrett
- 2023 · WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday Kickoff as Wade Barrett
- 2023 · WWE WrestleMania 39 Saturday Kickoff as Wade Barrett
- 2023 · WWE Elimination Chamber 2023 Kickoff as Wade Barrett
- 2023 · WWE Payback 2023 Kickoff as Wade Barrett
- 2022 · NXT Great American Bash 2022 as Wade Barrett
- 2021 · NXT TakeOver 36 as Wade Barrett
- 2021 · WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2 as Wade Barrett
- 2021 · WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 as Wade Barrett
- 2020 · I Am Vengeance: Retaliation as John Gold
- 2019 · NWA Into the Fire as Stu Bennett
- 2019 · NWA Powerrr as
- 2019 · You May Be Pretty, But I Am Beautiful: The Adrian Street Story as Himself
- 2018 · I Am Vengeance as John Gold
- 2018 · WOS Wrestling as Himself
- 2017 · Fanged Up as Victor Stanczyk
- 2016 · Eliminators as Bishop
- 2016 · WWE WrestleMania 32 as King Barrett (Ringside)
- 2016 · WWE Roadblock 2016 as King Barrett
- 2016 · WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015 as King Barrett
- 2016 · WWE Ride Along as Wade Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Survivor Series 2015 as King Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Hell in a Cell 2015 as King Barrett
- 2015 · WWE SummerSlam 2015 as King Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Table For 3 as Wade Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Battleground 2015 as King Barrett
- 2015 · WWE The Beast in the East as King Barrett
- 2015 · Swerved as Bad News Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Money in the Bank 2015 as King Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Elimination Chamber 2015 as King Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Payback 2015 as King Barrett
- 2015 · WWE King Of The Ring 2015 as Bad New Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Extreme Rules 2015 as Bad News Barrett
- 2015 · WWE WrestleMania 31 as Bad News Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Fastlane 2015 as Bad News Barrett
- 2015 · WWE Royal Rumble 2015 as Bad News Barrett
- 2014 · WWE Rivalries as
- 2014 · WWE Payback 2014 as Bad News Barrett
- 2014 · WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions as Wade Barrett
- 2014 · WWE Extreme Rules 2014 as Bad News Barrett
- 2014 · Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan as Wade Barrett
- 2013 · WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology as Wade Barrett
- 2013 · WWE Money in the Bank 2013 as Wade Barrett
- 2013 · WWE Payback 2013 as Wade Barrett
- 2013 · WWE WrestleMania 29 as Wade Barrett
- 2013 · Dead Man Down as Kilroy
- 2013 · WWE Royal Rumble 2013 as Wade Barrett
- 2012 · WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012 as Wade Barrett
- 2012 · WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012 as Wade Barrett
- 2012 · The JBL and Cole Show as Bad News Barrett
- 2012 · WWE Survivor Series 2012 as Wade Barrett
- 2012 · CM Punk: Best in the World as Himself
- 2012 · WWE Main Event as Wade Barrett
- 2012 · You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge as Wade Barrett
- 2012 · WWE Elimination Chamber 2012 as Wade Barrett
- 2012 · WWE Royal Rumble 2012 as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011 as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE Survivor Series 2011 as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE SummerSlam 2011 as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE Money in the Bank 2011 as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE Capitol Punishment 2011 as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE Over The Limit 2011 as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE Extreme Rules 2011 as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE WrestleMania XXVII as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE Elimination Chamber 2011 as Wade Barrett
- 2011 · WWE Royal Rumble 2011 as Wade Barrett
- 2010 · WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2010 as Wade Barrett
- 2010 · WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010 as Wade Barrett
- 2010 · WWE Survivor Series 2010 as Wade Barrett
- 2010 · WWE Bragging Rights 2010 as Wade Barrett
- 2010 · WWE Hell In A Cell 2010 as Wade Barrett
- 2010 · WWE Night of Champions 2010 as Wade Barrett
- 2010 · WWE SummerSlam 2010 as Wade Barrett
- 2010 · WWE Money in the Bank 2010 as Wade Barrett (Appearance)
- 2010 · WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010 as Wade Barrett (Appearance)
- 2010 · WWE NXT as
- 2010 · WWE NXT as Wade Barrett
- 1999 · WWE SmackDown as Bad News Barrett
- 1999 · WWE SmackDown as Wade Barrett
- 1999 · WWE SmackDown as King Barrett
- 1999 · WWE SmackDown as
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Bad News Barrett
- 1993 · WWE Raw as King Barrett
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Wade Barrett
- 1993 · WWE Raw as