Stuart Bennett
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.
Filmography (119 Appearances)
Royal Rumble 2026
Countdown to Royal Rumble 2026
Survivor Series: WarGames
WWE Crown Jewel 2025
WWE Wrestlepalooza
WWE Countdown to Wrestlepalooza: Indianapolis
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday
WWE: Unreal
WWE Evolution 2025
WWE Night of Champions 2025
WWE Money in the Bank 2025
Countdown to Money in the Bank 2025
WWE Backlash 2025
Countdown to WWE Backlash 2025
WrestleMania 41: Sunday
Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Sunday
Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Saturday
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto
Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025
WWE's Greatest Moments
WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025
WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show
Countdown to WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
WWE Countdown to SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland
WWE Countdown to Money in the Bank 2024
WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show
WWE Countdown to NXT Stand & Deliver 2024
WWE Royal Rumble 2024 Kickoff
Survivor Series War Games 2023 Kickoff
WWE Fastlane 2023 Kickoff
WWE SummerSlam 2023 Kickoff
WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday Kickoff
WWE WrestleMania 39 Saturday Kickoff
WWE Payback 2023 Kickoff
WWE Elimination Chamber 2023 Kickoff
WWE Rivals
NXT Great American Bash 2022
NXT TakeOver 36
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1
I Am Vengeance: Retaliation
NWA Hard Times
NWA Into the Fire
NWA Powerrr
You May Be Pretty, But I Am Beautiful: The Adrian Street Story
I Am Vengeance
WOS Wrestling
Fanged Up
Eliminators
WWE WrestleMania 32
WWE Roadblock 2016
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
WWE Ride Along
WWE Survivor Series 2015
WWE Hell in a Cell 2015
WWE SummerSlam 2015
WWE Table For 3
WWE Battleground 2015
WWE The Beast in the East
Swerved
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
WWE Elimination Chamber 2015
WWE Payback 2015
WWE King Of the Ring 2015
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
WWE WrestleMania 31
WWE Fastlane 2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
WWE Rivalries
Lucha Underground
WWE Payback 2014
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
Wrestlemania Rewind
Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
WWE Payback 2013
WWE WrestleMania 29
WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff
Dead Man Down
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
The JBL and Cole Show
WWE Survivor Series 2012
CM Punk: Best in the World
WWE Main Event
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
WWE Survivor Series 2011
WWE SummerSlam 2011
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
WWE Over The Limit 2011
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2010
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010
WWE Survivor Series 2010
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
WWE Hell In A Cell 2010
WWE Night of Champions 2010
WWE SummerSlam 2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
WWE NXT
Florida Championship Wrestling
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Raw
Saturday Night's Main Event