Wade Barrett Talks About Losing His Passion For Wrestling

[JerseyBoy23]

It's a damn shame they never did anything with Barrett but without a WCW or NWA they can keep the status quo as long as they feel like it. I hope more midcarders like Barrett start getting into movies, indies or even MMA rather than having their grown stunted every year by the E.

No longer Wade Barrett, Stu Bennett embraces life after WWE

"I've had a lifelong passion, and really obsession, with professional wrestling since I was a very small kid. That passion never left me. I was always inspired to be involved and be part of good TV and do projects that would inspire me professionally. Unfortunately, in 2015 and again in 2016, I was asked to play a character and perform storylines that I found thoroughly uninspiring. After making repeated attempts to change my career trajectory and having those efforts turned down, my passion for playing the role of a WWE Superstar went away."

"'Bad News' Barrett was a really fun time. The reactions from the crowd I was getting were really about my speaking and my portrayal of a character rather than my in-ring work. You can even go back to the Nexus era, when I was cutting promos every single night. People were really hanging on my every word, and I was really dictating a lot of the shows that we were doing. I've always had that confidence in my performance ability and my ability to speak in character. One of the most exciting parts of the Nexus and 'Bad News' Barrett eras were I had a lot of influence in the character and I had a lot of influence in how I was going to portray myself. When I became King Barrett, the influence I had in the character was taken away. I was told, 'This is your outfit, and here is your promo that you have to say word-for-word.' Any time I tried to tweak the storyline because I thought it wasn't working, or because it wasn't me, I was denied. The lack of control over my career reduced my passion more than anything.

"For the first time in my life, I was questioning why I was even getting out of bed and going to work. I wasn't enjoying it and it wasn't motivating me at all. For that reason, I made the decision that I couldn't re-sign a contract and continue for three more years when I knew nothing was going to change. My choice was: to take the paycheck and accept that I was probably going to get the same kind of creative that I'd had for the last couple of years, or alternatively to walk away and look for something else. So I decided to do the latter. I've always been smart with my money, and I saved a lot during my time with WWE. I'm not in a position where I'm living paycheck-to-paycheck, and I can afford to explore other avenues."

 

[Da King]

Still he didn't get he strap with nexus

 

[RammerJammer]

Still he didn't get he strap with nexus

One of the bigger crimes of this decade. You mean to tell me that we couldn't get a Wade Barrett/John Cena WrestleMania feud? Would've made more long term sense than Miz/Cena but we know that WWE don't always deal with long term shyt.

 

[Fenian]

They had cena literally bury fella.

 

[R=G]

That's not surprising..they buried him over and over again. I don't give a fukk what any hick says...Barrett was DEFINITELY the top heel of 2010 and was carrying Raw.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

This happens in every career we romanticize what a career is like but once we are there its different..

 

[Mr. Negative]

orton/barrett was prolly my favorite feud that year.

Just two dudes beating the hell out of each other whenever they saw each other.

 

[OVER]

I'll never understand the logic of taking away his Bad News catch phrase and his rising podium. He was getting face pops? HHH and Stephanie go for face pops all the time as heels.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Wade Barrett got a ton of pushes. He just continually got injured. Yeah, that Nexus stuff ended pretty badly but it was mainly a team of scrubs and Barrett He was always made out to be a big deal. Even won KOTR. Worst king ever by the way.

 

[DanielAlfredsson]

Still shocking how a guy with all the tools, from a market they have always targeted no less, didn't amount to more.

If I was behind that iTV project in the UK right now, he'd be #1 draft pick.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

His moveset was trash and he was injury prone.

His career went exactly the way it should have.

 

[King Crimson]

Wade Barrett got a ton of pushes. He just continually got injured. Yeah, that Nexus stuff ended pretty badly but it was mainly a team of scrubs and Barrett He was always made out to be a big deal. Even won KOTR. Worst king ever by the way.

Worse than Billy Gunn?

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Was never a huge fan of his work but he clearly had a lot of untapped potential that the WWE had no interest in developing.

At his worst he was still better than half the roster and he could actually talk pretty good.

 

[Lo-Co]

orton/barrett was prolly my favorite feud that year.

Just two dudes beating the hell out of each other whenever they saw each other.

That shyt was one of the few fun things to watch that year.

 

[Heelish]

I'll never forget when Cena had Wade up on his shoulders and shrugged his shoulders on some before delivering the AA. I can't find a clip of it anywhere.