Wade Barrett: Stuart “Stu” Alexander Bennett is a professional wrestler from England who is well known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment.
Barrett is not only a professional wrestler but also an English actor who had played on several films.
Wade Barrett is currently active and working on World of Sport Wrestling, NWA Wrestling, where he is a commentator and executive.
He is a former five-time champion of WWE Intercontinental Championship, King of the Ring, OVW Southern Tag Team Champion, and so on.
Wade Barrett Facts
| Full Name | Â Stuart “Stu” Alexander Bennett |
| Ring Name | Â Wade Barrett |
| Date of Birth | Â August 10, 1980 |
| Marital Status | Â Unmarried |
| Birthplace | Â Penwortham, Lancashire, England |
| Ethnicity | Â White |
| Profession | Â Professional Wrestler |
| Nationality | Â British |
| Net Worth | Â $7 Million |
| Height | Â 2.1 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | Â 246lb (112 kg) |
| Horoscope | Â Leo |
Early Life
Wade Barrett, who grew up in Preston, Lancashire, was born on August 10, 1980. He then moved to Wales after the age of six with his family. Sadly, both of his parent’s name is unknown.
Barrett started to show interest in wrestling because of Davey Boy Smith, who became his idol. He attended the live match between Smith and Bret Hart on the event of SummerSlam 1992 for the WWF Intercontinental Championship.
The match inspired him, even more, to become a professional wrestler as the Smith and Bret Hart.
He completed his study from the University of Liverpool with a degree in marine biology. During his research as well, he was training for a career in professional wrestling.
Wade Barrett Age and Body Measurements and Net Worth
Wade Barrett is living his 39th years of age with an impressive body height of 6 feet and 7 inches. He does have an average body weight of 112 kg, i.e., 246 pounds.
With his fantastic life career on World Wrestling Entertainment and also as an English actor and now as a commentator and executive, the total estimated net worth of Wade Barrett is $7 Million.
Wade Barrett Personal Life
Barrett is currently living in Los Angeles, California, working as a commentator and executive on NWA wrestling. He is currently single and living along without any female partner.
He is originally from England and got U.S. green card in November 2014 and became an unconditional permanent resident of the United States of America.Â
Wade Barrett is a great supporter and avid fan for his home town football team Preston North End FC since his childhood.
Acting Career of Wade Barrett
Wade Barrett had his debut film acting on the movie Dead Man Down where he played the role of Kilroy. The video was launched in 2013 as a crime thriller movie. For that movie, he was required t use a New York accent.
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He then had a chance to play in another movie, Eliminators, as a George “Bishop” Edwards, who was released in 2016. The recent film he played was I Am Vengeance of 2018, where he was a John Gold.
Barrett’s Bare-Knuckle Boxing Career
Barrett was an excellent bare-knuckle boxer in his early twenties. He became a bare-knuckle boxing champion and got to fight on several locations throughout Europe.
He also won a substantial cash prize in the competition, “The Battle of Buda.” After the match, while Barrett was going to the airport, he was stabbed by a stranger with an eight-inch blade to steal his cash.
The scar of the blade remains from his upper back to right tricep of 12-inch and also disfigured his nose during the attack.
Barrett then incorporated his career of a bare-knuckle boxer into WWE with the help of Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes. He was then introduced to WWE as a Bare-Knuckle champion of European streets.
Wade Barrett’s Professional Wrestling Career
Early Career (2004 – 2006)
Wade Barrett thought of becoming a professional wrestler while he was 21. He quickly began to work for his career, so he got trained by Jon Ritchie and AI Snow.
Barrett made his first professional debut match in June 2004 with the ring name of Stu Sanders. Barrett made a surprise entrance in the 30-man battle royal match, which was held by NWA UK Hammerlock Wrestling.
He performed in many promotions like Dropkixx Wrestling, All-Star Wrestling Events, and Real Quality Wrestling. He on Dropkixx IWC Heavyweight Championship title in June 2005 against Danny Beckwith.
Barrett got feuded against Danny Dexter and Nick Aldis in Dropkixx wrestling in 2005.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006 – 2008)
Wade Barrett got involved with WWE initially as a member of the security guard in November 2006. He then tried his chance for the tryout with World Wrestling Entertainment after a couple of weeks.
Barrett had the second tryout in WWE in 2007, where he was signed by WWE in October and was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling.
There he still had Stu Sanders as a ring name. Standers defeated Ace Steel in OVW dark match. There he got teamed up with Paul Burchill with whom he faced with Major Brothers.
They together defeated Colt Cabana and Charles Evans on January 2, 2008, in the final tournament of Ohio Valley Wrestling.
Sanders and Burchill won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship title, which they held for nearly two months. Later they lose the title to Los Locos in a four-way match.
Florida Championship Wrestling (2008 – 2010)
Sanders went to Florida Championship wrestling after the WWE ended a relationship with OVW as a developmental territory.
There he met Drew McIntyre and made the team “The Empire.” The Empire then defeated The Puerto Rica Nightmares, who were Eddie Colon and Eric Perez.
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Sanders and McIntyre held the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship after defeating The Puerto Rica Nightmares and then lose the title back to them on July 17.
The Empire got separated, and since then, Barrett started to wrestle with his real name. He again changed his real name to Lawrence Knight on October 9 during FCW television taping.
Lawrence got into an incident where he tore his Latissimus dorsi muscle, which required surgery. Due to his injury, he became a commentator in FCW.
The Nexus and The Corre (2010 – 2011)
Wade Barrett appeared on NXT’s first season, along with Chris Jericho, on the inaugural episode on February 23. He made his ring debut of NXT winning against Daniel Bryan.
Barrett was so good at talking that he won “talk the talk” challenge on April 13, and was awarded a custom theme for his entrance.
Wade Barrett won a WWE contract after winning the overall competition and defeating David Otunga and Gabriel in the final season.
On June 7, 2010, Barrett and his NXT rookies began to interfering with WWE’s main event match between John Cena and CM Punk. They choose neither of side and instead attack both the wrestlers.
They attack not only the wrestlers but also attack the Edge Society; the announce team, the timekeeper, and the ring announcer.
Later the Raww General Manager Bret Hart fired Barrett and removed his team from the building. They again appeared and requested for a Fatal 4-Way match to decide their stay on WWE.
In the match, they interfered, which cost John Cena to lose the WWE Championship title to Sheamus.
Nexus got their first match in WWE against John Cena in a 6-on-1 handicap match where Cena lost after getting a 450-degree splash by Gabriel.
Intercontinental Champion (2012 – 2013)
Wade Barrett returned WWE with an entirely different look on September 7. He was defeating Yoshi Tatsu in his first match of return and went defeating multiple wrestlers.
He lost his winning streak against Sheamus for the non-title match to World Heavyweight Championship. The game was disqualified after Big Show came during the game to interfere.
At Survivor Series, Barrett and his team won against the side of Mick Foley, where he successfully eliminated Kofi Kingston, who was the Intercontinental Champion during that time.
Barrett got a chance to win the Intercontinental Championship title after defeating Kofi Kingston in a non-title match. He then became the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship but was unsuccessful in his first attempt.
But a couple of weeks, Wade Barrett defeated Kingston to win his second-time Intercontinental Championship title.
He defended the title against Kingston in a rematch, which was held four days after his championship reign.
Barrett lost his Intercontinental Championship title during the pre-show of WrestleMania 29 to The Miz. But he regains the title on his rematch against The Miz.
He then finally lost his title to Curtis Axel At Payback in a triple threat match, including The Miz. During the rematch to the title, he again was defeated by Curtis Axel.
Wade Barrett Achievements and Championship
Dropkixx
- Dropkixx IWC European Heavyweight Championship
Florida Championship Wrestling
- FCW Florida Tag Team Championship two times with Drew McIntyre
Ohio Valley Wrestling
- OVW Southern Tag Team Championship with Paul Burchill
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Feud of the Year in 2010 as The Nexus vs. WWE
- Most Hated Wrestler of the Year of 2010
- Ranked No.19 in the PWI 500 ni 2011
World Wrestling Entertainment
- Five times the winner of WWE Intercontinental Championship
- King of the Ring champion of 2015
- Slammy award one time as the shocker of the Year in 2010
Various Promotions
Wade Barrett had been to several promotions as a wrestler, commentator, General Manager, and so on. He returned to professional wrestling after almost a year of disappearance.
He then worked as a commentator for WCPW events: No Regrets. Barrett was also announced as a General Manager of Defiant Wrestler in place of recent retired Jay Melrose.
Barrett made his debut on Lucha Underground promotion on November 8, 2018, on the finale of season 4.
Social Media Presence of Wade Barrett
Instagram: 661K Followers
Twitter: 1.3 Million Followers
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