Bad News Barrett
Barrett in March 2016
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| Birth name | Stuart Alexander Bennett |
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| Born |
10 August 1980 Penwortham, England, United Kingdom |
| Residence |
Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bad News Barrett King Barrett Lawrence Knight Pinnacle Stu Barrett Stu Sanders Wade Barrett |
| Billed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Billed weight | 246 lb (112 kg) |
| Billed from |
Manchester, England Preston, England |
| Trained by |
Al Snow Jon Richie |
| Debut | 2004 |
Stuart Alexander "Stu" Bennett (born 10 August 1980) is an English professional wrestler, actor, and former bare-knuckle boxer, best known for his tenure with WWE under the ring name Wade Barrett.
Wade won the first season of NXT in 2010 and made his Raw debut on 7 June of that year, rising to prominence as the leader of The Nexus, composed of the remaining NXT rookies of season 1. He headlined five WWE pay-per-view events during the remainder of 2010, challenging for the WWE Championship in three of those. Barrett formed the Corre with former Nexus members Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel in January 2011 and won his first Intercontinental Championship, a title that he has won overall five times. In 2013, he became Bad News Barrett until becoming the 20th King of the Ring winner in 2015 and changing his ring name to King Barrett. He left WWE in May 2016 and has since taken a hiatus from wrestling in order to focus on his acting career.
Bennett was born in Penwortham, Lancashire. He lived in Preston, Lancashire until the age of six, when he moved to Wales with his family. He was inspired by his idol Davey Boy Smith to become a professional wrestler, and named the WWF Intercontinental Championship match in the main event of SummerSlam 1992 (between Smith and Bret Hart, another childhood hero) as his all-time favourite match. He earned a degree in marine biology from the University of Liverpool, working in a science laboratory and as a recruitment consultant whilst training to become a wrestler.
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