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Stuart Bennett

Stuart Bennett

Actor · Born August 10, 1980 · Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

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Biography

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.

Acted in 122

2020s

  1. 2026

    WWE Sunday Night's Main Event - Countdown

    Wade Barrett

  2. WWE Sunday Night's Main Event

    Wade Barrett

  3. WWE SummerSlam 2026: Sunday

    Wade Barrett

  4. WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday - Countdown

    Wade Barrett

  5. WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday

    Wade Barrett

  6. Saturday Night's Main Event XLV

    Wade Barrett

  7. NXT The Great American Bash 2026

    Wade Barrett

  8. Backlash Tampa

    Wade Barrett

  9. WWE WrestleMania 42: Sunday

    Wade Barrett

  10. WWE WrestleMania 42: Saturday

    Wade Barrett

  11. Elimination Chamber

    Wade Barrett

  12. Royal Rumble 2026

    Wade Barrett

  13. Countdown to Royal Rumble 2026

    Movie

  14. 2025

    Survivor Series: WarGames

    Wade Barrett

  15. WWE Crown Jewel 2025

    Wade Barrett

    74

  16. WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025

    Wade Barrett

  17. WWE Countdown to Wrestlepalooza: Indianapolis

    Wade Barret

  18. WWE Clash in Paris 2025

    Wade Barrett

  19. WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday

    Wade Barrett

  20. WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday

    Wade Barrett

  21. WWE Evolution 2025

    Wade Barrett

  22. WWE Night of Champions 2025

    Wade Barrett

  23. Countdown to Money in the Bank 2025

    Wade Barrett

  24. WWE Money in the Bank 2025

    Wade Barrett

  25. Countdown to WWE Backlash 2025

    Wade Barrett

  26. WWE Backlash 2025

    Wade Barrett

  27. Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Sunday

    Wade Barrett

  28. WWE WrestleMania 41: Sunday

    Wade Barrett

  29. Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Saturday

    Wade Barrett

  30. WWE WrestleMania 41: Saturday

    Wade Barrett

  31. Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025

    Wade Barrett

  32. WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto

    Wade Barrett

  33. WWE's Greatest Moments

    TV · 3 Seasons · Talk

  34. WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025

    Wade Barrett

  35. 2024

    Countdown to WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024

    Wade Barrett

  36. WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show

    Wade Barrett

  37. WWE Countdown to SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland

    Wade Barrett

  38. WWE Countdown to Money in the Bank 2024

    Wade Barrett

  39. WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show

    Wade Barrett

  40. WWE Clash at the Castle 2024

    Wade Barrett

  41. WWE Countdown to NXT Stand & Deliver 2024

    Wade Barrett

  42. WWE Royal Rumble 2024 Kickoff

    Wade Barrett

  43. 2023

    Survivor Series War Games 2023 Kickoff

    Wade Barrett

  44. WWE Fastlane 2023 Kickoff

    Wade Barrett

  45. WWE SummerSlam 2023 Kickoff

    Wade Barrett

  46. WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday Kickoff

    Wade Barrett

  47. WWE WrestleMania 39 Saturday Kickoff

    Wade Barrett

  48. WWE Payback 2023 Kickoff

    Wade Barrett

  49. WWE Elimination Chamber 2023 Kickoff

    Wade Barrett

  50. 2022

    WWE Rivals

    Wade Barrett · 1 episode

  51. NXT Great American Bash 2022

    Wade Barrett

  52. 2021

    NXT TakeOver 36

    Wade Barrett

  53. WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2

    Wade Barrett

  54. WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1

    Wade Barrett

  55. 2020

    I Am Vengeance: Retaliation

    John Gold

    44

  56. NWA Hard Times

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2019

    NWA Into the Fire

    Stu Bennett

  2. NWA Powerrr

    TV · 20 Seasons · Drama

  3. 2018

    I Am Vengeance

    John Gold

    45
  4. 2017

    Fanged Up

    Victor Stanczyk

  5. 2016

    Eliminators

    Bishop

    58

  6. WWE WrestleMania 32

    King Barrett (Ringside)

  7. WWE Roadblock 2016

    King Barrett

  8. WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015

    King Barrett

  9. WWE Ride Along

    Wade Barrett · 1 episode

  10. 2015

    WWE Survivor Series 2015

    King Barrett

  11. WWE Hell in a Cell 2015

    King Barrett

  12. WWE SummerSlam 2015

    King Barrett

  13. WWE Table For 3

    Wade Barrett · 1 episode

  14. WWE Battleground 2015

    King Barrett

  15. WWE The Beast in the East

    King Barrett

  16. WWE Swerved

    Bad News Barrett · 1 episode

  17. WWE Money in the Bank 2015

    King Barrett

  18. WWE Elimination Chamber 2015

    King Barrett

  19. WWE Payback 2015

    King Barrett

  20. WWE King Of the Ring 2015

    Bad New Barrett

  21. WWE Extreme Rules 2015

    Bad News Barrett

  22. WWE WrestleMania 31

    Bad News Barrett

  23. WWE Fastlane 2015

    Bad News Barrett

  24. WWE Royal Rumble 2015

    Bad News Barrett

  25. 2014

    Lucha Underground

    The Lord · 1 episode

    84

  26. WWE Payback 2014

    Bad News Barrett

  27. WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions

    Wade Barrett

  28. WWE Extreme Rules 2014

    Bad News Barrett

  29. Wrestlemania Rewind

    Wade Barrett · 8 episodes

  30. Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan

    Wade Barrett

  31. 2013

    WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology

    Wade Barrett

  32. WWE Money in the Bank 2013

    Wade Barrett

  33. WWE Payback 2013

    Wade Barrett

  34. WWE WrestleMania 29

    Wade Barrett

  35. Dead Man Down

    Kilroy

    54

  36. WWE Royal Rumble 2013

    Wade Barrett

  37. 2012

    WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012

    Wade Barrett

  38. WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012

    Wade Barrett

  39. WWE Survivor Series 2012

    Wade Barrett

  40. WWE Main Event

    Wade Barrett · 19 episodes

    66

  41. You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge

    Wade Barrett

  42. WWE Elimination Chamber 2012

    Wade Barrett

  43. WWE Royal Rumble 2012

    Wade Barrett

  44. 2011

    WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011

    Wade Barrett

  45. WWE Survivor Series 2011

    Wade Barrett

  46. WWE SummerSlam 2011

    Wade Barrett

  47. WWE Money in the Bank 2011

    Wade Barrett

  48. WWE Capitol Punishment 2011

    Wade Barrett

  49. WWE Over The Limit 2011

    Wade Barrett

  50. WWE Extreme Rules 2011

    Wade Barrett

  51. WWE WrestleMania XXVII

    Wade Barrett

  52. WWE Elimination Chamber 2011

    Wade Barrett

  53. WWE Royal Rumble 2011

    Wade Barrett

  54. 2010

    WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2010

    Wade Barrett

  55. WWE Survivor Series 2010

    Wade Barrett

  56. WWE Bragging Rights 2010

    Wade Barrett

  57. WWE Hell In A Cell 2010

    Wade Barrett

  58. WWE Night of Champions 2010

    Wade Barrett

  59. WWE SummerSlam 2010

    Wade Barrett

  60. WWE Money in the Bank 2010

    Wade Barrett (Appearance)

  61. WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010

    Wade Barrett (Appearance)

  62. WWE NXT

    Wade Barrett · 136 episodes

    73

2000s

  1. 2008

    Florida Championship Wrestling

    Lawrence Knight · 13 episodes

Other crew 1

2020s

  1. 2024

    WWE Bash in Berlin

    Presenter

Edited 1

Appearances6

2020s

  1. 2025

    WWE: Unreal

    Self · 1 episode

    80
  2. 2024

    Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019

    You May Be Pretty, But I Am Beautiful: The Adrian Street Story

    Self

  2. 2018

    WOS Wrestling

    Himself · 10 episodes

  3. 2014

    WWE Rivalries

    Self · 1 episode

  4. 2012

    CM Punk: Best in the World

    Himself