Stuart Bennett
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.
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Movies (46)
Survivor Series: WarGames
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Crown Jewel 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Wrestlepalooza
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Countdown to Wrestlepalooza: Indianapolis
as Wade Barret
2025
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Evolution 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Night of Champions 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
Countdown to Money in the Bank 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Money in the Bank 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
Countdown to WWE Backlash 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Backlash 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Sunday
as Wade Barrett
2025
WrestleMania 41: Sunday
as Wade Barrett
2025
Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Saturday
as Wade Barrett
2025
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
as Wade Barrett
2025
Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025
as Wade Barrett
2025
WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show
as Wade Barrett
2025
Countdown to WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
as Wade Barrett
2024
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show
as Wade Barrett
2024
WWE Bash in Berlin
Presenter (Crew)
2024
WWE Countdown to SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland
as Wade Barrett
2024
WWE Countdown to Money in the Bank 2024
as Wade Barrett
2024
WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show
as Wade Barrett
2024
WWE Countdown to NXT Stand & Deliver 2024
as Wade Barrett
2024
WWE Royal Rumble 2024 Kickoff
as Wade Barrett
2024
Survivor Series War Games 2023 Kickoff
as Wade Barrett
2023
WWE Fastlane 2023 Kickoff
as Wade Barrett
2023
WWE SummerSlam 2023 Kickoff
as Wade Barrett
2023
WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday Kickoff
as Wade Barrett
2023
WWE WrestleMania 39 Saturday Kickoff
as Wade Barrett
2023
WWE Payback 2023 Kickoff
as Wade Barrett
2023
WWE Elimination Chamber 2023 Kickoff
as Wade Barrett
2023
NXT Great American Bash 2022
as Wade Barrett
2022
NXT TakeOver 36
as Wade Barrett
2021
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
as Wade Barrett
2021
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1
as Wade Barrett
2021
I Am Vengeance: Retaliation
as John Gold
2020
NWA Hard Times
2020
NWA Into the Fire
as Stu Bennett
2019
You May Be Pretty, But I Am Beautiful: The Adrian Street Story
as Self
2019
I Am Vengeance
as John Gold
2018
Fanged Up
as Victor Stanczyk
2017
