Stuart Bennett

Stuart Alexander Bennett is an English professional wrestling commentator actor and former professional wrestler and former bareknuckle 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 firstseason rookies He headlined five PPV events for WWE in 2010SummerSlam Night of Champions Bragging Rights Survivor Series and TLCthree of which saw him unsuccessfully challenge for the WWE Championship He later formed The Corre a shortlived 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 fivetime Intercontinental Champion In 2013 Barretts 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 nonwrestling 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