10 Things You Need To Know About Bad News Barrett

The colourful past of the WWE's new King.

Without doubt, the recent spur-of-the-moment King of the Ring tournament could have been handled infinitely better - as in actually advertised, built up and given significance in the weeks prior - but all is now said and done and we have a new King in the form of Wade Barrett. Barrett may have been the predictable choice for the crown, but he was also likely the best choice out of the superstars involved in the two-night tournament. With his Intercontinental Title match pulled from the recent Extreme Rules show due to Daniel Bryan's injury situation, winning King of the Ring was a decent compensation prize for the Englishman. The former leader of both the Nexus and the Corre has had an up and down WWE career to date, having had his time in the main event scene, held multiple mid-card titles, yet had various unfortunate injury setbacks that seem to curtail his momentum just as he starts to gain any serious steam. Whilst his in-ring career is a storied one, that's nothing on the past of the real-life Stuart Bennett. With that said, let's take a look at 10 fascinating facts about the WWE's bearer of bad news. BOOM!
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