Wade Barrett is a guy who looked to be in line for a huge push as a top heel for WWE. He debuted very strongly alongside The Nexus, improved quickly in the ring, and carried himself like a legitimate bad*ss who could serve as a credible threat to men like Cena and Orton. All the stars appeared to be in alignment and Wade was the next breakout superstar for WWE, right? Im afraid Ive got some bad news. Weve all heard the story Chris Jericho and Edge told on Talk Is Jericho about Cenas adamant stance that he survive a DDT on concrete and then singlehandedly defeat the remaining Nexus members in their elimination match at SummerSlam 2010. An angle that should have turned everyone in the stable into stars instead has one who should be much bigger than he is (Barrett), someone no longer in the company (Michael Tarver), a guy never on TV (David Otunga)m a trio of jobbers (Heath Slater, Darren Young and Justin Gabriel), and a wrestler whose push died out in a big way and is now in an afterthought tag team (Ryback). Barrett recently made his feelings known about Cena in an interview: He has been the face for ten years, and hes really good at what he does. But everyone knows that I dont like John Cena, and he doesnt like me either. Youre right, he does get booed by a lot of fans, lot of people dont like him. But he sells a lot more t-shirts and other merchandise than anyone else. So there are a lot of people out there who like him too. Either way everyone has an opinion about him, I respect that. Personally I dont like him and he doesnt like me, we are not friends. Whether this is due to resentment over the way his feud with Cena was handled or something else entirely, add Bad News to the list of people who arent card-carrying members of the CeNation.
Brad Hamilton is a writer, musician and marketer/social media manager from Atlanta, Georgia. He's an undefeated freestyle rap battle champion, spends too little time being productive and defines himself as the literary version of Brock Lesnar.
