10 Things You Need To Know About Bad News Barrett

The colourful past of the WWE's new King.

by Andrew Pollard
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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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.