Stuart Bennett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 10, 1980 (age 46)
- Birthplace
- Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
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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Filmography
Royal Rumble 2026
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Countdown to Royal Rumble 2026
Movie
WWE WrestleMania 42: Saturday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE WrestleMania 42: Sunday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
NXT The Great American Bash 2026
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Saturday Night's Main Event XLV
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday - Countdown
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Sunday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Backlash Tampa
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Elimination Chamber
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Sunday Night's Main Event - Countdown
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Sunday Night's Main Event
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Saturday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE WrestleMania 41: Saturday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Countdown to WrestleMania 41 Sunday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE WrestleMania 41: Sunday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Countdown to WWE Backlash 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Backlash 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Countdown to Money in the Bank 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Money in the Bank 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Night of Champions 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Evolution 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Countdown to Wrestlepalooza: Indianapolis
Movie · as Wade Barret
WWE Crown Jewel 2025
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Survivor Series: WarGames
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE's Greatest Moments
TV · 2 eps
WWE: Unreal
TV · as Self · 1 ep
WWE Royal Rumble 2024 Kickoff
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Countdown to Money in the Bank 2024
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Countdown to NXT Stand & Deliver 2024
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Countdown to SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Countdown to WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
Movie · as Self
WWE Clash at the Castle 2024
Movie · as Wade Barrett
Survivor Series War Games 2023 Kickoff
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Fastlane 2023 Kickoff
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Elimination Chamber 2023 Kickoff
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE WrestleMania 39 Sunday Kickoff
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE WrestleMania 39 Saturday Kickoff
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Payback 2023 Kickoff
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE SummerSlam 2023 Kickoff
Movie · as Wade Barrett
NXT Great American Bash 2022
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Rivals
TV · as Wade Barrett · 1 ep
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
Movie · as Wade Barrett
NXT TakeOver 36
Movie · as Wade Barrett
I Am Vengeance: Retaliation
Movie · as John Gold
NWA Hard Times
Movie
NWA Into the Fire
Movie · as Stu Bennett
You May Be Pretty, But I Am Beautiful: The Adrian Street Story
Movie · as Self
NWA Powerrr
TV · 12 eps
I Am Vengeance
Movie · as John Gold
WOS Wrestling
TV · as Himself · 10 eps
Fanged Up
Movie · as Victor Stanczyk
WWE WrestleMania 32
Movie · as King Barrett (Ringside)
WWE Roadblock 2016
Movie · as King Barrett
Eliminators
Movie · as Bishop
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
Movie · as King Barrett
WWE Ride Along
TV · as Wade Barrett · 1 ep
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
Movie · as Bad News Barrett
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
Movie · as Bad News Barrett
WWE Battleground 2015
Movie · as King Barrett
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
Movie · as King Barrett
WWE Hell in a Cell 2015
Movie · as King Barrett
WWE Fastlane 2015
Movie · as Bad News Barrett
WWE WrestleMania 31
Movie · as Bad News Barrett
WWE Payback 2015
Movie · as King Barrett
WWE Elimination Chamber 2015
Movie · as King Barrett
WWE The Beast in the East
Movie · as King Barrett
WWE King Of the Ring 2015
Movie · as Bad New Barrett
WWE Survivor Series 2015
Movie · as King Barrett
WWE SummerSlam 2015
Movie · as King Barrett
WWE Table For 3
TV · as Wade Barrett · 1 ep
WWE Swerved
TV · as Bad News Barrett · 1 ep
WWE Payback 2014
Movie · as Bad News Barrett
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
Movie · as Bad News Barrett
Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Rivalries
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wrestlemania Rewind
TV · as Wade Barrett · 8 eps
Lucha Underground
TV · as The Lord · 1 ep
Dead Man Down
Movie · as Kilroy
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Payback 2013
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE WrestleMania 29
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE WrestleMania 29 Kickoff
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Survivor Series 2012
Movie · as Wade Barrett
CM Punk: Best in the World
Movie · as Himself
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
Movie · as Wade Barrett
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
Movie · as Wade Barrett
The JBL and Cole Show
TV · as Bad News Barrett · 6 eps
WWE Main Event
TV · as Wade Barrett · 19 eps
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Over The Limit 2011
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE SummerSlam 2011
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Night of Champions 2010
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Hell In A Cell 2010
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Survivor Series 2010
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2010
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE SummerSlam 2010
Movie · as Wade Barrett
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
Movie · as Wade Barrett (Appearance)
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
Movie · as Wade Barrett (Appearance)
WWE NXT
TV · as Wade Barrett · 136 eps
Florida Championship Wrestling
TV · as Lawrence Knight · 13 eps
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV · as Bad News Barrett, Wade Barrett, King Barrett, Ward Barrett · 19 eps
Raw
TV · as Bad News Barrett, King Barrett, Wade Barrett · 21 eps
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
TV · as Wade Barrett · 5 eps