Stuart Bennett

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1980-08-10 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As Bad News Barrett, Lawrence Knight, King Barrett, Stu Sanders, Wade Barrett, Stu Bennett, Stuart Alexander Bennett

Stuart Bennett

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
2024
TKO WWE Pay Per View

as Wade Barrett

2023
2023
2023
WWE Payback 2023 Kickoff

as Wade Barrett

2022
2021
NXT TakeOver 36

as Wade Barrett

2019
NWA Into the Fire

as Stu Bennett

2018
I Am Vengeance

as John Gold

2018
WOS Wrestling

as Himself

2017
Fanged Up

as Victor Stanczyk

2017
Eliminators

as Bishop

2016
WWE WrestleMania 32

as King Barrett (Ringside)

2016
WWE Roadblock 2016

as King Barrett

2016
WWE Ride Along

as Wade Barrett

2015
WWE Survivor Series 2015

as King Barrett

2015
WWE Hell in a Cell 2015

as King Barrett

2015
WWE SummerSlam 2015

as King Barrett

2015
WWE Battleground 2015

as King Barrett

2015
2015
2015
2015
WWE Payback 2015

as King Barrett

2015
WWE King Of The Ring 2015

as Bad New Barrett

2015
WWE Extreme Rules 2015

as Bad News Barrett

2015
WWE WrestleMania 31

as Bad News Barrett

2015
WWE Fastlane 2015

as Bad News Barrett

2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2015

as Bad News Barrett

2015
WWE Table For 3

as Wade Barrett

2015
Swerved

as Bad News Barrett

2014
WWE Payback 2014

as Bad News Barrett

2014
WWE Extreme Rules 2014

as Bad News Barrett

2013
2013
WWE Payback 2013

as Wade Barrett

2013
WWE WrestleMania 29

as Wade Barrett

2013
Dead Man Down

as Kilroy

2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2013

as Wade Barrett

2012
WWE Survivor Series 2012

as Wade Barrett

2012
2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2012

as Wade Barrett

2012
The JBL and Cole Show

as Bad News Barrett

2012
WWE Main Event

as Wade Barrett

2011
WWE Survivor Series 2011

as Wade Barrett

2011
WWE SummerSlam 2011

as Wade Barrett

2011
2011
2011
WWE Over The Limit 2011

as Wade Barrett

2011
WWE Extreme Rules 2011

as Wade Barrett

2011
WWE WrestleMania XXVII

as Wade Barrett

2011
2011
WWE Royal Rumble 2011

as Wade Barrett

2010
2010
WWE Survivor Series 2010

as Wade Barrett

2010
WWE Bragging Rights 2010

as Wade Barrett

2010
WWE Hell In A Cell 2010

as Wade Barrett

2010
2010
WWE SummerSlam 2010

as Wade Barrett

2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2010

as Wade Barrett (Appearance)

2010
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010

as Wade Barrett (Appearance)

2010
WWE NXT

as Wade Barrett

1999
WWE SmackDown

as Bad News Barrett

1999
WWE SmackDown

as Wade Barrett

1999
WWE SmackDown

as King Barrett

1993
WWE Raw

as Bad News Barrett

1993
WWE Raw

as King Barrett

1993
WWE Raw

as Wade Barrett

Crew

2024
WWE Bash in Berlin

as Presenter

Editor

1999
WWE SmackDown

as Archival Footage Coordinator