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Bad News Barrett
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 246 lbs.
From: Preston, England
Signature Move: Bad News Bull Hammer Elbow
Career Highlights: NXT Season One winner; Intercontinental Champion
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 246 lbs.
From: Preston, England
Signature Move: Bad News Bull Hammer Elbow
Career Highlights: NXT Season One winner; Intercontinental Champion
bio
Trained in bare-knuckle brawling on the mean streets of Preston, England, Bad News Barrett brings strength, arrogance and cunning to the ring in equal measure. He’s also imbued with confidence and eloquence, character traits that have propelled the cocky young Brit to the top ranks in WWE.
Since coming to WWE prominence as the winner of WWE NXT season one, Barrett has proven he’s not content merely to share the spotlight with his fellow Superstars. He wants total control, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to get it.
After winning NXT, Barrett shocked the WWE Universe by forming the splinter group The Nexus and staging a hostile takeover on Raw. The Nexus quickly made their intentions clear following their debut, running roughshod on Monday nights and promoting an agenda of fear and intimidation. Barrett’s cold and ruthless leadership proved difficult to withstand. Even the mighty John Cena couldn’t withstand the onslaught, first becoming a lackey to Barrett’s goon squad and then being unceremoniously ousted from WWE after Barrett ordered his firing.
After Cena was reinstated, Barrett jumped over to SmackDown, forming The Corre, intent on dominating Friday nights just as handily as he had Mondays. Shortly thereafter, Barrett defeated Kofi Kingston to become the Intercontinental Champion. He then used The Corre as hired muscle to ensure he would keep the championship gold until the group imploded along with Wade’s Intercontinental Title reign. With no other Superstars at his side, the scheming Superstar employed his self-proclaimed “Barrett Barrage” — a one-man mission of mercilessness that targeted even those at WWE’s peak, most notably Randy Orton.
Following a partially dislocated elbow that kept him out of action for nearly seven months, a reinvigorated Barrett made his intense return to WWE in September 2012. The English Superstar used his downtime to get back to basics and “reignite the flame” — presumably through participation in the sort of bare-knuckle boxing he took part in in his past.
Knocking out anyone in his path with a devastating elbow strike he’s dubbed the Bull Hammer, Barrett racked up victory after victory upon his return, re-capturing the Intercontinental Title along the way. Though The Miz dethroned him during the WrestleMania 29 Pre-Show, Barrett wasn’t without the championship for long. The Brit regained the title just 24 hours later on Raw.
The Barrett Barrage seemed to be back on course from there, but Barrett fumbled his title at WWE Payback when he was pinned by Curtis Axel while trapped in The Miz’s Figure-Four Leglock during a wild Triple Threat Match.
The WWE Universe learned a little bit about Barrett's family on the Aug. 5 edition of Raw. Introduced as the grandson of a barber by Mr. McMahon, Barrett was brought out to continue his family trade by shaving the beard of Daniel Bryan. Unfortunately, Barrett ended up getting a trim himself after being attacked by Bryan. He tried to get retribution in a Steel Cage Match on the Aug. 10 SmackDown, but Bryan emerged victorious.
Barrett returned to Raw on Dec. 2, and it wasn't good news for the WWE Universe. Berating the Oklahoma City crowd, Barrett has taken it upon himself to be WWE's bearer of bad tidings. Banging a gavel to quiet the WWE Universe, Barrett takes joy in ruining the good mood of anyone unfortunate enough to hear him speak from behind his ominous lectern. The Brit later admonished a group of legendary Superstars during Old School Raw, leaving many of the WWE Hall of Famers and WWE Legends seething. Most recently, he crashed AJ Lee's poorly-attended party celebrating her record-breaking Divas Championship reign. Barrett gave AJ the bad news that nobody showed up because the entire locker room loathes her, leaving AJ a screaming mess.
After months of delivering bad news to the WWE Universe, Barrett returned to action on the Raw after WrestleMania 30. With the many British fans in the crowd singing and chanting his praises, Barrett nearly took Rey Mysterio's head off with a Bad News Bull Hammer Elbow en route to victory. After his win, the Brit had one message for the WWE locker room: Bad News Barrett is back.
Weeks later, Barrett emerged victorious from an eight-Superstar tournament to become the No. 1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship, defeating Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus and Rob Van Dam to earn a match against Big E at Extreme Rules for the gold.
The Brit shared some bad news with Big E, as he topped the big Superstar at Extreme Rules to capture his fourth Intercontinental Championship.
That can only be very bad news for the rest of WWE's locker room.
Since coming to WWE prominence as the winner of WWE NXT season one, Barrett has proven he’s not content merely to share the spotlight with his fellow Superstars. He wants total control, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to get it.
After winning NXT, Barrett shocked the WWE Universe by forming the splinter group The Nexus and staging a hostile takeover on Raw. The Nexus quickly made their intentions clear following their debut, running roughshod on Monday nights and promoting an agenda of fear and intimidation. Barrett’s cold and ruthless leadership proved difficult to withstand. Even the mighty John Cena couldn’t withstand the onslaught, first becoming a lackey to Barrett’s goon squad and then being unceremoniously ousted from WWE after Barrett ordered his firing.
After Cena was reinstated, Barrett jumped over to SmackDown, forming The Corre, intent on dominating Friday nights just as handily as he had Mondays. Shortly thereafter, Barrett defeated Kofi Kingston to become the Intercontinental Champion. He then used The Corre as hired muscle to ensure he would keep the championship gold until the group imploded along with Wade’s Intercontinental Title reign. With no other Superstars at his side, the scheming Superstar employed his self-proclaimed “Barrett Barrage” — a one-man mission of mercilessness that targeted even those at WWE’s peak, most notably Randy Orton.
Following a partially dislocated elbow that kept him out of action for nearly seven months, a reinvigorated Barrett made his intense return to WWE in September 2012. The English Superstar used his downtime to get back to basics and “reignite the flame” — presumably through participation in the sort of bare-knuckle boxing he took part in in his past.
Knocking out anyone in his path with a devastating elbow strike he’s dubbed the Bull Hammer, Barrett racked up victory after victory upon his return, re-capturing the Intercontinental Title along the way. Though The Miz dethroned him during the WrestleMania 29 Pre-Show, Barrett wasn’t without the championship for long. The Brit regained the title just 24 hours later on Raw.
The Barrett Barrage seemed to be back on course from there, but Barrett fumbled his title at WWE Payback when he was pinned by Curtis Axel while trapped in The Miz’s Figure-Four Leglock during a wild Triple Threat Match.
The WWE Universe learned a little bit about Barrett's family on the Aug. 5 edition of Raw. Introduced as the grandson of a barber by Mr. McMahon, Barrett was brought out to continue his family trade by shaving the beard of Daniel Bryan. Unfortunately, Barrett ended up getting a trim himself after being attacked by Bryan. He tried to get retribution in a Steel Cage Match on the Aug. 10 SmackDown, but Bryan emerged victorious.
Barrett returned to Raw on Dec. 2, and it wasn't good news for the WWE Universe. Berating the Oklahoma City crowd, Barrett has taken it upon himself to be WWE's bearer of bad tidings. Banging a gavel to quiet the WWE Universe, Barrett takes joy in ruining the good mood of anyone unfortunate enough to hear him speak from behind his ominous lectern. The Brit later admonished a group of legendary Superstars during Old School Raw, leaving many of the WWE Hall of Famers and WWE Legends seething. Most recently, he crashed AJ Lee's poorly-attended party celebrating her record-breaking Divas Championship reign. Barrett gave AJ the bad news that nobody showed up because the entire locker room loathes her, leaving AJ a screaming mess.
After months of delivering bad news to the WWE Universe, Barrett returned to action on the Raw after WrestleMania 30. With the many British fans in the crowd singing and chanting his praises, Barrett nearly took Rey Mysterio's head off with a Bad News Bull Hammer Elbow en route to victory. After his win, the Brit had one message for the WWE locker room: Bad News Barrett is back.
Weeks later, Barrett emerged victorious from an eight-Superstar tournament to become the No. 1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship, defeating Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus and Rob Van Dam to earn a match against Big E at Extreme Rules for the gold.
The Brit shared some bad news with Big E, as he topped the big Superstar at Extreme Rules to capture his fourth Intercontinental Championship.
That can only be very bad news for the rest of WWE's locker room.