Yes! As a kid I didn't understand the business as most kids didn't...looking back; Nexus definitely should've gotten over at Summerslam( though I hated Nexus at the time) no faction did or could do what those guys accomplished in such a short amount of time. Wade alone is a top tier talent and should've gotten that major push after winning K.O.T.R
@@thegreat1007how can you say that? They booked him as THE guy in nxt season one. The leader of the nexus who attacked the biggest star on their debut. Then the leader of the CORRE. After all 3 failed they have him ANOTHER chance as bad news barrett. to say he was booked awful is not true. He just is not a good talent. He was underwhelming every time. Lacking charisma. Not overly athletic. Physique looks like the son of a chiropractor. If he had that gimmick he would’ve been more over. He was not over back then at all. I remember watching it. Despite that roster being very weak.
Barrett was one of the absolute biggest balls dropped by wwe in my opinion, he had so much insane potential, with nexus, with bad news Barrett, with so many different things he could’ve been world champion easily if they just invested in him and treated him like a decent mid carder or a top star instead of just a jobber.
Im a fan of Wade Barrett, I always hoped that he win the WWE Championship someday, but the best he got was 5 Intercontinental Championship reigns... Which isnt a bad thing tbh, but to be denied a Number 1 contender shot for the world title since 2010 is rather puzzling. I can understand Barrett's frustrations at having his Bad News character toned down and being crowned King of The Ring 2015. I felt really bad when he was the only League Of Nations member to receive finishers of 3 WWE legends at WrestleMania 32. Glad to see him back in the WWE as a commentator, but i still wish he returned to wrestling someday.
The beginning of the end was when they had him lose in 3 minutes and 15 seconds to Cena in a match on smackdown. That was only just a year after Nexus broke up. It was insane because he had just beaten Cena in the Hell in a Cell ppv the year before
Bad News Barrett was literally the last gimmick that got over with me as i fell out of love with wrestling, that misuse was one of the things that killed it for me
I think he's brilliant. This is what everyone should do if they're basically just filling a seat in some company. If you're just a warm body… Take the option. Walk away.
That's pretty much it. There are wrestlers Vince loved and those he tolerated and no matter what the fans thought, Vince did what Vince wanted. This is something HHH has learnt from, you are not there to do what YOU want, you are there to do what the FANS want. It was same with Bryan Danielson, he was so over with that whole Yes gimmick, and yet Vince wasn't having it, because he wasn't Roman. Same with The Fiend. Vince is clearly smart, but he's not all that wise.
I like Barrett a lot and has so much talent but was booked bad by writers producers and Vince himself. I wish he was still around to wrestle because he would have awesome matches today. Barrett and Nick Aldis would make a great team in and out of the ring too.
@@Notoriouswrestlingfan12314 You're both underestimating Barret(who routinely had great mid-card matches with Ziggler/Kofi/etc.), and overestimating Gunther, who does the same match every time.
He bowed down that was the issue if they went to Vince and made them change the Cena's plans then they probably would have Shield did it and look where they are now
I was a huge fan of Wade Barrett. Dude was talented in the ring and on the mic. WWE should have pushed him a lot bigger than what he was. He should have been a multiple time world champion. He really had it all to be one of the top guys in the company as a heel or face.
How he got Bad News Barret over is beyond me. Sure, anyone who is raised in Preston and manages not only to string a complete sentence but make a great career in wrestling is an achievement in itself. This man has known adversity that a should never be known. You dont visit Preston, you survive the trip.
Barrett was a great example of a guy that got over both in the Nexus and again as Bad News Barrett. Even as King Barrett. And still WWE never used him to his full potential as he easily could've been a world champion. Then they wonder why they can never find the next big star. A huge missed opportunity. Hopefully we get to see one last run as Bad News Barrett before Wade retires. Super smart and talented guy that is phenomenal right now as a commentator on Raw.
Don’t know if you read these, but wade your finisher finished matches and it been a while since anyone was a real threat. I hope you’re happier now. Truly.
I feel like its in their contract thay any bad words used against roman reigns even after you leave the company can lead to legal trouble. There's absolutely NO eay these guys are all so content with roman being forced onto everyone
@@ElBribri yeah at least with roman when you was shoved down our throats, you didn't play backstage politics to do so, he was just being pushed down our throats off of nepotism, and mistreating of cm punk and daniel bryan, and wwe panicking to find a guy to replace cena
@@GretchenV95 no, I'm projecting the INSANE amount of people who were more than fed up with Roman being handed everything. People weren't booing him because he was doing a good job
Barret was making Cena look good as a face when he was running as the dominant leader in Nexus. They really ruined his push there. I don't mind Cena going over, but at least build Barret up and make him stronger.
He was so over with the Bad news character! sometimes i think VINCE kills a character not out of hate, but just as a testament of your character just to see how much of a company man some people can be, but he has botched so many characters it is VINCE
Barret had the potential to be the next triple H. His Nexus could have been the next DX. Is league og Nations could have been the next Evolution. He needed a WWE title run and that could have put him on top bracket. He can always be the unamerican villain. But I get it. He was not supposed to be face and he would have sold plenty more.merchsndise as a heal than a baby european face. He and Rusev should have been Top heals to Cena.
It was all because of PG Cena and his huge ego. Had The Nexus won in 2010 , he would’ve been taken more serious and could’ve been a legitimate contender for the WWE Championship , but WWE kept booking as a jobber and even when he started to get some momentum and love from the crowd , WWE screwed him up all over again.
you know whats funny...there was never a point where i didnt not like wade...i thought he was great in everything he did in wwe. just hated they never gave him the wwe championship, should've been a main eventer
Under HHH I guarantee you, he gets that world championship push he should have gotten when his Bad News gimmick was hitting. I stand 10 toes down on that. 😁
The decision to have Cena go over Wade was horrendous, but at the same time it felt like he was injured more than he was even there, fragile as glass and was paid to sit at home all that time, so I guess it all evens out 🤷♂️
@adamburke4738 no but that video was on yesterday so I thought he was talking about leaving recently so was asking never said anything about how he was used just said was he not commentating as thought video was recent
@@GeordieJamie84 if you paid attention to the start of the video, you’d notice this was from 2017. ITR often upload old clips. Your confusion is a you problem.
@@sharker102s I will continue to watch. There will be things I love to see and things I didn’t like. If you want to always agree and love with out seeing things like this which is clearly bs because you can’t tell me that Team WWE going over a red hot nexus team was a good idea.
For Wade, I can agree with him to an extent. What I mean by that is, if they actually had plans for something and stuck with it, I would be fine with it because they actually thought something through. Plus, as he said, it isn't his company. BUT, what I differ with him is that I would be upset that Vince had no idea what he was going to do with, not just me, but for the other people I was working with, which he never did because he is a dumb*ss. Vince never had any real creative direction for anyone because, on a dime, he could change his mind and not tell anyone about it until 20 minutes before showtime. That is a bad boss to me. Not mention what he did in his spare time away from the desk....
And there’s nothing wrong with that. Barrett was underwhelming as a talent, which is really saying something considering how weak that roster was. He had more than enough opportunities. From being emphasized at NXT, Leading the Nexus, then the Corre. After the failure of all 3 of these they should’ve Cut ties and moved on, it’s not a good fit for him. BUT wwe gave him ANOTHER shot with the bad news barrett gimmick which was cringe at worst. Annoying at best. His recent role is by far the best for his skill set. He’s very lucky to still be there, they clearly like him a lot.
How is he a sell out? He just felt they weren't using him right as a wrestler, being a commentator is a complete different job, it's not like he is disparaging the roster or anyone other than Vince even then he just said he disagreed. It's called being professional
Do you think Wade has what it takes to perform at the top? Let us know in the comments!
And then goes back just to be an announcer
Yes! As a kid I didn't understand the business as most kids didn't...looking back; Nexus definitely should've gotten over at Summerslam( though I hated Nexus at the time) no faction did or could do what those guys accomplished in such a short amount of time. Wade alone is a top tier talent and should've gotten that major push after winning K.O.T.R
Barrett was a solid talent with potential. Booked awfully from the start, it’s a shame.
Booked awfully? LOLOLOLOL
He just tore a muscle as I wrote this comment
Yea he was booked awful
@@thegreat1007 he was always hurt. 5 time IC champ. Big programs with Cena. What do you want? Some of you fans are dumb as hell
If he’s a “solid talent” then Scotty 2 hotty is a hall of fame talent. Lol
@@thegreat1007how can you say that? They booked him as THE guy in nxt season one. The leader of the nexus who attacked the biggest star on their debut. Then the leader of the CORRE. After all 3 failed they have him ANOTHER chance as bad news barrett. to say he was booked awful is not true. He just is not a good talent. He was underwhelming every time. Lacking charisma. Not overly athletic. Physique looks like the son of a chiropractor. If he had that gimmick he would’ve been more over. He was not over back then at all. I remember watching it. Despite that roster being very weak.
Barrett was one of the absolute biggest balls dropped by wwe in my opinion, he had so much insane potential, with nexus, with bad news Barrett, with so many different things he could’ve been world champion easily if they just invested in him and treated him like a decent mid carder or a top star instead of just a jobber.
Him and Samoa Joe
Before he left he told Vince,” I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news!”
top comment right here
Im a fan of Wade Barrett, I always hoped that he win the WWE Championship someday, but the best he got was 5 Intercontinental Championship reigns... Which isnt a bad thing tbh, but to be denied a Number 1 contender shot for the world title since 2010 is rather puzzling. I can understand Barrett's frustrations at having his Bad News character toned down and being crowned King of The Ring 2015. I felt really bad when he was the only League Of Nations member to receive finishers of 3 WWE legends at WrestleMania 32. Glad to see him back in the WWE as a commentator, but i still wish he returned to wrestling someday.
Yawn Cena destroyed his character
i'm afraid i've got some bad news...
Wade is a perfect example of why I hold the IC title in far higher regard than the World title.
The beginning of the end was when they had him lose in 3 minutes and 15 seconds to Cena in a match on smackdown. That was only just a year after Nexus broke up. It was insane because he had just beaten Cena in the Hell in a Cell ppv the year before
Barrett was a serious waste of talent by Vince. Great all-rounder
Vince is like a prospector who doesn't realize he's struck gold.
Bad News Barrett was literally the last gimmick that got over with me as i fell out of love with wrestling, that misuse was one of the things that killed it for me
Love Stu/Wade. I’m happy he’s back on my TV each week
Vince "I refuse to let you get over."
The guy had very good mic skills.
I think he's brilliant. This is what everyone should do if they're basically just filling a seat in some company. If you're just a warm body… Take the option. Walk away.
Wade: I need you to turn me face
Vince: And have you get more cheers than Roman? Absolutely fucking not
That's pretty much it. There are wrestlers Vince loved and those he tolerated and no matter what the fans thought, Vince did what Vince wanted. This is something HHH has learnt from, you are not there to do what YOU want, you are there to do what the FANS want. It was same with Bryan Danielson, he was so over with that whole Yes gimmick, and yet Vince wasn't having it, because he wasn't Roman. Same with The Fiend. Vince is clearly smart, but he's not all that wise.
Wade doesn’t get enough credit for getting into the best shape of his life towards the end of his career in WWE.
Vince sabotaged so many talents in the 2010s it should be a crime.
I like Barrett a lot and has so much talent but was booked bad by writers producers and Vince himself. I wish he was still around to wrestle because he would have awesome matches today. Barrett and Nick Aldis would make a great team in and out of the ring too.
In my childhood i was look lots of matches of this man in 2015 - 16. Great talent.
Wade was like Gunther with more charisma
Nah wade wasn’t putting a banger matches
@@Notoriouswrestlingfan12314 You're both underestimating Barret(who routinely had great mid-card matches with Ziggler/Kofi/etc.), and overestimating Gunther, who does the same match every time.
@@Notoriouswrestlingfan12314 you obviously didn’t watch wrestling
Gunther got plenty of charisma
Gunther isn't going to do well on the main roster long term.
One of the victims of the Cena Stone-Wall... Could have had a great career in WWE I think.
I totally love bad news Barrett segment
He didnt bow down to Cena and suffered the consequences unfortunately. Now hes a commentator while Cena remains Homelander
He bowed down that was the issue if they went to Vince and made them change the Cena's plans then they probably would have Shield did it and look where they are now
@@Airkong423 They did went to Vince and try to change it, unfortunately Vince didn't budge
I was a huge fan of Wade Barrett. Dude was talented in the ring and on the mic. WWE should have pushed him a lot bigger than what he was. He should have been a multiple time world champion. He really had it all to be one of the top guys in the company as a heel or face.
Feel like Vince only sees Brits as heels because, we're traditionally the pantomime villains
Davey was seldom a heel.
How he got Bad News Barret over is beyond me.
Sure, anyone who is raised in Preston and manages not only to string a complete sentence but make a great career in wrestling is an achievement in itself.
This man has known adversity that a should never be known.
You dont visit Preston, you survive the trip.
Always like Wade especially as IC champ always had him as champ or facing champs on wwe 2k
Barrett is Well Spoken
Huge and Good Looking How he wasn't a top star is staggering
I felt same above luke Harper
Cena burying the Nexus will forever be the biggest mistake of his career.
Do these interviews air somewhere else first?
Insidetheropes
So the rumors of him winning Money in the Bank before getting his arm injured after having Ziggler thrown onto him by Big Show were true
Barrett was a great example of a guy that got over both in the Nexus and again as Bad News Barrett. Even as King Barrett. And still WWE never used him to his full potential as he easily could've been a world champion. Then they wonder why they can never find the next big star. A huge missed opportunity. Hopefully we get to see one last run as Bad News Barrett before Wade retires. Super smart and talented guy that is phenomenal right now as a commentator on Raw.
I seen the potential in Barret. He had huge potential with being a very good heel. I loved his finisher
Don’t know if you read these, but wade your finisher finished matches and it been a while since anyone was a real threat. I hope you’re happier now. Truly.
I miss this guy! That podium thing was so unique and good…
Vince always buried popular talent
I feel like its in their contract thay any bad words used against roman reigns even after you leave the company can lead to legal trouble. There's absolutely NO eay these guys are all so content with roman being forced onto everyone
it could be, or the fact that its not romans fault wwe shoves him down, roman could play lowcard if he wanted to, as long as he gets paid
Same with Cena back then and Cena eagerly and blatantly destroyed A LOT of superstars and an entire roster all by himself
@@ElBribri yeah at least with roman when you was shoved down our throats, you didn't play backstage politics to do so, he was just being pushed down our throats off of nepotism, and mistreating of cm punk and daniel bryan, and wwe panicking to find a guy to replace cena
Or maybe you’re just projecting your own distaste for Roman onto these wrestlers? lol.
@@GretchenV95 no, I'm projecting the INSANE amount of people who were more than fed up with Roman being handed everything. People weren't booing him because he was doing a good job
Barret was making Cena look good as a face when he was running as the dominant leader in Nexus. They really ruined his push there. I don't mind Cena going over, but at least build Barret up and make him stronger.
I’m still waiting in The Guild Hall in Preston for a cameo at PCW. (Preston City Wrestling).
I loved Bad News Barrett
I’m glad he returned as a commentator
I really liked Barrett, I hope he's a guest entrant at the rumble
Probably the best talent in history to be booked awfully. He is a world champion kinda guy.
He was so over with the Bad news character! sometimes i think VINCE kills a character not out of hate, but just as a testament of your character just to see how much of a company man some people can be, but he has botched so many characters it is VINCE
Big muscular real boxer tough guy and extremely eloquent, what am I missing? Vince needed to go away.
Vince McMahons ego is terrible
Wade Barrett should make an in ring return and bring back the Barrett Barrage gimmick from 2013.
Barret had the potential to be the next triple H. His Nexus could have been the next DX. Is league og Nations could have been the next Evolution. He needed a WWE title run and that could have put him on top bracket. He can always be the unamerican villain.
But I get it. He was not supposed to be face and he would have sold plenty more.merchsndise as a heal than a baby european face. He and Rusev should have been Top heals to Cena.
Vince McMahon destroyed the company all by himself.
Wade Barrett is JACKED
Bad News Barrett was gold.
Solid guy. But he was never over.
Barrett for royal rumble appearance 2024.
so this is why he can relate with LA Knight!
The Cena squash finished his push and then the mishandled the Bad News character . Very unique British talent , who they wasted.
Nexus was an awesome concept and wade was an awesome superstar :(
It was all because of PG Cena and his huge ego. Had The Nexus won in 2010 , he would’ve been taken more serious and could’ve been a legitimate contender for the WWE Championship , but WWE kept booking as a jobber and even when he started to get some momentum and love from the crowd , WWE screwed him up all over again.
Barret is part off the commentary right? Correct me if I’m wrong.
you know whats funny...there was never a point where i didnt not like wade...i thought he was great in everything he did in wwe. just hated they never gave him the wwe championship, should've been a main eventer
I respect Vince for building a billion dollar company but he has no idea how to use talent. Glad Papa H is running things now.
These clips are old, he's in the WWE now
Yeah... cause Vince is done fucking it up.
I was into that bad news Barrett but they jacked it
Tbf given what we know now, far from the worst thing Vince ever forced somebody to do in WWE.....
This legit shows how useless Vince is at creating and improving superstar thank god triple h is stepping up 💪🏽
Bad news was a black guy
RIP WWF 2001
Good look, great on the mic...a crap finish and poor booking let him down.
🤠
Under HHH I guarantee you, he gets that world championship push he should have gotten when his Bad News gimmick was hitting. I stand 10 toes down on that. 😁
The decision to have Cena go over Wade was horrendous, but at the same time it felt like he was injured more than he was even there, fragile as glass and was paid to sit at home all that time, so I guess it all evens out 🤷♂️
that's what I love about WWE is the off season they get
Dude was money should’ve been a main eventer
I never understood Vince's psychology. Well, at least from the early 2000s. He did produce stars in the 90s. But damn. He wasted so much talent.
Great guy, great wrestler .. horrible finisher
That is some BAD NEWS barrett
Every video on this channel
Why (insert wrestler) was FORCED to leave WWE
This is just further proof that Vince was a total idiot
i wonder what happened that made him become a wwe commentator
I wanna see Wade Barrett vs Gunther. That would be a stiff encounter.
They didn’t drop the ball, they just played awful ball.
vince is the goat
Bad News Barrett and Rusev Day was so over
No joke, He should be a voice on Peppa Pig kids show.
Why does Vince do the things he does?
Was he not there commentating for ages??
He’s currently on commentary for Raw. But that’s not the same as being used as a jobber, hence why he’s probably not wrestling anytime soon.
@adamburke4738 no but that video was on yesterday so I thought he was talking about leaving recently so was asking never said anything about how he was used just said was he not commentating as thought video was recent
@@GeordieJamie84 if you paid attention to the start of the video, you’d notice this was from 2017. ITR often upload old clips. Your confusion is a you problem.
@adamburke4738 can't disagree just didn't hear that bit
A theme constant with the wwe is atrocious booking amd vinces ego
Hey remember guys, how they killed rusev day. Because rusev was going over and vince didn't want that.
Wade is the one that got away as far as a World Title,
Funny enough, it’s always the British wrestlers that are given shit by WWE, never gets better for anyone else all together now. 😒
Well they buried him so deep they unduried him on the other side of the world.
I fucking hate this. It sounds like he just didn’t want to push wade Barrett who clearly needed to go over.
if you don't like what you see in WWE you can always turn off the t.v.
@@sharker102s I will continue to watch. There will be things I love to see and things I didn’t like. If you want to always agree and love with out seeing things like this which is clearly bs because you can’t tell me that Team WWE going over a red hot nexus team was a good idea.
Wade got screwed by idiotic ideas and Vince's mismanagement.
For Wade, I can agree with him to an extent. What I mean by that is, if they actually had plans for something and stuck with it, I would be fine with it because they actually thought something through. Plus, as he said, it isn't his company. BUT, what I differ with him is that I would be upset that Vince had no idea what he was going to do with, not just me, but for the other people I was working with, which he never did because he is a dumb*ss. Vince never had any real creative direction for anyone because, on a dime, he could change his mind and not tell anyone about it until 20 minutes before showtime. That is a bad boss to me. Not mention what he did in his spare time away from the desk....
Vince during this period was garbage
This goes to show the are told who wins and losses😮
...... no shit
Vince lost his booking mojo back in the early 2000's.
And there’s nothing wrong with that. Barrett was underwhelming as a talent, which is really saying something considering how weak that roster was. He had more than enough opportunities. From being emphasized at NXT, Leading the Nexus, then the Corre. After the failure of all 3 of these they should’ve Cut ties and moved on, it’s not a good fit for him. BUT wwe gave him ANOTHER shot with the bad news barrett gimmick which was cringe at worst. Annoying at best. His recent role is by far the best for his skill set. He’s very lucky to still be there, they clearly like him a lot.
Listen to what he actually says and you’ll see why that post is a complete waste of time.
Now he’s back having to put over nxt trash and diarrhea Ripley. Hey anything for a paycheck
Disliked! I never liked or cared for Barrett. I can’t stand his accent.
This mf should be in movies! The voice, the look, dude..
He as a role in Dead Man Down with Colin Ferrell and Noomi Repace. It was a fairly solid movie
Vince was always shady . When he's done with u . U lose
and they say vince is a genius he kill more talent than make them.
He felt like they wasn’t treating him right, so he left, then became a commentator for a company that supposedly did him wrong? Total sell out
How is he a sell out? He just felt they weren't using him right as a wrestler, being a commentator is a complete different job, it's not like he is disparaging the roster or anyone other than Vince even then he just said he disagreed. It's called being professional
“IM GOING TO MAKE A CLICKBAIT TITLE AND PUT VINCE ON IT BECAUSE INTERNET FANS HATE VINCE IRRATIONALLY”
Wade Barrett was injury prone. Thats the video.
Vince isn't mentioned in the title?
When jobbers don't realize they're JOBBERS!
This is one of the horrible accent announcers in WWE ? Who’s the other guy with the even worse accent and is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE?