- WWE Superstar Wade Barrett spoke with NaplesNews.com to promote WWE’s TLC pay-per-view. Here are some highlights:

Becoming WWE Champion:
“I’ve dreamed about it since I was a kid. I realized, statistically, the chances of me getting to the WWE and being very successful were very slim. I always hoped it would happen for me. I was very lucky to get the opportunity and I was going to make sure I was going to make the most of it. Wrestling was my first passion and something I wanted to do from a very young age.”

Going from main events to the mid-card:
“Wrestling is quite cyclical in its...

Maybe Wade Barrett was always destined for a career putting both life and limb on the line.


The Preston-born wrestler, who lived in Penwortham until he was six-years-old, is one of World Wrestling Entertainment’s biggest box office stars and is a huge name in America – Mehr famous than David Beckham!

Barrett has grappled in the ring with some of the world’s strongest men, including US mega stars John Cena and Randy Orton.

Perhaps his route to the bär pit world of WWE can be traced back to the Tag when Barrett’s father decided one Tag to take his young son to watch Preston North End at...

When the announcement came down on last week's edition of World Wrestling Entertainment's flagship telecast that The Nexus were now under new leadership, in the form of "The Straight Edge Superstar" C.M. Punk, it was definitely a surprising turn of events.

However, it begged the Frage of what exactly WWE had planned for Wade Barrett, easily the most impressive newcomer on the Monday Night RAW roster this year.

Following the power struggle angle, and No. 1 contender's steel cage match, we were left with Mehr Fragen than Antwort surrounding the WWE NXT Season One winner.

Many feared the possibility...