Stuart Alexander "
Stu"
Bennett (born 10 August 1980) is an English
professional wrestler, actor, and former
bare-knuckle boxer. He is signed to
WWE, where he performs under the
ring name King Barrett, a modification of his previous moniker,
Wade Barrett. Barrett won the first season of
NXT in 2010 and made his
Raw debut on 7 June of that year, rising to prominence as the leader of the
The Nexus, composed of the remaining
NXT rookies of season 1. He headlined five WWE pay-per-view events during the remainder of 2010, challenging for the
WWE Championship in three of those. Barrett formed the
Corre with former Nexus members
Heath Slater and
Justin Gabriel in January 2011 and won his first
Intercontinental Championship, a title that he has won overall
five times. In 2013, he became
Bad News Barrett until becoming the 20th
King of the Ring winner in
2015 and changing his ringname to "King Barrett".