Bad News Barrett

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 Bad News 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, and also competed for the World Heavyweight Championship at the 2011 Elimination Chamber event. 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.

NXT (2010)
Barrett competed on the first season of NXT, with Chris Jericho as his storyline mentor. His first appearance for NXT was on the inaugural episode of NXT on 23 February, when he acted as Jericho's ring announcer. Barrett made his in-ring debut on the following episode of NXT, defeating Daniel Bryan. On 13 April episode of NXT, Barrett won the "talk the talk" challenge and was awarded his own custom made entrance theme. On 11 May, Barrett was ranked in first place in the Pros Poll. On the 1 June 2010 episode of NXT, Barrett won the overall competition and a WWE contract, by defeating Gabriel and David Otunga in the season finale.

WWE (2015-present)
Barrett entered the King of the Ring tournament, being eliminated in the first round on Raw. He would then enter a feud with then WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena, losing both matches.

Barrett would be barely seen on both Raw and SmackDown for the remainder of the year until he returned to action at the Royal Rumble (2017) event, entering the match at number 29 and last eliminating Baron Corbin to win the match. He challenged champion Brock Lesnar in the main event of WrestleMania 2, winning the match and the championship. He would lose the championship moments later after Edge chased in his Money in the Bank contract.

Championships and accomplishments

 * WWE World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Royal Rumble winner (2017)