A biography for Wade Barretthasn’t been written yet.
“Wrestling is quite cyclical in its nature.”
“It's difficult not to like Justin Gabriel when you see him in the ring. He's one of those guys like an Evan Bourne or a Rey Mysterio, a high flyer.”
“Wrestling was a part-time thing and I was starving doing it. When the opportunity came up to wrestle with WWE and come to the states, it was a no-brainer.”
“Even in terms of the technical stuff there's a very traditional British flavor that comes out. Our characters are influenced by our culture so there's definitely something unique about British wrestlers in the U.S.”
“For the majority of guys, their character is just an extension of what they are really like. I'm generally a pretty nice guy but I'm a bad guy in WWE. So I always say it's like an extension of my dark side.”
“People never try to prove themselves against me unless they've had a few beers in them.”
“The most important thing in the Royal Rumble is saving as much energy as you can. The guy who's going to win is usually going to be the guy who can defend himself the longest.”
“I'm lucky that I have a deep, strong voice naturally, and the rest of it I just worked on as far as confidence and projecting myself.”
“Dusty Rhodes really liked me, I bonded with him.”
“While I was working for the WWE in 2013 and 2014, TV deals had come to me, movie deals had come to me, sponsorship deals had come to me, and they were all turned down by WWE because they would involve me being taken away from their shows.”
“I'm not a terribly popular person in life. I can handle that.”
“I left WWE because I was utterly miserable wrestling at the time and I needed to get away from the business.”
“I certainly didn't come to entertain the crowd. I am here to get my hand raised and make it to the big events like WrestleMania, where I can make an even bigger payday. And that's what I am going to do.”
“Wade Barrett is a lot of things, but he certainly is not a loser.”
“I think increasingly WWE is a global company - as much as they can they want to push out into new markets like Europe.”
“I think one of the things that happened to me in the last couple of years in the WWE where I realized how unhappy I was in that environment, was that I realized that I needed variety and balance in my life.”
“When I was first in the locker room with The Undertaker and John Cena it was very strange. But it gets to a point that these are going to be guys you are working with you get over that pretty quickly. You can't be star struck.”
“I think when I left WWE, Vince blocked my phone number so he never wants me calling him again.”
“I was always a fan of wrestling, right from the time I was nine or so. But eventually I decided I wanted to do professional wrestling myself, not just watch.”
“The difference between me and other Superstars is that I am more intelligent, possess a superior streetwise viciousness and am motivated by money.”