Top 45 Wade Barrett Quotes

I’m actually a big supporter of the majority of the guys from The Nexus.

With my intellect, I’m somebody who can think fast, think on my feet and can think under pressure.

When you’re with WWE, you are operating within very fine boundaries that you cannot step outside of.

I was told by thousands of people I would never make it.

I think Nexus is one of the favorite periods of my career, and I think we had a lot of success, and I think people responded to it really well.

The moment you get comfortable is the moment you get stagnant, so I want to make sure I keep evolving.

When I was coming through as a professional wrestler, as a young man in 2003 and 2004, there really wasn’t much of a wrestling scene in the U.K. to take advantage of or make a living in, so I was forced to have to go to the U.S. and kinda make a living from it out there.

It’s pretty much impossible to do anything when you’re in WWE because you’re so busy constantly.

Yes, I started off as a bare-knuckle boxer.

My parents knew I was a massive wrestling fan.

I’m a huge fan of Adrian Neville and I have been for a long time.

I stopped drinking alcohol, which probably was the biggest change. I used to be a very big beer drinker. Being from England, that’s a very common thing.

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.

So in the pro wrestling world, everything is massively over the top and every reaction that you do in the ring is kind of corny if we’re honest – it’s not supposed to be serious – it’s a comic book world.

I want to be champion of the world.

I’ve done a lot of work with recruitment, which involved me giving sales pitches and things like that and spending a lot of time on the phone selling my services to people.

I try as much as I can to bring out my own British flavor.

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.

I’ve always worked out very hard, very intensely, with a lot of free weights.

I think Bad News Barrett was a lot of fun.

I couldn’t care less what anyone thinks about me. When I look in the mirror and see what’s looking back at me, I’m incredibly happy. Nobody’s opinion is going to change that.

There’s certain elements involved in pro wrestling that aren’t solely down to the performer. There’s only so much I can do. I’ve kind of stopped beating myself up about things not working out the way I want them to every time.

I’ve always had that confidence in my performance ability and my ability to speak in character.

Most fans don’t realize 75 percent of the matches we have are non-televised. I prefer a non-televised show because it is more ring-focused and fan interactive.

I left WWE because I was utterly miserable wrestling at the time and I needed to get away from the business.

Many people don’t realize just how dangerous professional wrestling actually is. People can get seriously injured and even paralyzed.

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.

People never try to prove themselves against me unless they’ve had a few beers in them.

The best thing about WWE without doubt is being able to step out in front of the incredible fans that we’ve got.

It was amazing to work with a cast like Terence Howard and Colin Farrell.

I couldn’t just be good on the mic. I needed to be good on the mic; I needed to be good in the ring; I need to be good in my presentation; my ring attire need to look good, my appearance. Everything about me needed to be the best. I couldn’t be weak in any area because you’re only as good as your weakest aspect.

Even to get to NXT now – which is the bottom rung of the WWE ladder – you have to be really good just to get there. They generally don’t take guys who can’t wrestle.

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’ve had a lifelong passion, and really obsession, with professional wrestling since I was a very small kid.

One of the problems with being a WWE Superstar is that I literally get zero time off unless I’m injured, and usually when I’m injured I’m sat on the couch unable to move because I’ve just had a surgery.

The fact is, there’s a ton of opportunities out there now for professional wrestlers which, when I was coming through, weren’t really there. The only game in town realistically was WWE, and it was very, very difficult to see yourself working anywhere outside of that.

I enjoy the challenge of taking someone on.

I improved my died by dropping a lot of carbohydrates like bread, rice and pasta and now I’m eating a lot more fruits and vegetables.

The interesting thing about film fighting is that it’s very different to the kind of fighting we do in pro wrestling.

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.

So, the older I got the more I started to appreciate balance and variety in my life, and once you get a taste of that returning and realize how happy it can make you it is very difficult to conceive giving that up again.

Daniel Bryan is someone who I definitely think I can have good matches with.

When I became King Barrett, the influence I had in the character was taken away. I was told, ‘This is your outfit, and here is your promo that you have to say word-for-word.’ Any time I tried to tweak the storyline because I thought it wasn’t working, or because it wasn’t me, I was denied.

Dusty Rhodes really liked me, I bonded with him.

I remember when I was younger and seeing guys like The Rock cut these promos telling the world how terrible they are. How they are a bunch of losers and stuff like that. He was so funny when he did it that you couldn’t wait ’til he came out and started insulting you.