Top 107 Quotes & Sayings by Wade Barrett
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
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.
Wade Barrett is a lot of things, but he certainly is not a loser.
Maybe I need a catchphrase. Maybe I need a t-shirt that'll be a big sell. Maybe I need to do more with my in-ring skills. There was always something in my head like, 'I can improve this and I can improve that.'
For the most part I excel as being the bad guy, and that's definitely a strong point for me.
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.
It was amazing to work with a cast like Terence Howard and Colin Farrell.
It's pretty much impossible to do anything when you're in WWE because you're so busy constantly.
By the time I got to 2015, I was sliding down the card. I was getting opportunities that I thought were kind of wasted. Like, I became the King of the Ring, which sounds like it should be impressive, but what it was followed up with was zero rises.
I like music, I like boxing, I like watching football.
I have watched stuff like Mixed Martial Arts and boxing, and sometimes it's disappointing because the big fight is over like in 30 seconds or so.
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 had a lifelong passion, and really obsession, with professional wrestling since I was a very small kid.
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.
I was told by thousands of people I would never make it.
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.
With my genetics, you have to be careful of doing too much cardio. I'm an ectomorph and you can lose a lot of size quickly if you overdo it on cardio.
I think increasingly WWE is a global company - as much as they can they want to push out into new markets like Europe.
To me, OVW was one of my favorite periods in my career. I felt like I was on the greatest adventure of all time. I was there five months before WWE developmental moved down to Florida.
Wrestling is quite cyclical in its nature.
If you look back at people like The Rock there are times when earlier in his career he was doing heel stuff and he was so entertaining that people cheered for him. The natural thing to do was turn him babyface.
The best thing about WWE without doubt is being able to step out in front of the incredible fans that we've got.
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.
When you're with WWE, you are operating within very fine boundaries that you cannot step outside of.
I think when I left WWE, Vince blocked my phone number so he never wants me calling him again.
Many people don't realize just how dangerous professional wrestling actually is. People can get seriously injured and even paralyzed.
Sometimes being away from TV for four months or six months or whatever it's been can really help you. People miss you and are happy to see you back. On the other hand, people can forget about you.
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've always worked out very hard, very intensely, with a lot of free weights.
I think there was an opportunity as Bad News Barrett to turn me in to a babyface. I am not saying that I would have gotten to the level The Rock got to but it was certainly a chance for me to do something different and keep me motivated and stimulated by what I was doing on the show.
If you have the same guys at the top of the card all the time, people get bored of it. They don't want to see the same guys wrestling over and over again.
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.
I'm not a terribly popular person in life. I can handle that.
My parents knew I was a massive wrestling fan.
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've focused on being as lean as I can.
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 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.
I want to be champion of the world.
I'm actually a big supporter of the majority of the guys from The Nexus.
I left WWE because I was utterly miserable wrestling at the time and I needed to get away from the business.
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 never gone out and courted favors. I've never gone out to be booed, either. It's just me being myself.
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 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.
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.
There is nothing more terrifying than lying in the ring and feeling that your hand has gone numb.
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.
Dusty Rhodes really liked me, I bonded with him.
I don't know about changing my mind regarding The One-Man Band. I've always personally found him incredibly entertaining, which is one of the reasons why, in the past, I surrounded myself with guys like him. I think he's a complete buffoon, don't get me wrong, but personally, I find him very funny.
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.
People never try to prove themselves against me unless they've had a few beers in them.
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.
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.
I think the biggest difficulty from transitioning from professional wrestling to the acting world is generally toning down your performance.
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.
I think second place is the first loser in the competition.
I think Bad News Barrett was a lot of fun.
I try as much as I can to bring out my own British flavor.
With my intellect, I'm somebody who can think fast, think on my feet and can think under pressure.
Yes, I started off as a bare-knuckle boxer.
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