NXT commentator Wade Barrett recently conducted an interview with BT Sport. The former 5 time Intercontinental Champion discussed if he was finished wrestling, how long it would take to get himself into ring shape, and more. Below are some highlights and tweet from BT Sport with a link to the full length interview:
On whether his in-ring career is officially done:
“Hey, we’re pro wrestlers; it’s never done. That’s the truth. There’s definitely some left in the tank; I didn’t want to be someone who retired because I had to retire, or retire because I wasn’t able to do it anymore and I was embarrassing myself or anything like that. Similarly, I was burned out when I left. So there’s definitely a lot left in the tank. I’m only 40 years old. Forty sounds quite old in the sporting world, but in the world of sports entertainment it’s clearly not. And I think you only need to look at people like The Hurt Business at the moment. I think all of those guys are older than me and they’re doing, all three of them are doing some of the best work of their career right now. And Sheamus is older than me, there are guys who are on the main stage of their shows right now who are doing some of the best work of their career [and] who are older than me. So I feel like if I want to, or the time is right, or the opportunity that excites me comes up, then I’m close to being ready to go.”
On how long it would take for him to get in in-ring condition:
“I’m not in in-ring shape at the moment. I’m in good shape, but to be in in-ring shape I will probably need three months of knocking out that ring rust before I step back in the ring. But currently I will say my focus is purely on the announcing booth and doing that in NXT.”
Wade Barrett had a very good career in WWE, capturing multiple championships, and main eventing multiple PPV’s while leader of Nexus. The one thing he never quite managed to do was become the first Englishman to win a world title in WWE, you would have to think that if he does return that would be his ultimate goal.
He has previously mentioned facing his friend Drew McIntyre for the WWE title, perhaps there is a Bullhamer elbow in the champs’ future.
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