New WWE Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett recently spoke with The UK Sun about his return to WWE, and the following are some highlights:
Asked whether Piers Morgan’s public image had influenced the development of his Bad News character, Barrett told The Sun,
“I’m a huge Piers Morgan fan.
His show was huge over here for a little while, but he’s not doing it any more.
I think a lot of my character development came along before he was doing his shows so I suspect he took a lot of stuff from me, rather than the other way round.
He’s copying Bad News Barrett,” Barrett joked.
The Lancashire-born brawler – an ardent Preston North End fan – also told how he bonded with British wrestling legend Robbie Brookside in the early stages of a career over Scouser Robbie’s family links to the Lilywhites.
“Robbie’s dad was a goalkeeper for North End,” Barrett explained.
“I was actually speaking to Robbie about this a couple of weeks ago when I was down at the Performance Center [in Florida] shaking off some ring rust.
“He said his dad didn’t play many games, I think he was mainly a reserve there. Then I think he left and joined the army.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
