Wade Barrett on Why He’s Been Absent From Wrestling, If He Plans to Return, Which Promotion He’s Been Speaking To and More (Video)

April 1, 2017

Former WWE star Wade Barrett spoke with Hannibal TV during WrestleCon over WrestleMania weekend, and below are some highlights:

On why he has been absent from wrestling since leaving WWE:

“I decided to take a year off. I was pretty unhappy with WWE when I left there, so I wanted a little bit of a break from the business. So I’ve been doing some acting, some appearances, some other stuff, some travel, and generally enjoying myself.”

On if he plans to return to wrestling:

“Yeah 100%. I needed to take some time away, I wanted to leave it until I actually missed the business, until I came back and I feel like the past few months I’ve really been missing it, so I’ve been speaking to some people in The UK. You’ve got WCPW, I’m doing a lot of talk with them over in April, and we’ll see where it goes from there.”

Barrett also reveals his favorite WrestleMania moment and you can check it out in the video below:

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.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.