WWE commentator Wade Barrett has opened up concerning the current WWE management, noting that it is a sea change from when he was an energetic star.
Barrett, in his recent interview with Sam Roberts on the “Notsam Wrestling” podcast, contrasted his fortunes in WWE after the tip of Nexus, where he had an enormous dip in his WWE status when he portrayed the Bad News Barrett character. He discussed whether he offers advice to young WWE stars who’ve been called as much as the foremost roster from “NXT” to assist temper their expectations owing to his experience. Barrett believes that WWE stars are in much safer hands now than when he was wrestling, which is all the way down to the change in management.
“So I feel — as controversial as this might sound, and I’m attempting to be diplomatic here — I feel management today are lots higher than they were back in my day within the ring. And I feel when a certain superstar, whoever it might be, has some momentum, I feel the emphasis from management and inventive lately is to proceed to construct upon that momentum. Whereas that was not the attitude back within the era that we’re referring to, after I was in Nexus. So, I feel there’s a major change there,” he said. “So, I’m not going as much as the young guys [saying] ‘Hey guys, trust me, you think that your dreams are getting made now? They will get ruined. Oh, this business will break your heart, kid. Trust me on that.’ I’m not doing that.”
Barrett joked that he wondered if he should run the business down for these younger stars, adding that he would reserve that for when he gets fired by WWE and starts his own podcast. Several stars who’ve worked under each Vince McMahon and Triple H, like CM Punk and Carlito, have preferred working under the latter to the previous, which validates the claims made by Barrett.