Wade Barrett: Difference between revisions

 

* [[A Father to His Men]] --> [[It's All About Me]]: If Wade approaches you about forming a unit and he promises you equal status with him, '''do not listen'''. He'll appear to be all for equalism at first, but in truth his biggest flaw is that he just cannot give a shit about anyone but himself. He got kicked out of Nexus and the Corre was disbanded because of it.

** Details. Seemed at first to genuinely care about the welfare of the other Nexus members, risking his own contract and title shot to secure contracts for them, but this eventually came to only apply if you were loyal to him and lived up to his standards. Darren Young and Michael Tarver were obvious weak links, and were brutally excommunicated for their trouble. [[Miles Gloriosus|David Otunga]] fancied himself [[The Starscream]] and was forced to lay down and surrender the tag titles to Gabriel and Slater. Also, Barrett was prepared to let the other Nexus members all keep falling victim to sneak attacks rather than bring [[John Cena]] back…until they made it clear they would desert him for it. Thus began his [[Humiliation Conga]].

* [[Badass Longcoat]] / [[No Shirt, Long Jacket]]: Wears one around his shoulders to the ring.

** [[Coat Cape]]

* [[Big Bad]]: Subverted, see [[Disc One Final Boss]].

* [[Break the Haughty]]: Once he got carried away in wanting the WWE Championship and torturing Cena to get it, to the point of making the Nexus become all about him and forgetting all the aspects that made the group synonymous with its theme song, he ended up gradually but certainly losing the Nexus - to the point he found himself reaching to [[CM Punk]] for help in keeping them. [[CM Punk]], by the way, who showed a clear intention ''to replace him''. Naturally this didn't end well for Mr. Barrett.

* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: He's achieved all of his initial objectives, now he's just in it for the money and the power.

* [[The Kid with the Remote Control]]: Between ''Hell in a Cell'' and ''Survivor Series'' in 2010, [[John Cena]] had to obey Wade's orders to remain employed. This seemed at first like heaven for Barrett, Nexus, and [[Smart Mark|smarks]] worldwide alike. But then it [[Hoist by His Own Petard|worked]] [[Out-Gambitted|out]] [[It Got Worse|terribly]].

* [[You Meddling Kids|Meddling John Cena]]: Why he's not The WWE Champion.

* [[Noble Demon]]: He's even apologized for attacking [[John Cena]] and [[Bret Hart]].

* [[Put on a Bus]]: Is out for up to 4 months due to his injured elbow being in far worse shape than originally thought.

* [[Satisfied Street Rat]]: His first gimmick on NXT, he was a greedy, bare-knuckle brawler who grew up rough and was damn proud of it. Also a bit of a William Regal [[Expy]].

* [[Still the Leader]]: Said this pretty much verbatim after [[CM Punk]] took over [[The Nexus]]. Punk would respond to this by costing him a shot at [[The Miz]]'s WWE championship--and ripping Barrett's Nexus armband off as an exclamation point.

* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]

** Then, after his [[Power Stable]] (s) split, he was relegated to the mid-card again for a few months. Ever since he started the "Barrett Barrage", though, he's been running roughshod over most of his competition - including tossing [[Randy Orton]] off a staircase.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: On the NXT Season finale, he and David Otunga had 60 seconds to deliver one of these speeches to the other. Otunga would spend that time making fun of Wade's appearance, specifically his lanky body and crooked nose. Wade would deliver an epic retort centering on [[Muscles Are Meaningless|David's inability to wrestle]], stating that [[The Giant|The Great Khali]] moves around with more balance and poise than Otunga does. He would then cap off the rant blasting Otunga's "It-Factor" tag line stating that the only reason WWE promoted that is because he had absolutely no tangible qualities whatsoever, and that he could add two more letters in front of it to understand what Wade really thought of Otunga.

** Thus the friction between the two men during the Nexus run [[Fridge Brilliance|suddenly makes total sense]].

{{quote|'''Barrett:''' Hey [[Zack Ryder]]!

'''Ryder:''' Hey, what's the deal, man?

'''Barrett:''' [[Borrowed Catchphrase|Wade Wade Wade, you know it!]] }}

* [[Underwear of Power]]: He seems to be the WWE Superstar who wears those tighties ALL THE TIME. Even during backstage segments. However, he does wear a formal type of clothing whenever he is on the commentary.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Positioned [[John Cena]] as special guest referee in his title match against [[Randy Orton]]. If Barrett leaves as champion, Cena's freed from Nexus. If Orton does, Cena is fired.

** However, Cena [[Out-Gambitted]] him. Orton won and Cena was fired, but that merely allowed Cena to assault Nexus on a weekly basis. On top of that, Nexus already turned the security against them and when it looked like Cena was cornered by Barrett's trap, Cena revealed he had [[You and What Army?|an army of RAW superstars who hated Nexus as much as him]] ready to help him out. Then Cena proceeded to set up a [[The Dog Bites Back]] moment by tricking Barrett into pretty much saying he valued his own safety over that of Nexus, causing them to abandon him to Cena and force Barrett to hire Cena back.

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