15.12.2017, 20:47
Wade Barrett gab Sportbible ein Interview. Hier einige seiner Aussagen:
Zu seinem Weggang von WWE:
“I didn’t really ask to be released. My contract was coming to an end, I’d been there just over nine years at that point – I was not happy with the way my creative had gone and not happy with some stuff behind the scenes, and the way I’d been treated by certain people there, so in my opinion it was time to move on and do something else, at least for a while. I’d been offered a new contract by them, I didn’t want to sign; I told them, I was upfront with them. I don’t think they were thrilled about it but there’s not a lot you can do – I felt that I was wasting my time there. There’s a lot of guys who are not happy with their lot there, I wasn’t happy with my lot there for several years but always believed I was capable of getting to the next level through my work or through my performances, and my ability to get over. It got to the point where I didn’t believe I was getting the opportunities to get to the level that I wanted to and I think once I’d seen the writing on the wall from that perspective, it was a very easy decision for me to leave and I’m guessing it was the same for guys like [lexicon]Ryback[/lexicon], guys like Del Rio, guys like [lexicon]Cody[/lexicon], who perhaps, like me, decided it was best to move on too.”
Ueber seinen Niedergang des Bad News Barrett Gimmicks:
“The problem with Bad News was that I was getting a [lexicon]babyface[/lexicon] reaction. It was one of those things where it was supposed to be a heel thing but I think people were so entertained by it that they started cheering it and look forward to it, even though I am insulting them. Vince never wanted me was a [lexicon]babyface[/lexicon], he thought I wrestled like a heel and I was English. He didn’t want me to be a [lexicon]babyface[/lexicon] at all, which was fine and I was happy being a heel. But I think sometimes the crowd dictates things and even though Vince wants me as a heel, you can’t put me as a heel and the only way we could really turn me back into a heel, and stop them cheering for me, was to take away ‘Bad News’. At that point, I was just a guy who had nothing, so I was coming out, I wasn’t allowed to do the catchphrase or anything like that. I was just a very bland guy. So they gave me [lexicon]King of the Ring[/lexicon] as something to do, I suppose, but doing a [lexicon]King of the Ring[/lexicon] in this day and age just doesn’t work. It might have worked in the 80’s but I think wearing a crown and scepter in this day, to me, it doesn’t work.”
Ueber eine moegliche WWE Rueckkehr:
“I would never rule out going back in some capacity. I wouldn’t say it was the best of terms that we left on; I think there was a lot of resentment, certainly from my side, with certain people in management there. I don’t think we’ll be sending each other Christmas cards at the moment but I’ve certainly not gone out my way to trash them, they haven’t gone out of their way to trash me, so I think a little water under the bridge might do us both some good.”
Imo einer der Talente die man viel zu schlecht einsetzte und die haetten viel mehr geben koennen. Das was Barrett sagt, zu seinem Gimmick, und das Vince ihn unbedingt als Heel wollte, waehrend er Face Reaktionen bekam, und wie WWE darauf reagierte, ist sehr vielsagend. Man achtete nicht mehr darauf wie die Fans reagieren, sondern gibt es vor, und wenn man nicht mit den Reaktionen zufrieden ist, laesst man ihn fallen, anstatt das man daraus Kapital schlaegt und darauf aufbaut. Man macht es sicher nicht bei jedem, aber bei einigen schon. Die fucked up Heel-Face Rollenverteilung bei WWE ist eines der groessten Probleme die sie derzeit haben.
Zu seinem Weggang von WWE:
“I didn’t really ask to be released. My contract was coming to an end, I’d been there just over nine years at that point – I was not happy with the way my creative had gone and not happy with some stuff behind the scenes, and the way I’d been treated by certain people there, so in my opinion it was time to move on and do something else, at least for a while. I’d been offered a new contract by them, I didn’t want to sign; I told them, I was upfront with them. I don’t think they were thrilled about it but there’s not a lot you can do – I felt that I was wasting my time there. There’s a lot of guys who are not happy with their lot there, I wasn’t happy with my lot there for several years but always believed I was capable of getting to the next level through my work or through my performances, and my ability to get over. It got to the point where I didn’t believe I was getting the opportunities to get to the level that I wanted to and I think once I’d seen the writing on the wall from that perspective, it was a very easy decision for me to leave and I’m guessing it was the same for guys like [lexicon]Ryback[/lexicon], guys like Del Rio, guys like [lexicon]Cody[/lexicon], who perhaps, like me, decided it was best to move on too.”
Ueber seinen Niedergang des Bad News Barrett Gimmicks:
“The problem with Bad News was that I was getting a [lexicon]babyface[/lexicon] reaction. It was one of those things where it was supposed to be a heel thing but I think people were so entertained by it that they started cheering it and look forward to it, even though I am insulting them. Vince never wanted me was a [lexicon]babyface[/lexicon], he thought I wrestled like a heel and I was English. He didn’t want me to be a [lexicon]babyface[/lexicon] at all, which was fine and I was happy being a heel. But I think sometimes the crowd dictates things and even though Vince wants me as a heel, you can’t put me as a heel and the only way we could really turn me back into a heel, and stop them cheering for me, was to take away ‘Bad News’. At that point, I was just a guy who had nothing, so I was coming out, I wasn’t allowed to do the catchphrase or anything like that. I was just a very bland guy. So they gave me [lexicon]King of the Ring[/lexicon] as something to do, I suppose, but doing a [lexicon]King of the Ring[/lexicon] in this day and age just doesn’t work. It might have worked in the 80’s but I think wearing a crown and scepter in this day, to me, it doesn’t work.”
Ueber eine moegliche WWE Rueckkehr:
“I would never rule out going back in some capacity. I wouldn’t say it was the best of terms that we left on; I think there was a lot of resentment, certainly from my side, with certain people in management there. I don’t think we’ll be sending each other Christmas cards at the moment but I’ve certainly not gone out my way to trash them, they haven’t gone out of their way to trash me, so I think a little water under the bridge might do us both some good.”
Imo einer der Talente die man viel zu schlecht einsetzte und die haetten viel mehr geben koennen. Das was Barrett sagt, zu seinem Gimmick, und das Vince ihn unbedingt als Heel wollte, waehrend er Face Reaktionen bekam, und wie WWE darauf reagierte, ist sehr vielsagend. Man achtete nicht mehr darauf wie die Fans reagieren, sondern gibt es vor, und wenn man nicht mit den Reaktionen zufrieden ist, laesst man ihn fallen, anstatt das man daraus Kapital schlaegt und darauf aufbaut. Man macht es sicher nicht bei jedem, aber bei einigen schon. Die fucked up Heel-Face Rollenverteilung bei WWE ist eines der groessten Probleme die sie derzeit haben.