Wade Barrett had an interesting run with WWE, and throughout his career he got the chance to work with some big names.
But it all started when he worked in OVW as part of WWE’s developmental system.
The former Intercontinental Champion opened up about his experience in OVW during a recent appearance on Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast, and he explained that people were getting cut often.
It came down to him, Drew McIntyre and Sheamus, and he feared for his job because there didn’t seem to be much for him to do in OVW.
However, Dusty Rhodes seemingly saved his career when he randomly threw Wade Barrett into commentary.
“But, I got a really lucky break. Dusty Rhodes really liked me, I bonded with him. He was the color commentator on the TV show. Dusty was writing the show, and he was doing the commentary too, so his hands were really full. He was like, ‘I need to step back from this a little. Let’s try some guys [on commentary].’ One day, he says, ‘Hey Stu, you’re doing color commentary today on the TV show.’ I was like, ‘No. Really, you need me?’ He was like, ‘I like the way you talk, go do it.'”
“I had never done this before, so, I went up and did the show, and the whole time I was thinking, ‘This is so bad.’ Dusty would occasionally come in my earpiece and be like, ‘Ah, he’s so good.’ I was like ‘Ok, at least I’m making him happy, so that’s good.’ But afterward, I was like, ‘Oh, this is going to be so bad. I came to the back and Norman Smiley put me over, and Dusty put me over. Then Dusty was like, ‘You’re doing this every single week now. That is now your thing. You’re now the commentator.'”
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