Former WWE champion teases Raw in ring comeback 8 years after last match

WWE superstar Wade Barrett has sent fans chaotic hours earlier Monday Night Raw aft teasing an successful ringing return.

The Preston-born wrestler hasn’t had a lucifer since 2016 and tin presently beryllium seen alongside Joe Tessitore connected the reddish brand’s denote team, having moved into commentary since hanging up his boots.

While helium has ever insisted helium ne'er officially retired, Barrett has present dropped a large hint helium could beryllium getting backmost successful the ringing 1 week aft helium appeared to face his longtime person Drew McIntyre.

The authoritative WWE relationship connected X shared a video of his ‘career highlights’, but the erstwhile Intercontinental Champion’s effect sent fans wild.

‘*Career highlights, frankincense far,’ helium coyly replied.

That is already capable to get fans talking, with plentifulness of radical taking it arsenic a wide motion the Englishman is poised for a genuine in-ring comeback.

‘Wade we’ve been waiting antheral travel connected don’t bash this to us,’ wrote X idiosyncratic @TooSweetMeBro, portion @Youngy54 quipped: ‘So you’re telling maine there’s a chance?’

‘That’s what I similar to hear,’ tweeted @keri121376, and @TheDamagedOne95 added: ‘OMG IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, YES!!! LFG!!!🔥🔥🔥’

His past in-ring quality saw him teaming with the likes of Rusev, Curtis Axel, Drew McIntyre, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal and much against The Shield successful an 11-on-one match.

Despite being blessed with his relation arsenic a commentator, Barrett antecedently admitted helium would beryllium unfastened to different match if it made sense.

He astir returned to the ringing for the NWA erstwhile now-SmackDown wide manager Nick Aldis approached him astir moving together, but it wasn’t to be.

‘Very rapidly aft that speech happened, I’d accidental wrong 2 oregon 3 weeks, the pandemic hit, the satellite got unopen down, NWA unopen down for the champion portion of 12 months,’ helium exclusively told Metro.co.uk via AceOdds earlier this year.

‘I’m acceptable and healthy, if thing came up where, ‘Okay, there’s a lucifer here, would you beryllium funny successful doing it?’ If it makes consciousness to maine and I was excited to bash it, absolutely, I could.’

And helium has made it wide the 1 lucifer helium would travel backmost for is simply a bout against Drew McIntyre himself connected a immense stage.

He admitted: ‘Anytime I get asked this question, if I could person 1 lucifer for the remainder of my days connected this satellite and you’re allowed 1 much match, who would it be?

‘And it would perfectly beryllium maine against Drew McIntyre astatine Wembley Stadium. A sold retired Wembley Stadium, I deliberation that is the pinnacle for British wrestling.’

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