WWE legend, 44, teases wrestling return and confirms he ‘never retired’

WWE superstar Wade Barrett confirmed helium ‘never retired’ from wrestling and could inactive wrestle 1 much match.

The 44-year-old star, who is presently a commentator on Monday Night Raw alongside Joe Tessitore, hasn’t wrestled since helium and Sheamus mislaid to The New Day connected Raw successful April 2016.

The Preston-born heavyweight got radical talking this summer erstwhile he insisted a video bundle shared by WWE should beryllium renamed ‘Career highlights, frankincense far’.

Now, Wade exclusively told Metro.co.uk via AceOdds: ‘I’ve ne'er retired. That’s the truth. That does not mean I americium going to person different match. It conscionable means that we don’t know.’

The erstwhile Intercontinental Champion insisted ‘there’s a large question mark’ implicit the anticipation him stepping betwixt the ropes.

However, helium volition ‘always beryllium unfastened to that conversation’ if it’s nether the close circumstances.

‘No guarantees either way. I’m not saying I’m going to travel back; I’m not saying I won’t. It’s open-ended,’ helium explained.

‘But I volition add, if I person had my past match, I’m besides wholly satisfied with that. So, it’s not an itch that needs scratching.’

One happening for definite is that Wade has nary tendency to marque a full-time comeback, which is arsenic overmuch down to his ain ambitions astatine this clip arsenic it is the carnal demands.

‘I volition never, ever travel backmost and motion a multiple-year full-time declaration successful the ring. I conscionable can’t bash it astatine this point. My beingness has moved connected much than thing else,’ helium added.

‘I deliberation physically it volition astir apt termination maine too, but much than thing other mentally getting connected that grind.’

He pointed to ‘the benignant of schedule’ radical like existent WWE Champion Cody Rhodes has to bash betwixt unrecorded events, SmackDown, occasional Raw acheronian matches, premium unrecorded events and more.

And for Wade, helium ‘couldn’t enactment a terms on’ what it would instrumentality to spell backmost to that benignant of lifestyle.

‘That guy, helium is conscionable nonstop and it’s not conscionable the in-ring stuff, it’s the promotional enactment down the scenes. It’s the media work. It’s doing each the foundation worldly helium does, doing the worldly with the Wheatley Vodka.

‘Then connected apical of that, he’s got a large household astatine location he’s got a look aft too. You couldn’t wage maine to instrumentality that benignant of docket close now, but a one-off abbreviated tally present oregon there, if it made sense, I’d ever beryllium unfastened to that conversation.’

If helium were to return, Wade would love to look his longtime person Drew McIntyre – which is thing WWE has teased connected tv this year.

‘He did speech a small smack to maine a fewer weeks agone connected Raw and I haven’t forgotten astir that. I’m not going to marque a large woody of it, but he’s fortunate helium stopped wherever helium did,’ helium teased.

‘If helium did instrumentality 1 much measurement forward, the aged Bull Hammer would person travel out, boom, knocked him connected his ass, and possibly that in-ring comeback would person happened by now.’

Despite joking astir the possibility, Wade is adamant helium isn’t ‘clamouring for thing similar that’, and he’s ‘absolutely thrilled’ with his commentary occupation with nary tendency to measurement distant from the desk.

‘If the accidental arises, evidently it’s thing I would see and deliberation astir and think, “Could I present thing here,”‘ helium conceded. ‘I’m really, truly satisfied with what I’m doing close now.’

He added: ‘But similar I say, if the magic is determination and it happens and it’s the cleanable storm, possibly those tights volition beryllium pulled retired of storage, person to marque definite the moths haven’t eaten them oregon I whitethorn person to wage for a caller pair, we’ll see.

‘There’s ever a tiny, tiny chance, but don’t clasp your breath.’

WWE Raw airs Monday nights astatine 1am connected TNT Sports 1. The amusement is moving to Netflix successful January 2025, on with Raw, SmackDown and each PLEs for UK fans.

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