5 booking mistakes WWE made with Wade Barrett

#1 Fourth man in the League of Nations

WWE clearly favoured Rusev, Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio

After a brief alliance with Stardust to face Neville and Stephen Amell at SummerSlam 2015, King Barrett joined forces with Rusev, Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio in the villainous League of Nations stable.

The international faction only lasted five months but they were still around long enough to leave their mark, with the highlight of their time together coming when they defeated The New Day – and subsequently had a confrontation with Steve Austin, Mick Foley and Shawn Michaels – at WrestleMania 32.

The problem? It was clear right from the beginning that Barrett was the outsider of the group – something that was proven at WrestleMania when he was forced to watch on from ringside as the rest of his faction members faced The New Day in a 3-on-3 match.

It seemed like such a waste to have Barrett in that role when he was the Intercontinental champion and King of the Ring winner just a year earlier, so it was no surprise that he rejected the offer of a new contract with WWE and left the company a couple of months later.