WWE News: Wade Barrett criticizes WWE over King of the Ring win

Former WWE superstar Wade Barrett defeated Adrian Neville in the finals of the 2015 King of the Ring tournament, becoming the 20th man to win the tournament and the first since Sheamus in 2010. Barrett, who was released by WWE recently, spoke to WrestleZone Daily and was asked whether the King of the Ring still has a place in the WWE landscape

Barrett feels that the title is fine, however, it should be complemented with good storylines and writing. He said: “The title of King of the Ring can be prestigious but if it’s followed up by non-existent writing then it’s pointless. Which I think was the issue in regards to me. The tournament itself is fine, there were some good matches and we got a bit of hype behind it and then it was followed up with three months of two grown men fighting over a toilet plunger. Which, you know, you follow something up with writing like that and it’s not going to lead to anything good. The title of King of the Ring is fine on its own but you have to follow it up with good writing.”

Barett reacted to being told he was going to be King of the Ring and being given a notoriously bad King’s outfit “It was thrown together very last minute. I think we did the quarter-finals the week before and then we came back the next week and did the actual semi-finals and the finals on a one hour special on the WWE Network. Probably about forty minutes before the show went live we didn’t even know who was winning the tournament”.

“We knew that it was going to be me and Neville in the finals. In all honesty, a complete lack of thought had gone into it. I was given Booker T’s old outfit from ten years earlier. Obviously, it didn’t look great. There was no follow up to it with a storyline or anything like that. If it was meant as an attempt to push me or get me over I think there really wasn’t any effort put in from the word, Go” he concluded.

Stu Bennett, known to the WWE Universe as Wade Barrett, was released by the company back in May. He is currently semi-retired but hopes to make a comeback to the ring in the future.