#1 Contender to the Intercontinental Title Bad News Barrett recently spoke with TheFA.com to promote the current WWE European tour, and below are some interview highlights:
WWE Talents Preferring to Wrestle In Front of UK Crowds:
“It’s been a hectic schedule but I always love coming back home. I’ve been at shows in Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and now we are in London and it’s been a great experience so far. I’ve had a mix of cheers and boos, sometimes they go crazy for me or they hate me, but it’s great to come back home as these are the loudest fans anywhere in the world and it makes it all the more special being a home crowd. Anywhere we go around the world, wrestling fans are very passionate, but especially in the UK I feel there’s definitely some crossover from our football fan culture. With their singing and the chanting, a lot of the time over here the crowd is actually the star of the show. They are so special and different, and I know I speak on behalf of the entire locker room when I say that this is our favourite place to wrestle because the fans are so crazy. We never know what they are going to give us – they don’t always play along with the storylines and twist things their own way, so it’s great.”
On Calling Out Wayne Rooney for a Possible Match:
“I’ve already called out Wayne Rooney, but I saw recently that unfortunately he got knocked out by somebody else, so that’s all gone very quiet now. But I’m a huge Wayne Rooney fan, I always have been, and there’s no real beef there between us – but if he did ever want to step in the ring then believe me I’m waiting for him.”
Thoughts on WWE Having an English World Champion:
“There’s never been an English world heavyweight champion. Some guys have come close in the past. The British Bulldog is one who I think should have won it, William Regal is another I believe should have won it at some point but didn’t. I myself have come pretty close in the past, especially in 2010 I came very close in a few matches on pay-per-view. Eventually it’s got to happen – if you look at the calibre of wrestlers in the past that have come from our island it is incredible that it has not happened. Whether it’s me, or Adrian Neville, another Englishman who has recently debuted in the ring on TV, it will happen – but I would love to be the first.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
