Wade Baꦺrrett described how moving to commen🦄tary has changed his perspective.
Former WWE Intercontinental Champion and King of the Ring winner Wade Barrett has not wrestled since 2016. He returned to WWE as a🅺 commentator in 2020, and he has continued to focus on this role ever since.
In an interview with , Wade Barrett discussed how moving to commentary has changed his🌠 perspective.
"The big change when you move from being an in-ring guy to a commentator is the show is no longer about you. The show is about enhancing everybody else who arrives on the TV. It's every character, every storyline, anything you can do to add a little sprinkle of sugar on every minute of the show is what you're trying to do. It's no longer about trying to get myself over or trying to be the big star anymore. In terms of my appreciation for the industry, so say you've got a two-hour show or a three-hour show. Historically, Wade Barrett may have been on that show for 10 or 15 minutes. He might have had a match or a promo, whatever it was. That was really all I cared about. That's all I'm focused on. The important part of this show is the bit that I'm on. I have to go out and make this as good as I can. The difference now is I have to have a complete understanding from start to finish of this roller coaster ride, everybody's storyline, and how they all fit together," Barrett said.
Barrett continued by explaining how moving to commentary had given him a different appreciation for the creative team and management. He noted that he understood the process better now. Barrett reiterated that he could see the m♑ental gymnastics that went on behind the scenes.
"That has given me a totally different appreciation for our creative team, the management, and the kind of decisions that have to go into this. Whereas I was always annoyed because why aren't I winning? Why aren't I in this spot? Why aren't I getting that opportunity? Now I understand, 'Hey, this guy's really good. This guy we have losing in segment three, he's really good, but guess what? We can't have him win here because the plan for next month is to put this match and this match together and this guy's not going to fit in there. So, we kind of need him to make the other guy look good.' My understanding of putting together a two or three-hour TV show multiple times a week, especially if you've got a premium live event, and my appreciation of how the mental gymnastics that management and the creative team have to go through to try and make this all fit together and make cohesive sense and be intriguing for the viewer, I have a whole new appreciation for that," Barrett said.
Check out Barrett's comments about potentially returning to the ring here.
Click here to see what Barrett had ꦉto say about the growth of NXT.
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