Daniel Bryan Attends First WWE Live Event Since His Retirement, Wade Barrett Says His WWE Ring Name is “Dead and Buried”

June 10, 2016

Wade Barrett Says His WWE Ring Name is “Dead and Buried”

Former WWE star Wade Barrett has officially changed his Twitter handle to his real name, Stu Bennett, and he Tweeted the following:

Oh, and new Twitter handle : @StuBennett – the other guy is dead and ‘buried’.

— Stu Bennett (@StuBennett) June 10, 2016

Daniel Bryan Attends First WWE Live Event Since His Retirement

According to PWInsider.com, Daniel Bryan was backstage at last night’s WWE NXT television tapings at Full Sail University. It was the first time Bryan has attended a WWE live event since his retirement back in February.

The report added Bryan was visiting the roster and watched most of the show backstage at the gorilla position. The following photo features Bryan at the WWE Performance Center:

Goal: to be more athletic at 35 than I was at 25 #PlantStrong #BoxJumps #NeverGiveUp #YesYesYes

A video posted by Bryan Danielson (@bryanldanielson) on Jun 9, 2016 at 7:25pm PDT

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.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.