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Wade Barrett Wants WWE Hall Of Famer To Make In-Ring Return

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Wade Barrett wants to see a WWE Hall of Famer back in the ring.

While Goldberg has announced he’ll be returning to WWE for a retirement match in 2025, speculation continues to surround another veteran.

In the second half of 2024, JBL has been on something of a wrestling world tour. The star, formerly known as Bradshaw has been rocking up at events all the place, hitting a Clothesline from Hell and then leaving. This has seen him travel to AAA, GCW, and TNA to cause chaos.

JBL most recently made his presence felt at TNA Bound For Glory, where he helped Nic Nemeth retain his World Title. This, along with teases on social media, has sparked talk of an in-ring comeback, and WWE announcer Wade Barrett would be all for it.

During an interview with AceOdds, Barrett admitted he’d also like to see AJ Lee wrestle again, before turning his attention to JBL.

“I’d definitely like to see AJ Lee return. I don’t know where she’s at physically or mentally if she wants to come back if she’s motivated to do that but I think that would be an epic moment to have her walk back out if that was ever to happen.

But somebody who’s really caught my eye lately, one of my favorites of all time both in the ring and on the commentary, desk is JBL. Now I don’t know what the hell is going on with JBL but if you look at his social media, he’s been spending the last two or three months seemingly travelling around the world to every ring he can find in every country and going in and clotheslining the hell out of every independent wrestler he can find.

He looks like he’s been drinking from the fountain of youth. If he’s motivated, I would love to see an in-ring return for JBL. I hope I’d be at the desk to call it because for large chunks of my career, he was astoundingly good as a commentator for my matches hyping me up and I would love to get that opportunity to repay that favor to JBL and watch him give somebody a clothesline from hell,”

Barrett isn’t the only person who would love an AJ Lee comeback, with Cora Jade openly admitting she’s campaigning for the star to return to WWE.

Wade Barrett Leaving The Door Open

Wade Barrett signed with WWE back in 2007, initially working on a developmental deal before appearing in the first season of NXT. This saw the star become part of the Nexus in 2010, which sought to take out John Cena and any other main roster stars they could their hands on.

The Brit was later known as “Bad News Barrett” before requesting his release in 2016. Although he’s since returned to WWE as an announcer Barrett hasn’t wrestled in over eight years. But that doesn’t mean he’s retired.

During an interview in September, Wade Barrett admitted he could wrestle again if the creative around a match was something he found exciting. However, he made it clear he has no interest in competing on a full-time basis.

H/t to Fightful