Bad News Barrett Talks Tyson Kidd, “Total Divas,” Becoming World Champion

WWE Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett recently chatted with106.7 “The Fan” in Washington, D.C. about various topics in the wrestling industry, including “Total Divas.” Below are some of the highlights of the conversation.

On Tyson Kidd, who on Thursday main-evented “NXT Takeover” and is featured on “Total Divas”:

“He’s a great pro wrestler. He’s technically very astute and a great performer. But for whatever reason he gets more people coming up to him saying hello because they’ve seen him on the Divas show then they have seen him wrestling in the ring, which I thought that was pretty amazing.”

Many have accused “Total Divas” of being scripted and fake, but Barrett said that’s not necessarily the case.

“I think for the most part it’s genuine characters and genuine personalities… As with any TV show their aim is to make it entertaining. So, certain scenarios might be set up where they’re put into a very strict environment and seeing how they respond. It’s not like they have lines like a movie… it’s a lot of improv.”

He also discussed becoming the first British WWE World Heavyweight Champion down the line.

“I want to be champion of the world. There’s never been a British world champion before. I think that’s a terrible statistic and somebody needs to wipe that out. Hopefully, it’s me. I’m going to take it as far as I can. There’s certain elements involved in pro wrestling that aren’t solely down to the performer. There’s only so much I can do. I’ve kind of stopped beating myself up about things not working out the way I want them to every time.”

The entire conversation can be listened to here.

Editor’s Note:

Good stuff from Barrett here. He’s hungry as ever and I hope to see it translate to success. Interesting comments about “Total Divas” too.