{"id":11066,"date":"2016-02-17T00:55:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T06:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11066"},"modified":"2016-02-17T01:04:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T07:04:48","slug":"king-barrett-addresses-wwe-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/17\/king-barrett-addresses-wwe-future\/","title":{"rendered":"King Barrett addresses his WWE future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2938447089\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE star King Barrett said late Tuesday night on Twitter that\u00a0he is &#8220;100 percent focused&#8221; on doing his job for WWE at the moment. Barrett responded in general to a Tuesday report that he is planning to leave WWE when his contract expires in a few months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I unexpectedly received a lot of very nice messages from people today. Thank you to everyone who took the time to write some kind words.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stu Bennett (@StuBennett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StuBennett\/status\/699839652534972416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ll comment further at a more appropriate time, but for now I&#39;m 100% focused on doing my job for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a>. See you at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FastLane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FastLane<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stu Bennett (@StuBennett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StuBennett\/status\/699839874258481152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestlingsheet.com\/wade-barrett-gives-notice-not-resigning-contract-wwe\/\" target=\"_blank\">ProWrestlingSheet reported<\/a>\u00a0that Barrett has told WWE management about his decision to move on from the company this summer.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, Barrett keeps himself separated\u00a0from his WWE identity by going by his real name of Stu Bennett, allowing him to transition to the next phase of his career.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Barrett hinted\u00a0that he would be moving on from WWE in an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/13\/barrett-considering-life-after-wwe-talks-zero-time-off-missed-opportunity-face-turn\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Independent U.K. publication<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m still as passionate about wrestling as I ever was, but I think it\u2019s inevitable that at some point in your career you\u2019ve got to start looking for things outside of wrestling,\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-232780426\"><div id=\"pwtor-2042444565\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE star King Barrett said late Tuesday night on Twitter that\u00a0he is &#8220;100 percent focused&#8221; on doing his job for WWE at the moment. 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