{"id":18463,"date":"2016-05-06T11:42:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=18463"},"modified":"2016-05-08T01:44:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T06:44:44","slug":"breaking-wade-barrett-officially-gone-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/06\/breaking-wade-barrett-officially-gone-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Story &#8211; &#8220;King&#8221; Wade Barrett officially gone from WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2590415390\" 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>&#8220;King&#8221; Wade Barrett (Stu Bennett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WadeBarrett\/status\/728624762453434372\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> his official departure from WWE on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/article\/king-barrett-santino-marella-other-superstars-released\" target=\"_blank\">WWE then included Barrett in their list of Friday releases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett has been off TV since being fictionally kicked out of the League of Nations after WrestleMania in early April.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett said his contract was set to expire in June, but he and WWE management &#8220;reached an agreement to dissolve the contract a few weeks early.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barrett added that he decided last year not to re-sign with WWE once his contract came due in 2016. 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