HARTFORD, Conn. – As a tribute to the greatest fans in all forms of entertainment, WWE’s Fan Appreciation Day rocked a packed XL Center Saturday, with thousands of passionate WWE Universe members showing the love for their favorite Divas and Superstars – including the one-night-only return of The Game, Triple H – and those same ring warriors expressing likewise for their fans worldwide.

WWE Champion Randy Orton def. Wade Barrett

Just weeks before the WWE Champion and the leader of The Nexus square off at Survivor Series, The Viper fought off members of Barrett’s faction and survived being hit with his own title to hang onto his championship. In the end, Orton countered Barrett’s Wasteland attempt and struck with a thunderous RKO to pick up the pinfall victory – much to the delight of the legion of Orton fans in attendance, holding their signs of support throughout the contest.

John Cena def. World Heavyweight Champion Kane by Disqualification

With Kane’s scheduled opponent Big Show winning an Intercontinental Title Match in the event’s opening Battle Royal, Raw’s anonymous General Manager and SmackDown GM Theodore Long chose a surprise replacement for Kane’s title defense. When the opening chords of John Cena’s music played, the XL Center fans jumped to their feet with a deafening roar!

The match was cut short when Cena put Kane in the STF and Nexus raided the ring, resulting in a disqualification. Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel, David Otunga and Heath Slater then attacked Cena. The heinous assault prompted WWE Champion Randy Orton to rush the ring, followed by the entire WWE locker room, led by Triple H!

With The Game, The Viper, Cena and Big Show left standing in the ring, Cena thanked the crowd for supporting WWE and its Superstars and Divas, while many of the roster spread out into the crowd for autographs and photos with the WWE Universe as the show ended.

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Three candid shots of Wade Barrett (as his “evil twin brother” Stu Sanders along with Drew McIntyre) have been added to the gallery. When you attend your next WWE show, please share your live event photos with us! E-mail the web-team. We appreciate you letting us display your shots!

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WWE.com is featuring their third installment of the “WWE Zombies” series just in time for Halloween. Wade Barrett is featured as “Wade Bar-rotting” and even has an ‘N’ on his chest! (Note from web-team: Oh, come on, WWE. You totally missed out on “Wade SCARE-IT”!) Check out the rest of the WWE Zombies here.

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GREEN BAY, Wisc. – Halloween may be a night for demonic spirits to wreak havoc on the living, but just six days prior to All Hallows Eve, a presence equally as sadistic, Wade Barrett, was busy haunting his nemesis, John Cena.

Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater def. WWE Tag Team Champions David Otunga & John Cena; WWE Champion Randy Orton to face John Cena

Wade Barrett appeared as dark and moody as a winter in England. No wonder. The night before at WWE Bragging Rights, the leader of The Nexus informed John Cena that if he were to lose his match against WWE Champion Randy Orton, Cena would be fired from WWE. Well, the petulant Brit defeated The Viper by disqualification thanks to a well-timed Attitude Adjustment on him by his unwilling bodyguard, Cena. One problem: A title cannot change hands on a disqualification. All of which meant that Cena would not be fired and that Orton would retain the title.

Barrett, however, knew he possessed leverage. At WWE Bragging Rights, Cena was forced to pair with David Otunga, and the two captured the WWE Tag Team Titles. The men would soon be stripped of those honors when Barrett arranged a match and ordered Otunga to lay down for Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater, who walked away new champions.

Afterward, Raw’s anonymous General Manager stated, via laptop, that Orton will defend his title against Barrett in four weeks in a match featuring no disqualifications, no count-outs and a special guest referee. To determine the referee, the WWE Champion must battle a member of Nexus, with the winner to select who’ll wear the stripes. Barrett’s choice of Nexus member to face Orton? John Cena, but of course.

John Cena def. WWE Champion Randy Orton by Disqualification

Turnabout, meet fair play. One night earlier, Wade Barrett had defeated WWE Champion Randy Orton by disqualification at WWE Bragging Rights thanks to John Cena. Tonight, the Englishman made certain Cena won his match against Orton by the very same means.

No, Barrett wasn’t really helping Cena, per se – he was helping himself. You see, earlier in the evening, Raw’s anonymous GM arranged a no disqualifications, no count-outs Match, featuring a special guest referee, in four weeks at Survivor Series between Barrett and Orton for the WWE Title. Were The Viper to win, he would choose the referee. If Cena were to win, however, the fester from Manchester would choose, which is precisely what happened.

After Barrett ambushed The Nexus’ reluctant warrior, he earned the right to select the guest referee for his championship match against WWE’s Apex Predator. In a shrewd stroke, the Nexus leader chose Cena, but not without thickening the plot. Barrett added that if he wins the WWE Title at Survivor Series, Cena is free from The Nexus. However, if he does not win the championship, Cena will be fired!

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Wade Barrett is today’s WWE.com Superstar of the Day! Wade has also been Superstar of the Day three other times in 2010, on September 19, August 2, and July 5.
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