And a star is born ( Stu Bennett )

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE

Developmental territories (2007-2010) Bennett participated in a tryout with WWE in 2007, and signed a developmental contract with them in October. He was assigned to Ohio  Valley Wrestling ( OVW) under  his Stu Sanders ring name, where he was defeated by Ace Steel in a dark match. He later formed a tag team with Paul Burchill and the pair faced the Major Brothes in several matches. On 2 January 2008 Sanders and Burchill defeated Colt Cabana and Charles Evans in the final of a tournament for the OVW southern Tag Team Championship. Sanders and Burchill held the title for nearly 2 months before losing it to Los Locos ( Rámon and Raúl) in a four-way match also involving The Insurgency  ( Ali and Omar Akbar) and The Mobile Homers ( Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver). After WWE ended their relationship with OVW as a developmental territory, Sanders was moved to Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW) with several other wrestlers. On 6 May 2008, Sanders and Drew McIntyre, collectively known as The Empire, defeated The Puerto Rican Nightmares ( Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez) to win the FCW Florida tag team championship. They lost the title back yo the Nightmares at FCW's first TV taping on 17 july. The team broke up after the loss, and Sanders began wrestling under his real name before changing it to Lawrence Knight at the 9 October FCW television taping. On 19 February 2009, Knight announced that he was the new FCW commentator, alongside Dusty Rhodes. He became colour commentator due to an injury, in which he tore his Latissimus Dorsi Muscle and required surgery. In August 2009, Bennett was renamed yet again to Wade Barrett, partially named for Wade Dooley. Bennett describes the character of Barrett as being " an extension of his dark side". He returned go in-ring competition in FCW in December 2009.