Overview
- Wade begins his World Darts Championship campaign on Wednesday at Ally Pally against Japan's Ryusei Azemoto.
- The 42-year-old has won 11 PDC majors and reached four world semi-finals but has never claimed the Sid Waddell Trophy.
- Recent Ally Pally results have been challenging, with exits before the third round in each of the past three editions.
- Sammi Marsh, a former PDC walk-on girl and glamour model who now manages Wade, is slated to be in attendance.
- Wade and Marsh started dating in 2013, wed in 2015, have two sons, and have faced past media scrutiny including 'gold digger' jibes and earlier links to Helen Chamberlain.