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Baron Corbin Talks His Quick Rise In WWE, What Brought Him To Pro-Wrestling, What Does WWE Officials See In Him – More

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Mr. Money In The Bank Baron Corbin, recently spoke with Alabama.com’s Entertainment section to promote next week’s SmackDown Live show in Birmingham. Corbin discussed his path to the top of the WWE, what got him interested in pro-wrestling & much more.

Here are the highlights:

Baron Corbin On Showing His Confidence To The WWE:

“It’s huge, it really puts them behind me for what I’m doing. I like to say that it puts that confidence in and to all the hard work I put in that people don’t see; from being away from home, on the road, in hotels, in airports, away from the family, going to the gym when you’re sore and tired, finding the right food. All of those things that tailor who I am and how I carry myself and what I do when those lights are on, when I’m in that ring. When you get something like Money in the Bank, it says they recognize all of that. They recognize what you’re doing, what you want to be, you want to be a WWE champion. It feels good and it makes you proud of everything you do.”

What WWE Officials See In Him:

“Definitely they see the drive. When you carry yourself as a professional and a star, they can just feel that, they see that persona, they see what you could be capable of and then knowing my athletic background from being Golden Gloves champion and being an NFL football player, they knew that athletically I could hang. But there’s so much more than just being an athlete to being a WWE superstar, I carry myself that way. If I walk into a room and nobody knows who I am and they’ve never seen wrestling a day in their life, I want everybody in that room to look at me and go ‘That guy does something, he is somebody important.’ I think it’s just that persona that you carry. From the moment I walked in the door, that’s how I held myself. People put in the time and work to help me fine-tune everything and it’s gotten me to where I am today.”

What Brought Him Into Pro-Wrestling:

“Growing up, I watched wrestling with my dad. We were big fans of big, athletic guys who could move; Bam Bam Bigelow, Big Boss Man, Vader. All those guys could move. The Undertaker, Kane, they were just big monster men who were athletic and physically imposing. That’s kind of what drew me to it. When I was done playing football, I was lucky enough to meet a guy who helped me put in a phone call to get to WWE. He had a connection and made the call for me. Walking in the door, it was a very eye-opening experience, it wasn’t as easy as I assumed it would be, it was very difficult. But that’s what brought me here, growing up with it a little bit and wanting to continue that lifestyle of competition and physicality.”

The Competitive Atmosphere In The WWE:

“Most definitely. I mean, at the end of the day, we all have to be around each other. We’re on planes, we travel, you’re in gyms, you see each other, everybody’s cordial but it is true. Everybody wants to be the best and champion. I truly believe if you don’t want to be champion; whether it’s tag, Intercontinental or World Champion, if you don’t want that, you shouldn’t be here. You shouldn’t have to be away from your home four or five days a week or 18 day son, a European tour, it’s not for you. It definitely has that competitive nature. Everybody wants to be the top guy. Look at a guy like John Cena, he is the best right now, he’s coming back real soon. People want his spot, I was his spot. I want Randy Orton’s spot, I want Jinder’s spot. It’s a good competitive nature and I think that’s why the product is so good. Everybody wants to be the best, so it elevates WWE as a whole.”

Corbin’s Favorite Wrestlers Growing Up:

“It’s funny. When I was a kid, Undertaker was amazing. I had the purple gloves as a kid. But Bam Bam Bigelow was my favorite. I wanted the head tattoo. Maybe someday I’ll get my head tattooed. He just seemed like a big biker. He was in the movie “Major Payne” and he did have a motorcycle in that, but he just had that attitude about him. That’s who I really gravitated towards. The flames on his outfit, he just personified being a wild man. He was my guy.”

 

 

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