In an interview with Journey of a
Frontman, Baron Corbin spoke about his “debut” at NXT
Takeover: Fatal 4-Way and developing his character. Here are highlights:
On preparing for his appearance at NXT Takeover II: “Billy
Gunn, Bill DeMott and Dusty Rhodes all helped me find myself and how to express
it to people so they understand. I know that I’ve played with a few other
characters that I thought fit me. When I sat down with Bill and Billy and Dusty,
as well as Corey Graves, they had conversations with me about what am I into and
what are the things I do. They wanted to know how that would relate to what I’m
gonna do in the ring and how to translate that so that people understand this is
who I am. You look at me, you see the tattoos and I ride a motorcycle. So how do
we fit those things into who I am? There’s past endeavors including being a
three-time Golden Glove Champion, we want people to understand that when I punch
somebody, it’s gonna hurt.”
On the NXT roster: “I definitely enjoy guys like Sami Zayn
and Adrian Neville, fast-paced guys, they’re guys that I look forward to working
with and I want to try and stop them. They do a lot of fancy things and I’m not
a fancy guy. I’m a meat and potatoes gonna punch you in the face kind of guy. I
want to see how that would go together and if I can stop those guys from making
this run that they’re making.”
On his finisher End of Days: “I watched a lot of wrestling
and I started to watch a lot of Japanese-style. They do things a little
differently. A guy here named Solomon Crowe, we were trying to think of
something that would be devastating and original and we mixed some things I’d
seen from some of the Japanese footage I watched. It’s something that requires a
lot of strength. I know a lot of people can’t do it and won’t try it. That
allowed me to stand out. End of Days is a lot of impact, it makes people open
their eyes. It makes a statement.”
