Baron Corbin is among the WWE main roster stars who have been sent to NXT to help boost the Tuesday show’s ratings while the company seeks a new media rights deal, which has paid off.
Corbin has gone through several character changes in NXT, including a one-week return of the Lone Wolf. Corbin stated on The Angle Podcast that he is fighting to stay in NXT.
Here are the highlights:
Returning to NXT to find the true roots of his character:
“It’s awesome. We have that mentality when we, to me, it was like, all right, let’s go past everything I’ve done. Let’s make something brand new: the way I move the ring, the way I act in the ring, the way I carry myself. And I was like, but I wanna do it as me. I’ve spent a long time now playing these characters from happy, sad, to the king, like two characters if you’ll, and I was like, man, I just kind of wanna do me for a little bit. And Sean has let me do that, and Bruce is awesome. So it’s really special. I’m gonna take a lot of pride in this because it’s me.”
Whether NXT is his new home:
“No, I’m still on all three shows, but I am fighting to stay in NXT a little bit because I really just wanna give our audience a good break for me, you know, give them a few months without me driving the nuts. So I would like to personally stay in NXT for a couple more months and just really fine-tune the details of what I’m trying to bring to the people. And I mean, NXT is great, but I’d love to enjoy working with superstars there. They’ve got a lot of energy, a lot of excitement. They love this and it elevates passion, and urgency for what we do. So it’s a fun place to be. They could call me for SmackDown tonight. I don’t know, I dunno what’s happening. But I’m loving.”
You can check out the complete interview below:
(h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription)
