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Post by Jindrak Mark on Nov 15, 2022 14:36:12 GMT -5
I know it's early days but I don't see this going anywhere at all. It's not quite Ricardo Rodriguez with Rob Van Dam but it's still a fairly random pairing who don't appear to have much in the way of chemistry.
It's a shame because Corbin was really entertaining and getting over with the Bum Ass Corbin stuff last year but he's right back to his 2018-19 levels of boring.
I actually think maybe Corbin himself could do a decent job managing someone. Put him with someone who isn't much of a talker and let him be the hype man. It's not like in-ring is his strong suit so I don't think many would miss seeing him wrestle weekly. He might have that Miz touch were he's so unlikeable that anyone who is with then breaks away from him suddenly gets cheered. Remember that month or two when Madcap Moss was really over because he was feuding with Corbin?
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Nov 15, 2022 14:42:50 GMT -5
I was definitely good not having JBL on my TV and now this happens.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Nov 15, 2022 15:46:43 GMT -5
Corbin is a guy who really doesn't need a manager but he feels played out by this point and I guess they felt this was the shot in the arm he needs. However the JBL character feels so dated and out of place at this point. I mean the character's peak was like eighteen years ago and while he was successful and had a good run it's not like he's some sort of revered legend either that people are clamoring to see.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Nov 15, 2022 15:56:06 GMT -5
Bossman/Bull Buchanan tier pairing this, zero prospects
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 15, 2022 16:30:28 GMT -5
Corbin is a guy who really doesn't need a manager but he feels played out by this point and I guess they felt this was the shot in the arm he needs. However the JBL character feels so dated and out of place at this point. I mean the character's peak was like eighteen years ago and while he was successful and had a good run it's not like he's some sort of revered legend either that people are clamoring to see. Yeah, JBL is literally at least partially based on a George W. Bush parody... who left office like 13 years ago... Also the way that the like loud mouthed rich guy sterotype has drastically shifted... now people tend to think less Rich Texan from the Simpsons and more Tech Bro. |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Nov 15, 2022 16:51:19 GMT -5
There are a lot of issues with it but I think the biggest one is just that this is like Corbin's fifth or sixth major reinvention in the past five years or so. It's hard to bother being invested in him or take him seriously as a main event player when nothing about the guy ever sticks before they inevitably end up jobbing him out then rebooting him, especially since they won't ever try anything notably different like turning him face or putting him in a tag team or something.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 15, 2022 16:55:31 GMT -5
There are a lot of issues with it but I think the biggest one is just that this is like Corbin's fifth or sixth major reinvention in the past five years or so. It's hard to bother being invested in him or take him seriously as a main event player when nothing about the guy ever sticks before they inevitably end up jobbing him out then rebooting him, especially since they won't ever try anything notably different like turning him face or putting him in a tag team or something. Yeah, this is his fifth gimmick I think... Lone Wolf Biker, King Corbin, Bum Ass Corbin, Happy Corbin, Whatever this is Corbin. |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 15, 2022 16:56:20 GMT -5
I don’t know if it was here where I saw it or somewhere else, but them doing a JBL manager run in 2022 is basically them doing Dan Lambert in AEW. And it’s equally as unwelcome too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2022 17:50:32 GMT -5
The problem is... Corbin doesn't need a manager. He's already a good talker.
JBL could be a good manager but it's wasted on Corbin. He should be managing somebody else.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2022 17:51:16 GMT -5
There are a lot of issues with it but I think the biggest one is just that this is like Corbin's fifth or sixth major reinvention in the past five years or so. It's hard to bother being invested in him or take him seriously as a main event player when nothing about the guy ever sticks before they inevitably end up jobbing him out then rebooting him, especially since they won't ever try anything notably different like turning him face or putting him in a tag team or something. Yeah, this is his fifth gimmick I think... Lone Wolf Biker, King Corbin, Bum Ass Corbin, Happy Corbin, Whatever this is Corbin. You're forgetting Constable Corbin. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 15, 2022 17:53:01 GMT -5
Yeah, this is his fifth gimmick I think... Lone Wolf Biker, King Corbin, Bum Ass Corbin, Happy Corbin, Whatever this is Corbin. You're forgetting Constable Corbin. You know I thought of his Restaurant Manager phase then forgot to put it in. |
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Post by BorneAgain on Nov 15, 2022 17:57:19 GMT -5
I'm just waiting for Corbin's next gimmick from the roulette wheel myself. I've got my fingers crossed for 19 century Baron Von Corbin; complete with triangle hat.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Nov 15, 2022 18:21:00 GMT -5
You're forgetting Constable Corbin. You know I thought of his Restaurant Manager phase then forgot to put it in.  Kind of amazing how lenient the restaurant he was managing was with him. Letting him take off every Monday and weekends so he could run also run Monday Night Raw and fight the likes of Braun Strowman and Finn Balor. |
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Nov 15, 2022 18:34:08 GMT -5
I do wonder what the goal is here with Corbin. With each new character change do they think, "THIS is going to be the one that makes him a main eventer"? Because I just don't think Corbin's a main eventer... and there's nothing wrong with that.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 15, 2022 21:46:08 GMT -5
And out of the gimmicks listed above, the bum broke ass Corbin run could really set him up well
He needs a face turn which is really the one thing he has no done on the main roster. If you insist on keeping him a heel, make him someones heavy or stick him in a tag team but him and JBL is not a pairing that is going to work. JBL with someone else could work but Corbin has had too many retools to rake seriously as a heel
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 16, 2022 5:31:14 GMT -5
I'm just waiting for Corbin's next gimmick from the roulette wheel myself. I've got my fingers crossed for 19 century Baron Von Corbin; complete with triangle hat. You know, if he started doing the Iron Claw, I'd be down for it. |
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Post by Nosnorb on Nov 16, 2022 7:28:13 GMT -5
I do wonder what the goal is here with Corbin. With each new character change do they think, "THIS is going to be the one that makes him a main eventer"? Because I just don't think Corbin's a main eventer... and there's nothing wrong with that. He's the modern day Prince Albert. |
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Post by Dub H on Nov 16, 2022 8:15:10 GMT -5
It sounds like a pairing where the thought process was "people on the internet dislike both". And it stopped there
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Nov 16, 2022 9:46:13 GMT -5
There are a lot of issues with it but I think the biggest one is just that this is like Corbin's fifth or sixth major reinvention in the past five years or so. It's hard to bother being invested in him or take him seriously as a main event player when nothing about the guy ever sticks before they inevitably end up jobbing him out then rebooting him, especially since they won't ever try anything notably different like turning him face or putting him in a tag team or something. Yeah, this is his fifth gimmick I think... Lone Wolf Biker, King Corbin, Bum Ass Corbin, Happy Corbin, Whatever this is Corbin. What sucks is that I like the guy outside the ring. He seems to "get" the business. They just can't seem to find anything that works, outside his Lone Wolf stuff |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 17, 2022 0:34:53 GMT -5
Honestly, is there even much of a difference between Happy Corbin and JBL's Baron Corbin? He's still coming out to the same shitty theme, the same shitty gear, and doing the exact same shitty thing as before, but with JBL doing a local sports team sucks promo before hand.
It's failing at even being a refresh of Corbin, aside from giving him his original name back.
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