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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 6, 2023 23:03:11 GMT -5
A potential return to bumass Corbin and JBL is hopefully going the hell away, sounds like a win-win.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 6, 2023 23:16:51 GMT -5
If only there were a nice rich guy we can put him with that can teach him the errors of his ways. Anyone there? I’ll go to the moon and back to find them if I have to.
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 6, 2023 23:18:15 GMT -5
If only there were a nice rich guy we can put him with that can teach him the errors of his ways. Anyone there? I’ll go to the moon and back to find them if I have to. I think they'd be a fun tag team if they let Corbin embrace some of that energy. If he can bump, have it be a solidified turn by having Corbin KO JBL somehow.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 6, 2023 23:22:55 GMT -5
If I had a nickel for every time WWE publicly called Baron Corbin a channel changing ratings poison, but still kept pushing him as a weekly TV act, I'd have two nickels.
Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice!
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Post by …Yeah! on Feb 6, 2023 23:24:08 GMT -5
If I had a nickel for every time WWE publicly called Baron Corbin a channel changing ratings poison, but still kept pushing him as a weekly TV act, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice! Hey, that’s two more nickels than Baron Corbin has!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 23:29:58 GMT -5
If the plan is to finally turn Corbin face, it'll be nice.
However, WWE is dead set against doing anything with Corbin that makes him appealing to the audience, even going so far as to say "Yes, he sucks, and we, too, hate him".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 23:31:04 GMT -5
i feel bad for corbin, give him a good gimmick and let him stick with it already
i can only take him losing jbl and whatever shit he had been doing as a positive imo
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Feb 6, 2023 23:32:20 GMT -5
This is going to be one of those things when it's mentioned in 5 years you're going to be like oh yeah, that happened.
The pairing didn't look good on paper to begin with, they limped along for a couple months doing nothing of note and it was mercifully abandoned.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 6, 2023 23:45:38 GMT -5
This is going to be one of those things when it's mentioned in 5 years you're going to be like oh yeah, that happened. The pairing didn't look good on paper to begin with, they limped along for a couple months doing nothing of note and it was mercifully abandoned. Joining such luminaries as Rob Van Dam w/ Ricardo Rodriguez and Alberto Del Rio w/ Zeb Colter.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Feb 7, 2023 0:13:16 GMT -5
If the plan is to finally turn Corbin face, it'll be nice. However, WWE is dead set against doing anything with Corbin that makes him appealing to the audience, even going so far as to say "Yes, he sucks, and we, too, hate him". "Yes, he sucks, and we, too, hate him. Now get ready to see him EVEN MORE!"
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Post by Perd on Feb 7, 2023 0:13:42 GMT -5
Yeah, it feels like they keep Corbin around for the purpose of occasionally telling him he sucks.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 7, 2023 0:16:02 GMT -5
I mean, the fact that most of us are like “Can we try him as a face? Or with this other gimmick?” tells me that he’s not COMPLETELY useless, that he’s got SOMETHING there in him that he’s shown at some point that people want to see more of.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2023 0:40:35 GMT -5
If the plan is to finally turn Corbin face, it'll be nice. However, WWE is dead set against doing anything with Corbin that makes him appealing to the audience, even going so far as to say "Yes, he sucks, and we, too, hate him". "Yes, he sucks, and we, too, hate him. Now get ready to see him EVEN MORE!" When you tell an audience that one man is responsible for all that's wrong with your program, you normally get that guy off your television.
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Post by neilc on Feb 7, 2023 1:08:51 GMT -5
Who's had more reboots during their career in WWE: Corbin or Lacey Evans?
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Feb 7, 2023 1:40:59 GMT -5
I dread they are going to pair Corbin and Miz and stick them in the tag division.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Feb 7, 2023 2:11:42 GMT -5
I like Corbin, but this pairing with JBL never made any damn sense at all. Glad it’s over and look forward to whatever Corbin does next.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Feb 7, 2023 6:22:36 GMT -5
I mean, the fact that most of us are like “Can we try him as a face? Or with this other gimmick?” tells me that he’s not COMPLETELY useless, that he’s got SOMETHING there in him that he’s shown at some point that people want to see more of. That's the thing: There's is a segment of fans who *want* to invest in the guy. Just turn the guy face and see what he can do. It's not like it can damage his credibility any more than it is
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 7, 2023 7:09:52 GMT -5
If Corbin isn't wearing tattered and stained clothes while eating rotten Arby's out of a garbage can before the Elimination Chamber I'm going to be sad.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Feb 7, 2023 9:08:40 GMT -5
"Yes, he sucks, and we, too, hate him. Now get ready to see him EVEN MORE!" When you tell an audience that one man is responsible for all that's wrong with your program, you normally get that guy off your television. they pretty much did that but he just took over control of the company again under the threat of tanking the finances of the compan.... oh you mean Corbin
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Feb 7, 2023 9:33:04 GMT -5
If I had a nickel for every time WWE publicly called Baron Corbin a channel changing ratings poison, but still kept pushing him as a weekly TV act, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice! He gets repackaged as the Baron Corb-inator
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