Kurt Angle believes WWE might’ve achieved extra with Baron Corbin.
Earlier this month, Corbin confirmed that WWE wouldn’t be renewing his contract when it expired, ending his run with the corporate. Corbin had been with WWE since 2012, profitable the US Championship and NXT Tag Crew Championship throughout his tenure. He was additionally a Cash within the Financial institution Ladder Match and King of the Ring event winner, and for a while, it appeared like he was being constructed as a future star.
Kurt Angle will endlessly be linked to Corbin in WWE historical past, as Corbin beat Angle at WrestleMania 35 within the latter’s retirement match. Angle not too long ago spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Invoice Pritchard about Corbin’s WWE exit, sharing that it’s unlucky to see him get minimize, particularly because it felt like WWE didn’t capitalize on what Corbin supplied the corporate.
Kurt Angle on Baron Corbin
“Baron, I feel he’s underrated. I feel it kinda sucks [seeing him get let go]. They began using him the way in which they need to have. They’d him beat me, which I used to be okay with,” Angle mentioned. “It was my final match. And clearly, you will lose your final match if you retire. However, Baron after that, he ended up profitable King of The Ring. After which nothing else occurred with him.
“It’s a little bit disappointing to know that he beat a legend at WrestleMania, the legend’s final match. They usually didn’t do a lot with him after that. For me, it makes me really feel like I did that for nothing,” Angle admitted. “And — so, it’s not like a ‘Screw You Angle,’ nevertheless it kinda is. I believed they have been gonna run with the child. I believed they have been going to make him one of many top-tier guys and he was on his approach.”
Angle is aware of WWE modified Corbin’s character a couple of occasions, and questioned if the corporate simply didn’t have one thing that caught. Nonetheless, he was fast to level out that Corbin was at his greatest when he wasn’t enjoying a personality.
“Perhaps that’s why they let him go, they couldn’t discover that character. However Baron had a terrific persona,” Angle added. “He didn’t want a personality. He could possibly be him, he was entertaining as it’s. So, I used to be just a bit upset that they didn’t do a lot with him after which they let him go.”
Kurt Angle says Corbin might’ve been an excellent ambassador for the corporate
Pritchard talked about previous interviews with Corbin, feeling like he might’ve nonetheless been an asset to the corporate. Angle agreed that Corbin might’ve been an excellent match as an envoy, much like how Titus O’Neil transitioned into that function for the corporate.
“He’s [a good ambassador for WWE]. He’s very well-spoken. He’s very clever. Positively. And he’s an unimaginable athlete. So, I’m simply stunned,” Angle mentioned. “You might be proper, they may have simply used him as an envoy. Similar to they’ve Titus. So, I feel they may have achieved the identical factor with Baron. I feel they may have utilized him correctly. Sure.”
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