Line #46 Wrestling/BaronCorbin


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4	->''"I don't live for anyone other than myself."''
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6	'''[[HeroKiller I'll be your end of days.]]'''
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8	Thomas Pestock (born September 13, 1984 in Lenexa, Kansas) is an American professional wrestler, retired boxer and football player currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he performs under the ring name Baron Corbin.
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10	He was initially a {{Jobber}} prior to being repackaged as a WrestlingMonster. At ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 32'', he made his main roster debut at that year's Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal and winning it too. Later that year he was drafted to ''[=SmackDown=] Live'' and in 2017 became Mr. Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank and won the United States Championship at ''Wrestling/HellInACell 2017''.
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12	In 2018, he was drafted to ''Raw'' and after ''Backlash 2018'' became a {{heel}} authority, first as "Constable" Baron Corbin, relying Commisioner Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon's orders and opinions to GM Wrestling/KurtAngle, then (after Angle's "screw-ups" granting him a "vacation") as the [[TheStarscream "Acting General Manager"]] all the way up to ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2018'', then as [[DrunkWithPower "General Manager-Elect"]] on the road to ''TLC 2018'', where he was finally ousted from power.
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14	In 2019, Corbin managed to win the renewed ''Wrestling/KingOfTheRing'' tournament, retitling himself "King Corbin". He held the title for two and a half years until on June 18, 2021, he was forced to drop the "King" title when he lost to Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura. After [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen hitting rock bottom upon losing the crown]], [[VivaLasVegas he hit it big in Vegas]] during ''Summerslam'' weekend and rebranded himself as "Happy Corbin".
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16	Not to be confused with actor Creator/BarryCorbin.
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18	!!Burn the Tropes:
19	* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Corbin has "13" emblazoned on his pants, which he considers his lucky number. It was even his number in the 2017 ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'', where he managed to eliminate the unstoppable Wrestling/BraunStrowman. Pestock's birthday also falls on September 13.
20	* AlasPoorVillain: Despite his previous actions, it's hard not to feel sorry for Corbin once his life started going downhill following his loss of the crown and becoming broke. Even Wrestling/KevinOwens felt sorry for him, and tried giving him 20 bucks out of pity.
21	* TheAloner: His RedBaron (no pun intended) is "The Lone Wolf" for a reason.
22	* AnimalMotifs: [[SavageWolves Wolves]].
23	* AntiHero: As a face.
24	* ArchEnemy:
25	** Bull Dempsey, though Corbin seemed to view Dempsey as less of a rival and more of a persistent annoyance.
26	** After Dempsey was demoted to {{Jobber}} status, Wrestling/{{Rhyno}} seemed to have taken his place as Corbin's rival. Corbin and Rhyno later formed an uneasy alliance for the ''Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic'' tournament and actually did well, making it all the way to the final round.
27	** He then interrupted a title match between Apollo Crews and Finn Bálor, which has led to a feud between him and Crews.
28	** Then he interrupted Wrestling/AustinAries' entrance ''in Aries' NXT debut'' to beat him down and start a feud with Aries.
29	** After debuting on the main roster, he and Dolph Ziggler were at each other's throats for months.
30	** As Constable Corbin, he got into multiple altercations with [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Balor]] and Wrestling/KurtAngle, hoping to dethrone the latter as Raw's General Manager. He also got into one with Braun Strowman after screwing him for the Universal Championship at ''Crown Jewel''. Pissed off, the Monster Among Men demanded a match with Corbin at ''TLC'' to determine Corbin's position as Raw's General Manager. Not wanting to face him, Corbin teamed up with Dolph Ziggler, Drew [=McIntyre=] and Bobby Lashley to destroy Strowman, breaking his arm in the process. The feud reignited later with both Angle and Strowman after Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2019.
31	** He also had two short feuds with Kalisto and Sin Cara in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
32	** In late 2018 he feuded with Wrestling/{{Elias}} after failing to become permanent General Manager of Raw.
33	** In mid-2019 he feuded with Wrestling/SethRollins for the Universal Championship.
34	** In late 2019 he feud with Wrestling/RomanReigns after Reigns betrayed him at Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2019.
35	** In mid-2020 he feud with Wrestling/MattRiddle after Riddle debuted on Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Corbin didn't like newcomers on [[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]].
36	** Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, who Corbin started a feud with in mid-2017. The rivalry was short-lived, but the feud restarted in mid-2021 after Nakamura stole Corbin's crown and caused his reversal of fortune.
37	** His own former aide Madcap Moss, ever since winning the Andre the Giant Memorial trophy in 2022. Corbin began mistreating Moss, so much that the latter snapped to the former.
38	** Pat [=McAfee=] became Corbin's enemy after [=McAfee=] laughed at him after losing to Madcap Moss in a Last Laugh match.
39	* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: As acting General Manager, Corbin often changed the stipulation of matches midway in his or his associates' favor. The day after he lost his power as General Manager of Raw, Corbin was put into a match against Kurt Angle, which then changed into a 4-1 Handicap Match midway, and later a No Disqualification match as well.
40	* BadassBiker: He has a bit of a biker motif and is also a motorcycle aficionado in real life. In his ''NXT'' run in 2023, he's also been riding a motorcycle to the ring.
41	* BadassBoast: The chorus of his second theme song is definitely one.
42	-->''I bring the darkness, I am the thunder\
43	I come from Hell, and I'll pull you under\
44	I'll make you feel the wrath of my ways\
45	I'll make it real, I'll be your end of days''
46	* BaldOfEvil: Faced with a losing war against his [[PrematurelyBald prematurely-receding hairline]], Baron finally buzzed it completely off in June 2018. Much like it was with Wrestling/KurtAngle, this decision was widely received as reinforcing his aggressive, stone-cold {{Heel}} image. He stopped shaving in July 2021 to sell the image of a suddenly poor and desperate man before shearing off his hair once more as a sign of his fortunes turning.
47	* BarbarianLonghair: He had long hair up until June 2018 and is very aggressive in the ring.
48	* BatmanGambit: After Wrestling/SethRollins beat up any man Corbin picked to be his referee at their match at ''Stomping Grounds'', Corbin picked Wrestling/LaceyEvans to take the spot, having correctly assessed that Rollins WouldntHitAGirl.
49	* BigBadWannabe: As Raw GM, his authority was about as recognized by the roster as you'd expect, to the point Wrestling/{{Elias}} had no reservations about mocking him and ultimately decking him with his guitar.
50	* TheBrute: He's a big, tall man whose wrestling style can be described as "pounding the hell out of his opponent."
51	* TheBully: Corbin is a big guy and one of his hobbies is beating up small guys, whom he hates -- ''especially'' Kalisto.
52	* BullyingADragon: Decided to screw ''Wrestling/BraunStrowman'' out of his title match. Naturally, he spent the next ''Raw'' literally barricading the venue to [[UnstoppableRage get away from him]].
53	* TheBusCameBack: Having previously been a jobber, he officially debuted at ''NXT [=TakeOver=] II'' to squash [[TheScrappy CJ Parker]], which instantly got most of the audience on his side.
54	* CatchPhrase: On Twitter, and in his promos, it's "You can't fight fate" and "All hail".
55	* CollectorOfTheStrange: Not part of his gimmick, but in real life Pestock is known for buying weird stuff, like old medical tools or the remains of animals.
56	* ConspicuousConsumption: Part of his mercenary persona is him showing off and bragging about his expensive watches and nice house.
57	* CurbStompBattle: His match with [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt "The Demon"]] at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2018.'' Not expecting to face Balor's alter ego and caught completely by surprise, he doesn't put up a single bit of offense and the whole match is the Demon kicking his ass from pillar to post before finishing him with the Coup de Grace.
58	* DavidVersusGoliath: Corbin's bigger than most people. His favorites to beat up, though, seem to be indy types on the smaller side of the size spectrum. Definitely true of his feud with Kalisto, who's the smallest guy on the roster that doesn't exclusively work the Cruiserweight Division and [[Wrestling/TrevorMann Ricochet]].
59	* DarkerAndEdgier: Following his failed MITB cash-in on Wrestling/JinderMahal, WWE gave Corbin a subtle but appreciable repackaging, giving him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJnzfT44KXI a new entrance theme]] and altering his gimmick so as to make him look less like an archetypal bully and more like a ruthless, borderline-Satanic hound of hell. This naturally created a perfect contrast when Corbin challenged and defeated squeaky-clean, all-American Southern boy Wrestling/AJStyles for the United States Championship.
60	* DarkhorseVictory:
61	** His main roster debut - winning the 3rd Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' with no setup whatsoever. He was only given a passing mention as being in the Battle Royal (although he would've been hard not to notice at 6'8") and was widely thought to be an extra body - until he won the whole thing, cementing his victory by eliminating Wrestling/{{Kane}} of all people, who happens to have a ''very'' good record in battle royal situations [[note]]He held the record for the most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble for 13 years until Wrestling/RomanReigns broke it. He also holds the most eliminations overall.[[/note]] and was pushed as a possible winner.
62	** The next shocker came at ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank 2017'', where Corbin won the briefcase. Among the people participating in the match were fan favorites like Wrestling/AJStyles, Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura and [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Owens]], who were all expected to win, yet Corbin took the opportunity and grabbed the briefcase, cementing himself on the top of the card.
63	* TheDogBitesBack: At ''TLC'' 2018, everyone that Corbin had antagonized with during his tenure as Constable of Raw (Finn Balor, Apollo Crews, Bobby Roode, and Chad Gable) helped Braun Strowman to beat up Corbin retribution for everything he had done to them. To make things worse, Heath Slater, whom Corbin busted down to referee and fired his friend Rhyno two weeks ago, sided against him as well and made the count when Strowman pinned him.
64	* EvilVersusEvil: He's completely willing to beat up heels as well, being a loner and all. His dislike of Wrestling/TheMiz throughout 2017 is the most notable instance, culminating in them facing off in a Champion vs. Champion match (Corbin the United States Champion versus Miz the Intercontinental Champion) at Wrestling/SurvivorSeries at the end of that year.
65	* {{Expy}}:
66	** Not so much in character, but he has a lot of similarities to 80's WWF wrestler and his trainer [[Wrestling/AllenCoage Bad News Brown]], especially his loner, misanthropic tendencies and inability to get along with either faces or heels.
67	** Of Corporate Wrestling/{{Kane}} since becoming the Constable of Raw. Both were wrestlers with a dark motif (Kane being straight-up supernatural) before assuming an on-screen authority position that led to their characters becoming relatively more mundane, complete with adopting civilian clothing (Kane wearing a suit, Corbin a shirt and waistcoat) and even wrestling with said clothes.
68	** Shows ''many'' similarities to the early 2010s WWE run of Wrestling/WadeBarrett, including:
69	*** Being tall, smug heels with real-life backgrounds in a legit combat sport (Barrett a bareknuckle boxer at 6'7", Corbin a regional champion boxer in the Kansas[=/=]Missouri area at 6'8").
70	*** Similar up-and-down career arcs where they were on the cusp of world title glory (Barrett winning a WWE Championship shot by virtue of winning the first season of ''NXT'', Corbin winning Money in the Bank 2017) only for WWE for one reason or another to get cold feet at the last second and book them to lose the crucial world title match.
71	*** Both use variations of a spinning side slam as a signature move
72	*** Both have the ''same lyric'' in their best-known entrance themes. ("I'll be your end of days.")
73	*** Both have won Wrestling/KingOfTheRing tournament.
74	** As Happy Corbin, he is this to [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] as both are filthy rich.
75	* FaceHeelTurn: Although his actual turn is hard to pin down, he gradually became one in NXT as the crowd [[XPacHeat started to turn on him]] for some reason and the NXT writers just rolled with it. He turned heel again after being moved to Raw in 2018, by attacking No Way Jose. So much for a short-lived HeelFaceTurn...
76	* FailedASpotCheck: After the ''Raw'' sweep at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2018'', Wrestling/BraunStrowman was granted a match against Corbin for ''TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs'', the stipulations being that a) it was going to be a TLC match (remember this point) and b) if Corbin won, he would be the permanent GM of ''Raw'', while if he lost he would lose that position.[[note]]If Braun won, he would also get a shot at Wrestling/BrockLesnar's Universal Championship, but that's beside the point[[/note]] So Corbin, in his quest to ensure the job, staged an assault on the next ''Raw'' upon Strowman, with the help of fellow heels Wrestling/DolphZiggler, Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre and Wrestling/BobbyLashley, breaking Braun's arms in the process. He also got to split the TagTeam of Wrestling/HeathSlater and Wrestling/{{Rhyno}}, firing the latter and busting the former down to referee. Come ''TLC'', with Slater as the official for their match, he started the countdown; when it reached 8, Braun's music hit... and he reminded Corbin that a side stipulation of TLC matches was the lack of disqualifications and countouts. [[spoiler:Cue Braun summoning Wrestling/ApolloCrews, Wrestling/ChadGable, Wrestling/BobbyRoode and Wrestling/FinnBalor to unleash hell upon him, Slater turning on him, and Corbin escaping... [[FromBadToWorse only for]] Wrestling/KurtAngle's music to hit, and the Olympic Gold Medalist took Corbin on a trip to Suplex City. Slater's final act as official that day was the three count for Strowman's win]]. Long story short: a minuscule detail which slipped up ended up with Corbin losing his power and everyone he tormented getting back at him.
77	* FinishingMove: A pendulum lifting Reverse STO he calls the End of Days. Austin Aries, while on NXT, was the only one to kick out of it, while on the main roster it's a OneHitKill (except if you're Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre).
78	* ForkliftFu: He tried to crush Dean Ambrose with one during a backstage brawl.
79	* GenreRoulette: Corbin's gimmick is a very eclectic mix of different 'genres' of wrestling. He has a mix of the old-school by being a big, greedy, arrogant, bullying heel who played pro football. He has a bit of 90s era WWF by being a vaguely supernatural guy associated with an 'alternative' subculture (metal and motorcycles). And he has a bit of the current, meta-character by being a commentary on the "sissification" and "indiefication" of WWE by being a 'real' athlete who's big and slow, didn't work the indies or grow up as a fan of wrestling, grew an irrational hatred of former indy wrestling stars, and doesn't care about making friends with his peers or putting on good matches. After becoming the Constable of Raw, he added the 'corporate stooge' trope to the mix.
80	* TheGiant: He's 6'8.
81	* HatedByAll: Thanks to his schtick as the Constable of Raw and his part in the TerribleTrio he formed with Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre and Wrestling/BobbyLashley, he almost reached a Wrestling/BrockLesnar-like level of rejection on the roster:
82	--> '''Wrestling/SethRollins:''' We know that (...) nobody in the world likes Corbin, not one person actually, not, not a human that's ever existed in all of space and time.
83	* HateSink: Moreso than anyone in WWE not named [=McMahon=], he's been singled out as the guy to hate in the current era. From his stint as Acting Raw General Manager to his TerribleTrio with Lashley and [=McIntyre=], Corbin seems to be on a quest to get as much heat as possible.
84	* HatesEveryoneEqually: This is consistent as both a face and a heel. He doesn't like anyone else in the locker room regardless of their alignment. Not too many people seem to like him back either.
85	* HeelFaceTurn: In 2018, Wrestling/KevinOwens and Wrestling/SamiZayn attacked Corbin before the match against Wrestling/DolphZiggler, turning Corbin face for the first time in his career. This didn't last long, as Corbin would return to being a heel once again after attacking No Way Jose during the former's arrival on Raw.
86	* {{Hellhound}}: Corbin's signature blazing wolf's head effigy evokes this image, and a lyric in his entrance theme says "I come from Hell and I'll pull you under."
87	* HeroKiller: Unlike his ''Raw'' counterpart Wrestling/BraunStrowman, who slowly worked his way up through the roster by eating low- and mid-tier wrestlers alive, Corbin leaped straight to the top of the company by going for the throats of top stars like Wrestling/AJStyles and Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura. His most notable achievement would be defeating Wrestling/KurtAngle in his Farewell match at ''[=WrestleMania=] 35''.
88	* ItsAllAboutMe: He doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to his priorities.
89	* {{Jerkass}}: Disparaging the crowd and his colleagues, running down smaller wrestlers, and generally being a huge asshole are sort of Baron's thing. Where his counterpart Wrestling/BraunStrowman is the personification of rage, Baron Corbin is the personification of spite.
90	* LaughablyEvil: As Happy Corbin, he's every bit a heel as always but is such a goofball that it's just flat out amusing.
91	* LondonEnglandSyndrome: He's billed from Kansas City, but we haven't been told ''which'' Kansas City (there's a Kansas City in Missouri, Kansas, and Oregon). For all we know he could be from the Kansas City ''border''. (The Kansas and Missouri cities are part of a larger metropolitan area which straddles the border of the two states…and said area is, of course, named Kansas City.)
92	* LoopholeAbuse: He can use his Dream Crusher SignatureMove (an outside back in lariat) in battle royale or Wrestling/RoyalRumble matches without getting eliminated in the process because he slides out under the bottom rope while performing it instead of going over the top rope (which is obviously, a big no-no).
93	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: In NXT, it was hinted that he's not actually human (having called himself a 'different breed' and alluded to 'my kind' in a promo), but there's no concrete evidence either way if he's giving away that he's supernatural or just describing the (metal/biker) subculture he's in. Given the wolf motif, some fans think that he may be a werewolf. Not much of it surfaced on the main roster, however.
94	* MeaningfulName: 'Corbin' means 'raven-haired'.
95	* MightyGlacier: When he's not having a squash match, he moves slowly, but he hits his opponents ''hard''. Case in point: one clothesline from Baron was enough to ''hurl'' '''Wrestling/BraunStrowman''' out of the ring at Royal Rumble '17.
96	* MouthOfSauron: His role as the Constable of Raw, as he relayed Stephanie's orders to Angle and reprimanded him in her stead.
97	* MysteriousPast: According to the commentators, nobody knows anything about him, and even Regal couldn't— or wouldn't— say. Subverted once Pestock's real life background as a football player and boxer was incorporated into his character upon his heel turn.
98	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Since teaming up with Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre and Wrestling/BobbyLashley, his tenure as GM went from a [[BigBadWannabe running joke]] to a legitimately dangerous TyrantTakesTheHelm arc where he decided to lean fully into exercising abuse of power and screwing over the faces of ''Raw'' as much as he can.
99	** He also has moments of shocking brutality, like in the 2020 Money In The Bank match where he casually tossed both Wrestling/AleisterBlack and Wrestling/ReyMysterio off the top of WWE HQ during a match. Or the time he attempted and nearly succeeded in breaking Madcap Moss's neck by trapping it in a chair and then dropping a 5-foot tall trophy on said chair.
100	* OneHitKill: Given how spotty Corbin's booking track record is, it's actually quite surprising how heavily protected End of Days is as a finisher. ''Nobody'' could get up from it... until Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre bucked the trend at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 38''.
101	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He always goes where the money is.
102	* PhraseCatcher:
103	** He was one of the recipients of the 'X is gonna kill you' chant at NXT.
104	** After failing to cash in the Money in the Bank contract, the fans like to chant "Where's your briefcase?"
105	** As King Corbin, he gets chants of "STD", derived from [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and Wrestling/BeckyLynch [[https://youtu.be/xSp0POg0YBs?si=df-iCzheagtVNL2t&t=169 dubbing him]] a [[FunWithAcronyms "super tough dude"]].
106	--->'''The Rock:''' Because you're a super tough dude, in three seconds, these people are gonna be chanting something that they think every time they see you: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis S. T. D.]]
107	* PowerTrio: An unnamed trio[[note]]Though nicknamed "Midcard of Evil" by the website [=WrestleTalk=] and "Team Baddies" in ''WebVideo/WrestlingWithWregret''.[[/note]] with Wrestling/BobbyLashley and Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre formed after Corbin's ousting from power after ''TLC 2018''.
108	* PsychoticSmirk: He can give a creepy smirk after he wins.
109	* TheQuietOne: He didn't talk a lot at first — he walked in, squashed his match, and usually left straight afterwards without so much as saying a single word. This changed when Bull Dempsey started to annoy him. Since joining the commentary team on NXT, Corey Graves has claimed that they would hang around the same circles, and while Corbin didn't say much, when he did speak, people paid attention. He started talking a lot more after being appointed a Constable of Raw.
110	* TheReliableOne: The word backstage is that Corbin is actually one of the safest and gentlest workers on the roster, able to make it look like he's brutally beating the stuffing out of an opponent while actually barely inflicting any pain at all (unlike a lot of wrestlers who make it look real by "working stiff"). He was acclaimed on Wrestlelamia's list of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgZYCTRcU8Y 11 wrestlers who'd saved their opponent from serious injury]] for the time at Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank 2016 where he saved Wrestling/DolphZiggler from a potentially serious injury, when Ziggler tripped while trying to jump off the steel ring steps and Corbin caught him before he could faceplant on the floor, transitioning it into a Deep Six so smoothly it looked entirely intentional. This reliability would go a long way to explaining why Corbin has received such a sustained push despite the often poor reaction his character receives.
111	* RichesToRags: In the late spring and summer of 2021, he engaged in a feud with Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, trying to prove himself the one true King on Smackdown, only to lose the crown, got burned on his investments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, have his car repossessed and purchased by Nakamura, and he airs his grievances to the audience, saying that he and his wife had to fire the maid, possibly have to move in with her parents and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking now his daughter can't get no more Wagyu beef for dinner]], and he had to create a fundraiser to get out of his financial pitfall.
112	** RagsToRiches: In August 2021, the week after ''Summerslam 2021'', Corbin has taken a trip to Las Vegas and turned his remaining $35 into another fortune by gambling his way to the top, losing it yet again and then hitting the jackpot, finally regaining what he had lost and multiplying it. Corey Graves quoted the trope name verbatim on the next ''Smackdown''.
113	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: As Constable of Raw (later Acting General Manager), he uses his power to turn any matches into his favor such as turning his match with Finn Balor into a handicap match midway.
114	* ShadowArchetype:
115	** To about half the roster. Every wrestler who wanted to be a wrestler since they were a kid and cares about the craft over making a buck, especially if they're small and had an unconventional or circuitous route to WWE. As Corbin said, all it took was one phone call and he was in.
116	** He more directly became this to AJ Styles in 2017. A closer looks at his new entrance mannerisms reveals essentially a bigger and darker version of AJ's entrance, and his lyrical theme song portrays him as a hellish scourge in direct contrast to the Southern Christian Styles.
117	* SignatureMove: Apart from [[FinishingMove End of Days]], Deep Six, a spinning back suplex or side slam. Also, an outside back in lariat he calls the Dream Crusher, which he can [[LoopholeAbuse safely use in battle royale or Rumble matches]].
118	* SitcomArchNemesis: To Wrestling/KurtAngle as the Constable of Raw, trying to revert Angle's more lenient decisions into far more severe ones.
119	* SmugSnake: ''Especially'' as Acting General Manager on Raw.
120	* SquashMatch: In between his return at ''NXT [=TakeOver=] II'' and the arrival of Samoa Joe, he was pretty much winning every match in usually under a minute. By October 2014, the audience were counting how long the matches went for.
121	* TooDumbToLive: Yes Corbin, antagonize a ton of the locker room, arrange a TLC match (which means no disqualifications) in which you'll be stripped of your power if you lost, and then have [[Wrestling/HeathSlater someone]] you forced to retire from wrestling to become a referee and whose friend you fired call the match. [[SarcasmMode That won't blow up in your face at all]].
122	** The 2020 ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank'' match had both the mens' and womens' divisions competing for their MITB briefcases simultaneously. At one point, Corbin is climbing the ladder to retrieve the mens' case while [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] is doing so for the womens'... and instead of letting her be and getting the case, he ''attacks'' Asuka as if ''she's'' going for it. Needless to say, it doesn't end well for him.
123	* TwoFirstNames: Corbin can be both a first name and a last name. Baron can be both a first name and a title.
124	* TyrantTakesTheHelm: As acting RAW GM. Literally ''all'' he does with the position is make life hell for guys on the roster he doesn't like.
125	* WouldHitAGirl: He attacked Wrestling/BeckyLynch with End of Days at ''Extreme Rules 2019''. If that wasn't bad enough, immediately after the deed [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating he stopped to taunt]] Wrestling/SethRollins.
126	--> '''Corbin:''' What are you gonna do now, you [[PrecisionFStrike piece of shit]]!?
127	** Seth's response was to frantically [[UnstoppableRage beat the ever-loving shit out of Corbin with a kendo stick, a steel chair, and three consecutive Curb Stomps]], ending Corbin and Wrestling/LaceyEvans' hopes of taking the Universal and Raw Women's titles off Seth and Becky for good.
128	* WrestlingMonster: No one[[note]]except Austin Aries when they were back in ''NXT'' and Drew [=McIntyre=] in Wrestlemania 38[[/note]] has kicked out of his finisher. ''No one''.

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