Baron Corbin caused outrage during a WWE show.
Following the championship victories of Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 35, they became the target of Corbin and Lacey Evans respectively. The rivalry would culminate at Extreme Rules 2019 where a Mixed Tag Extreme Rules match was booked with both titles on the line.
With male-on-female violence being so rare in modern-day WWE, many fans were stunned when Corbin hit Lynch with an End of Days in the match. Letting their voices be heard, fans would launch a tirade of abuse at Corbin online, some going as far as to threaten to use violent behaviour.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet, Corbin revealed that the idea itself was thought up by Vince McMahon and was warned by fans that they would stab him if they saw him over what happened at Extreme Rules:
“And that was Vince’s idea. I was shocked when I got to the building. And it was in Philly, which I knew they were gonna go nuts for. That was Vince’s idea. And it was just like, what? Like, it’s crazy. And like the death threats after were all worth it. Totally worth it. Oh, dude, you have no idea. My Instagram messages and Twitter and all of those things. People were like, dude, I’m gonna stab you the next time I see you for what you did to Becky. I mean, if I get stabbed? Yeah, if I get stabbed? Yeah, definitely arrest that guy.
But like, Yeah, cuz people, man like people buy into what we do. Like, that’s the art of what we do. Can we suspend disbelief? Can we make people think what we’re doing is 100% real and that people bought into that moment? They’re like, a grown man put his hands on a woman. I want to fight that guy. Like invoked this rage and people. And it was awesome.”
Following the spot, Rollins would snap and launch an attack of his own on Corbin and would go on to pick up the victory. However, the celebrations were short-lived as Brock Lesnar cashed in his Money in the Bank contract directly afterwards and became the new Universal Champion.
Baron Corbin Issues Surprising Celebrity Challenge
The former United States Champion has frequently displayed his culinary masterpieces on social media. Hoping to one day combine the two passions at the same time, Baron Corbin has previously challenged Gordon Ramsay to a match with a unique stipulation.
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