JBL looks back on his time as Baron Corbin‘s manager.
WWE Hall of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield returned to WWE as Baron Corbin’s manager in October 2022. He was featured alongside Corbin for a few months until they parted ways in February.
Speaking on Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw, JBL was asked if there were any differences between the Corbin he managed and the ones fan see today. (H/t Andrew Thompson of POST Wrestling for the transcription)
“It’s the same Baron Corbin, and no difference,” JBL said. “I liked Baron and I still like Baron and Baron’s a very talented guy. He’s won a lot of championships, André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner, he just won some judo competition. Baron’s a big, tough, athletic guy. Played pro football and people ask me all the time and generally, I would never answer because I don’t like talking about current storylines.
“I don’t think you should talk about — in my opinion — because I think it hurts if you’re involved and even though I’m not involved in that current storyline anymore, but I answered it on Dutch Mantell’s podcast. So I’m certainly gonna answer it on this one.
JBL: Baron Corbin Has Been Successful In Everything He’s Done
JBL continued by noting that he did not know whether his pairing with Baron Corbin was supposed to be long-term or not. He recalled how it came together. The legend then admitted that he was not sure whether WWE had more plans for the duo. JBL also stated that Corbin has been successful in everything he has done.
“I don’t know if the deal with Baron was supposed to be long-term or not. I had no idea. They asked me to come into Oklahoma and cut a promo,” JBL said. “I’d have flown myself in for free to do that in Oklahoma (he laughed) … They love me so much, and then I just did some more stuff with him so I don’t know if it was cut off or if it was they never had long-term plans for it or not. I don’t know what happened.
“I enjoyed it and I enjoyed working with Baron and you know, people have said Baron’s been through a lot of iterations. Look at our roster from 1995 to the Attitude Era. Just a few years (earlier), Stone Cold was The Ringmaster, Triple H was an aristocrat, Kane was a dentist, Rockabilly, Road Dogg… And I was an acolyte and Scott (Hall) and Kevin (Nash), two of the biggest stars in wrestling history were Diesel and Razor (Ramon) so guys just go through migrations of characters. That means nothing. Baron’s been very successful in everything he’s done.”
Baron Corbin recently discussed his run in NXT. Check out his comments here.
