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Baron Corbin is fighting to stay in NXT for a while longer as he wants to give the WWE Raw and SmackDown audience more of a break from him.
In the WWE Draft of 2023, Corbin was not sent to any brand, acting as a free agent.
On May, 2023, he would head to NXT and set his sights on the NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes, though be unable to defeat him for the belt at NXT Gold Rush in June of this year.
More recently, Corbin has taken on Gable Steveson in the Olympic gold medalist’s debut match which ended in a double count-out at NXT Great American Bash.
Corbin has discussed the fan frustration that he has experienced, particularly in the match against Steveson where Corbin was the one being cheered.
In a recent appearance on The Angle Podcast, Corbin revealed his plans for his future in NXT, saying:
“I’m still on all three shows. But I am fighting to stay in NXT a little bit because I really just wanna give our audience a good break from me, you know? Give them a few months without me driving them nuts.
“So I would like to personally stay in NXT for a couple more months and just really fine-tune the details of what I’m trying to bring to the people and I mean, NXT’s great but I’m also enjoying working the superstars down there. They’re hungry, they got a lot of energy, a lot of excitement, they love this.
“It elevates your passion… So it’s a fun place to be. They could call me for SmackDown tonight. I don’t know. I don’t know what’s happening but, I’m loving it down there.”
As well as the match at the Bash being Steveson’s debut, it was also the first time Corbin came out with his new theme music and presentation after being somewhat rebranded in NXT.
Three days after that match, he beat Andre Chase on NXT TV.
Transcript from POST Wrestling.
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9 months ago by Dave Adamson
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