JBL and Baron Corbin have been split up, as PWMania.com previously reported, and the latest attempt to push Corbin has ended.
During the latest Wrestling Observer Radio show, Dave Meltzer and Garrett Gonzales discussed the split, and Meltzer confirmed that it was not planned.
“They gave up on it,” Meltzer said.
He continued, “Obviously, this wasn’t the plan. The guy in charge, that’s Paul (Levesque), felt it wasn’t working and that was it. Where they go with Corbin, I don’t know. It felt very much like a burial for Corbin…He’s had so many gimmick changes. There’s nothing wrong or right with him but in the pantheon of stars, he’s just not at that top star level. I think they wanted him to be at that level and they gave him every chance to be at that level. He’s just a guy. A tall guy but he’s just a guy.”
Corbin has been on a losing streak, and JBL had had enough and parted ways with him this week. WWE appeared to have given up on him months ago, as the last time he won a match was in November. He’s lost to fighters such as Johnny Gargano, Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, Kevin Owens, and others.
(h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription)
