10 Live Observations From Attending WWE SmackDown Live In Manchester

10. The Collective Shock At That Corbin Promo

However it came across on the TV broadcast of SmackDown, that King Corbin promo was a thousand times more brutal in person.

Corbin talking about Roman Reigns' testicles and making puppy dog barks? This is the sort of sh*t that you'd have to question whether Vince Russo would even do! Then again, that's Vince Russo, so of course he'd go with this sort of idea. Anyways, point being, this was a jaw-droppingly bad segment.

To be fair to Corbin, he can't particularly help what material he's given to work with, and he did the best that he could do with such garbage, but the reaction to his testicle talk had people across the arena looking at each other in shocked disbelief that somebody in WWE thought this was ever a good idea. And not just somebody thinking it was a good idea, but that nobody didn't immediately question the sanity of whoever green-lit this promo.

This didn't exactly generate heat for King Corbin, per se. Instead, it just made the audience question the sheer stupidity and creative decision of WWE to do any of this in the first place.