10 REAL Reactions From WWE Wrestlers Being Punished On Air
6. Baron Corbin (SmackDown, 2017)
Devastation.
The reaction was devastation because that was probably exactly how Baron Corbin felt watching the golden opportunity he thought he'd secured slip through his fingers.
Attempting to sell shock after being rolled up by Jinder Mahal in seconds all to build to an absolute thumping from John Cena at SummerSlam days later, Corbin couldn't mask his utter devastation, dejection and disappointment as a dream week in his career became a total nightmare.
A summer that hard started with 'The Lone Wolf' holding the briefcase and looking forward to a stature-enhancing victory over 'The Champ' became an early winter of discontent for the NXT call-up. But how?
"Plans change, pal" was almost certainly what he was told, but rumours were rampant that he'd been undone by Cena himself following their first interaction and an IRL "this ain't it, chief" between Vince McMahon and his favourite headliner. Added to that was an odd tale that popped up about Corbin vocally disagreeing with a concussion expert that had been brought in by the company to speak to the talent.
He'd get chance after chance in the years that followed, but he was owed at least one - the message from management to talent was cynically apparent.