10 WWE SummerSlam Secrets You Need To Know About
5. Baron Breaks A Streak
It was perhaps the worst week of Baron Corbin's professional wrestling career.
Seven days before SummerSlam 2017, he had a contest with John Cena on the horizon and the Money in the Bank briefcase grasped tightly in his hard-hitting right hand. Within a week, his golden ticket was robbed by the man that stole his dignity in the eventual pay-per-view clash.
Cena and Corbin engaged in a wretched opener, with Baron infantilised by Cena's child-like responses to everything he attempted. Everybody stood a chance against this version of Cena - that had been the narrative since he left for Hollywood the first time - but Baron may as well have been Alex Riley in disguise for the burial he received.
It was, in every sense the best chance Baron had of becoming a star. John Cena had lost every SummerSlam match he'd been in since his controversial 2010 WWE/Nexus victory. Six years of hurt - there was no more need for dreaming. It ended up as a living nightmare for the 'Lone Wolf'. One, in fact, he didn't wake up from until he chopped his locks and donned a waistcoat nearly a full year later.