2 Ups And 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE Talking Smack (Jan 17)
1. Up - The Lone Headliner
Outside of the work between Daniel Bryan and The Miz, there's been no superstar stronger at grasping the advantages of Talking Smack's unique setting than Baron Corbin.
Stealing the show again in his portion of the evening's broadcast, he cooly blew off his defeat to John Cena from last week's Smackdown Live.
Sensibly arguing that no one man can win every time, he noted that had Cena taken either Deep Six or the End of Days it would have been a different story.
Delivering his lines with complete conviction, he then positioned himself as one of the only stars in the loaded Royal Rumble match, alongside Brock Lesnar, Goldberg and The Undertaker.
On a roll, he veered off on a hilarious tangent, predicting easy victory in the Rumble match, a WWE Title win in the Elimination Chamber and a non-match against himself headlining Wrestlemania allowing him an early finish and a quick drive home from the 'Show of Shows'.
Only stopping to interrupt Shane McMahon's attempts to shut him down, Corbin oozed the sort of confidence his superiors will love, and based on displays like this, will continue to be given opportunities to improve on the job.