3 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Jun 26)

3. 'King' Corbin's Comeuppance?

King Corbin
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Hey 'Deadman', you suck! Apparently.

That was the prevailing message from 'King' Corbin, who delighted in ripping into The Undertaker for kissing Vince McMahon's ass and wasting everyone's time for the "past 20 years". The bizarre thing here is that everyone knew there'd be no real comeuppance for such heel insolence.

Jeff Hardy and the gang took Corbin down a peg or two, sure, but this kind of aggressive verbal attack on 'Taker has usually been accompanied by an ominous bell sound, darkened lights, a Chokeslam and maybe a Tombstone Piledriver. None of that happened here, obviously, and therein lies the problem.

Corbin tore into the legend, but WWE won't/can't go anywhere with it. Why the fudge is anyone feuding with a wrestler who just announced plans to retire, and why would the company book this on a show programmed as a tribute episode?

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