5 Ups And 9 Downs From WWE Super Showdown 2019

5. Corbin’s Incompetence

Not speaking of Baron Corbin personally, but his character should be finished as a “top-level” heel after Super Showdown. Unfortunately, he won’t be.

Corbin had a clear advantage in his WWE Universal Championship match against Seth Rollins, facing a man with bruised ribs slowing him down. Rollins hung with Corbin, but Baron couldn’t put him away. Instead of staying focused on his injured opponent, Corbin chose to berate referee John Cone repeatedly, finally leading to Cone yelling back at Baron, who then got rolled up for the loss.

As constant Corbin-backer Corey Graves noted, Baron had no one to blame but himself for letting himself get worked up and distracted.

Keep in mind that Baron Corbin is a wrestler that WWE for whatever reason is high enough on to keep him on television in a high-profile position every week, despite being about midcard-level talent. He’s now squandered a Money in the Bank contract and a gift-wrapped world title match, along with other opportunities. He’s basically Lex Luger without the physique.

But now we’ll be subjected to more Corbin “goodness” for the foreseeable future, with a rematch in a week. Yay us.