7 Ways WWE Can Improve Baron Corbin

The suggestion to put Baron Corbin in a tag team came mainly out of my desire to unlock the Lone Wolf’s comic potential. Whether it’s because of his aforementioned weird belly, his tendency to shout random things at his opponents, or the fact that he sounds like a robot that has been programmed to speak human languages, the internet has cottoned on to the fact that ‘The Oil Baron’ could work as a comedic meta-heel.

That kind of shtick has worked wonders for the likes of Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens, who are consistently the best thing on Raw, thanks to their infectiously entertaining and creative insults. Corbin could easily adopt a similar persona – that of the internet troll who loves to prod and annoy his foes into submission.

WWE is notoriously bad at co-opting internet fan-culture without ruining it in the process - probably because Corey Graves is the only man on any announce table who doesn’t still use dial-up. Still, if WWE were to just let Corbin run with the gimmick, without constantly drawing attention to it and/or namedropping Reddit, it could give The Lone Wolf a refreshing turn as an edgy, comedic tweener.

Don’t act like you wouldn’t love to see Corbin ride out of an arena on a chopper, his number plate reading: 81G B4NT3R.