8 Ups And 11 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 33

9. Not Ready For Primetime

One year ago, Baron Corbin won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal in his debut match at WrestleMania.

On Sunday, he battled Dean Ambrose for the WWE Intercontinental Championship during the Mania kickoff show. And boy, it has to be said, Corbin’s in-ring career might have already peaked. Ambrose and Corbin had a sloppy, bowling-shoe-ugly match (thanks JR!) with a dull brawl and botched moves. The crowd, hot for the Cruiserweight Championship match an hour earlier, seemingly dozed off for parts of the match.

We know that Ambrose is perfectly capable of having good-to-great matches, so you’ve got to lump the fault at Corbin’s feet. Thankfully, Ambrose successfully defended his IC title, meaning that Corbin not only left Mania empty-handed, but he underperformed and left a stinker at the biggest show of the year. That’s not a good recipe for future success.