WWE Gimmicks That FAILED The HARDEST Every Year (1985-2025)
8. Constable Corbin (2018)
Some authority figures delight the fanbase. Mick Foley was excellent as Commissioner in 2000, for example, and more modern incumbents like Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis do a functional-but-solid job as GMs on Raw and SmackDown. Then, there's the other end of the scale. 'Constable' Baron Corbin was a nightmare WWE fans just couldn't wake up from for too long.
Stephanie McMahon should've gone on trial for naming Corbin her 'Constable' in April 2018. His near-weekly rants about what he was going to do with *insert unruly wrestler here* proved painful to sit through. By the end of the year (almost hilariously), the McMahon family and Triple H used Baron's kayfabe position of power as an excuse for why Raw had been so bad.
Stop to think about that for a second. Vince, Stephanie, Shane and Hunter apologised for why the flagship was so unentertaining, then shifted blame onto a character they'd also created. You can't write this stuff sometimes. Well, the McMahons did, but you get the gist. Nobody was buying what they were selling with that infamous 17 December speech.
They were the ones who'd sat idly by as Corbin's gimmick sucked the life out of broadcasts like he was playing some sort of 'Can You Top This?' game with 2002 Triple H. Baron's 10/15/20 minute promos dragged, and then he had the cheek to retire Kurt Angle in a nothing match at WrestleMania 35 the following year.
Attention, WWE: Your 'Constable'/'Chief Of Staff'/'Assistant To The GM' thing rarely (if ever) works.