Baron Corbin was recently a guest on Heated Conversations: Hosted By Booker T. During the interview, he spoke on a variety of topics. This included the current state of Monday Night RAW.
Fans have been critical of RAW as of late. Specifically, the November 26th episode has been called one of the worst episodes that some fans have ever seen.
Here is what Corbin had to say about social media and its current role in WWE (h/t to Cageside Seats):
“It [social media] gives a bunch of idiots in reality an opinion that they think is valid, and they don’t know how to express it appropriately. You know, the language, the insults, all of those things – and it just makes the world seem so unhappy. If you read the Twitter feed, it just seems like everyone in the entire world is just beyond miserable. But, I think now, unfortunately, it’s a necessity. It’s a form of exposure and advertisement. My Instagram, my Twitter, is a form of advertisement for me, my business and what I do… my brand, yeah. It is, but it is crazy how negative it is to everything!
Like, I was talking about it in the car, you know. I could have 20 people go, ‘Baron Corbin should wear a red shirt tonight on Raw!’ and if I wore a red shirt, those same 20 people are like, ‘Nah, he looks terrible! It should’ve been blue!’ Like, it’s unbeliev – There’s no pleasing it and I think that Twitter gives these people a place to say whatever they want because there’s no repercussions for their actions. If you took all these people that said these things to me [online] and put them in front of me, their attitude changes so fast.”
On his current role as acting GM:
“They’re letting me have fun with it and do it my way and do it as me and Vince loves it. For the last four weeks I’ve been the first 15 minutes of Monday Night Raw which is, you know, crazy -that’s a John Cena spot and that’s a Roman Reigns spot and I’m doing it and it’s a great opportunity that I love the challenge. I want to be able to do that every single week and fill it. And right now, people hate me for it and I love it. They despise that I’m on their TV six or seven times a night, and that’s the best thing for me, because then they’re following everything I’m doing. If they hate me that much they’re following everything I do.”
On the reviews of the November 26 episode being the worst Raw ever:
“Twitter needs to understand that just because they’re the loudest, they’re not the majority… it’s good that people do speak their minds a little bit, but it’s my show and if you want to change it, come and try. That’s what I say, like ‘come and get it, if you want it’. I’m in charge, but tonight we’re going to step it up and put something fresh out there. We’re always out there… to put on the best show possible. I want tonight to be better than last week. I want it to be better than the week before. I want next week to be better than this week. Like, if you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse.”
Your thoughts on his comments?
On a related note, here is our theory for the Baron Corbin-Heath Slater storyline.