Update –
Baron Corbin posted the following tweet in response to Kurt Angle's comments:
To be fair, that's one of the reasons I wish I had become world champion! It would be an honor for what Kurt has done for me. I will forever appreciate it and wish I could have done more to make it worth it for him.
– Tom (@TomPestock)
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With Baron Corbin's WWE career now over, Kurt Angle is “a little disappointed” that the company didn't do more with Corbin after WrestleMania 35.
Angle wrestled the final match of his career at this event in 2019, losing to Corbin in elimination. Angle believed that WWE would do more with Corbin and make him a top guy, but they were never able to find an idea that really worked. Angle believes Corbin is underrated and could have benefited from his personality alone without the need for a more fleshed out character.
“Baron, I think he’s underrated,” Angle told WrestleZone. “I think it kind of sucks that they – they started taking advantage of him like they should have, you know, they let him hit me, which I was okay with. It was my last game and of course if you give up you will lose your last game. But Baron ended up winning the title of “King of the Ring” and then nothing happened to him.
“It's a little disappointing to know that he beat a legend at WrestleMania – the legend's last fight – and they didn't do much with him after that. For me there is a feeling that I did this for free. So it's not like, “Fuck you, Angle.” But it kind of is [laughs]because I thought they were running with the child. I thought they would make him one of the top players. And he was on his way. And I think they changed his character a few times, I think he was Happy Corbin or something like that and then something else. But I don't know if they just found something that really stuck. And maybe that's why they let him go because they couldn't find a character. But Baron has a great personality. He didn't need a character. He could be him and he was so entertaining. So I was a little disappointed that they didn’t do much with him and then let him go.”
40 year old Corbin when the company decided not to renew his contract. He was with WWE for more than a decade after starting in the developmental department in 2012.
Before his departure, Corbin returned to NXT for a stint from 2023 to 2024, but didn't do much on the main roster when he was brought back to SmackDown.
