Report: WWE "Gave Up" On Baron Corbin's Run With JBL

WWE simply "gave up" on Baron Corbin's run as the Modern-Day Wrestling God with John Bradshaw Layfield, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. 

"They gave up on it. Obviously, this wasn't the plan. The guy in charge, that's Paul (Levesque), felt it wasn't working and that was it. Where they go with Corbin, I don't know. It felt very much like a burial for Corbin...He's had so many gimmick changes. There's nothing wrong or right with him but in the pantheon of stars, he's just not at that top star level. I think they wanted him to be at that level and they gave him every chance to be at that level. He's just a guy. A tall guy but he's just a guy," Meltzer said.

Corbin was paired with JBL on October 17, 2022, and the former United States Champion went on a brief winning streak, defeating Akira Tozawa, Dolph Ziggler, Cedric Alexander, and Johnny Gargano. Corbin hasn't won on TV since November, though, and he only lasted seven seconds in the 2023 Royal Rumble.

Following a loss to Dexter Lumis on the February 6 edition of Raw, JBL severed ties with Corbin, telling him "you can't polish a turd." Bradshaw is reportedly not scheduled to appear regularly on WWE TV moving forward.

How WWE plan to utilise Corbin in the coming weeks is unknown, although many have hoped for the return of Sad Corbin. 

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