Baron Corbin Explains Why He Is Fighting to Stay in WWE NXT

Baron Corbin is among the names of WWE main roster stars who have been sent to NXT to help boost the ratings of the Tuesday show while the company looks to lock up a new media rights deal for it, and it has paid off.

While in NXT, Corbin has undergone a few different character changes, including a one-week return of the Lone Wolf.

While speaking with The Angle Podcast, Corbin noted he’s fighting to stay in NXT. Here are the highlights:

Returning to NXT to find the true roots of his character:

“It's awesome. We have that mentality when we, to me, it was like, all right, let's go past everything I've done. Let's make something brand new: the way I move the ring, the way I act in the ring, the way I carry myself. And I was like, but I wanna do it as me. I've spent a long time now playing these characters from happy, sad, to the king, like two characters if you'll, and I was like, man, I just kind of wanna do me for a little bit. And Sean has let me do that, and Bruce is awesome. So it's really special. I'm gonna take a lot of pride in this because it's me.”

Whether NXT is his new home:

“No, I'm still on all three shows, but I am fighting to stay in NXT a little bit because I really just wanna give our audience a good break for me, you know, give them a few months without me driving the nuts. So I would like to personally stay in NXT for a couple more months and just really fine-tune the details of what I'm trying to bring to the people. And I mean, NXT is great, but I'd love to enjoy working with superstars there. They've got a lot of energy, a lot of excitement. They love this and it elevates passion, and urgency for what we do. So it's a fun place to be. They could call me for SmackDown tonight. I don't know, I dunno what's happening. But I'm loving.”

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