When WWE put JBL with Baron Corbin, it appeared they wanted to push the Lone Wolf to the next level.
This pairing, however, didn’t go as planned. The tag team did not manage to get over with fans, and the company has apparently given up on them now.
The February 6th 2023 episode of WWE RAW saw JBL parting ways with Corbin. The Hall of Famer is not expected to be on WWE programming moving forward. Dave Meltzer talked about the duo on Wrestling Observer Radio (H/t Wrestlingnews.co). Speaking about the segment, Meltzer revealed the reasoning behind it:
‘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.”
So Many Gimmicks
Meltzer noted that Baron Corbin has been through multiple gimmick changes recently. The company officials wanted to make him a top-level guy like some others but it didn’t work out as they hoped:
“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.’
