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Baron Corbin has only been Raw General manager for a few weeks now, but his effects on the flagship Monday night show are already being felt in huge ways. Not only is that evident by the controversial decision making Corbin has already done on Monday Night Raw, but also by what effect it is starting to have on The WWE landscape.
Think about it! WWE might have started out by having Corbin change the rules at the last minute during a match with Finn Balor, which allowed him to use a chair, but now he is is a position to make big changes to the Raw brand. Unfortunately for The WWE Universe, Corbin seems to be using his position to help his friends and himself.
With that being said and Corbin already inserting himself into a Universal Title match against Roman Reigns and also promising to deliver The Intercontinental title to Dolp Ziggler without even having a match, there is a lot WWE could and should do with this. In fact, these ten controversial moves would be best for business.
#7 Cheating Ronda Rousey of The Women's title
WWE has already shown that Baron Corbin is willing to interfere with title pictures and that is why he should do so here as well. Not only will it draw massive heat from The WWE Universe as they watch fan favorite, Ronda Rousey lose the title, it will also be a way Corbin tries to kiss up to Stephanie McMahon.
It also puts Ronda Rousey in a very sympathetic position as she works against the powers that be and tries to keep her championship in the process. Corbin could even grant Stephanie McMahon a match with Rousey for The Raw Women's title and give her an advantage in some way later on.
#6 Demoting Finn Balor to 205 live
Since WWE continues to do nothing of note with Finn Balor on Monday Night Raw, why not just demote him to 205 Live? Seriously though, why don't they just have Corbin demote Balor to 205 live and have him work himself back up. At last that way WWE would be blending real life and storyline and finally doing something with Finn Balor.
Of course this wouldn't be a permanent thing, but ti allows for Corbin to take Balor off of televsion, which will anger fans. Balor then becomes the hottest thing on 205 and wins the title relatively fast. After he does that, Corbin could allow him to come back to Monday Night Raw, but only after winning a try out match against other superstars.
In the end, its not the Universal title reign The WWE Universe wants and could hurt him if WWE gives up on it for some reason, but its better then doing nothing. It also helps contribute to Baron Corbin's power trip storyline, allows Balor to gain a groundswell of support, and maybe even get The WWE Universe interested in watching 205 live again.
#5 Put Kurt Angle in a retirement match against Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar confronted Kurt Angle in the closing moments of a August episode of Monday night Raw and while the moment originally seemed to just be a way to generate heat for Lesnar, WWE could go further with it. In fact, if WWE plays their cards right, they could somehow put Kurt Angle in a retirement match against Brock Lesnar
Think about it! Kurt Angle is likely to return to Raw in a few weeks, which is obviously going to create a power struggle between himself and Baron Corbin for the Raw General Manager role. Of course Stephanie McMahon, who originality assigned Corbin the role of constable will probably keep him in power, which will allow him to screw with Corbin.
With that being said and retirement match against Brock Lesnar would be a great way to re introduce Kurt Angle into the fold on Raw, gain him sympathy in the process and put together a match that fans have not seen for awhile. If nothing else, its a blockbuster match that the fans will love and will further WWE's storyline in a lot of brilliant ways.
#4 Give Kevin Owens a title shot
Baron Corbin has already given Kevin Owens the freedom to do whatever he wants, but how long will it be before the prizefighter wants a title opportunity? Of course WWE will probably use this at a later time, especially since the company already has a lot of great options for The Universal title picture moving forward, but that doesn't mean it can't happen down the line.
Furthermore, Stephanie McMahon has already favored Owens in the past,, which also means that Corbin could give Owens an oppurtunity as a way to kiss up to the boss. WWE could even eventually use Owens as one of The Authorities stooges as a way build up the heel stable and continue on this storyline of abusing power.
#3 Make Paul Heyman the special guest referee for The Universal title match at Crown Jewel
If Baron Corbin wants to abuse his power and impress Stephanie McMahon enough to make him the Raw GM for good, why not just go all the way? In fact, why not just insert Paul Heyman into The Universal title match at Crown jewel and help Lesnar make the heist of the century.
Not only would it fall in line with the this whole abuse of power storyline, it is something that is believable for McMahon and Baron Corbin to want to do. Furthermore, doing this will also send The WWE Universe into a frenzy, especially after how unlikable WWE made Brock Lesnar look last time, which will only help them get behind Reigns more!
#2 Put The Undertaker in a match after being ambushed
Its no secret that WWE still needs to build more stars for the future and while WWE has achieved in doing that in some cases, they have not fared nearly as well in others. With that being said, nothing builds someone up for the future like a win against The Undertaker, which WWE should try to pull of in the coming months.
The easiest scenario to picture is Baron Corbin disrespecting The Undertaker in some way and getting laid out by The Deadman. Corbin could then have Ziggler and McIntyre ambush The Undertaker and announce a match right after the attack. After that, all Corbin has to do is hit his finisher on Taker and win the biggest match of his life.
In the end, this will create massive heat for Corbin from The WWE Universe, give Corbin the big win he has needed for a long time and further the storyline of Corbin abusing his power to help himself and is friends. Maybe it happens, maybe it doesn't, but it would be a very cool way further this storyline and create some very interesting content for The WWE Universe going forward.
#1 Stripping Roman Reigns of The Universal title
Baron Corbin tried to win The Universal title on The September 17th episode of Monday Night Raw and while Corbin was unsuccessful in his first attempt at doing so, WWE could easily choose to continue to do this. In fact, if Corbin were to strip Reigns out of The Universal title, it could be a way to organically get fans behind Reigns even more then before.
In the end, Baron Corbin is one of the least liked superstars on Monday Night Raw and him using his power to get ahead is only going to make it worse. With that being said, the more Corbin abuses his power to get the title around his waist, the more fans are going to resent it and get behind Reigns like they did between Reigns and Lesnar before Summerslam.
