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Baron Corbin hasn't had a lot of luck on WWE SmackDown over the past few weeks. The 2019 King of the Ring winner is on a steady decline.
After losing his King of the Ring crown to Shinsuke Nakamura a few weeks ago, Corbin has reverted back to being called Baron Corbin and has seemingly lost all of his income.
Last week on SmackDown, Corbin's car was repossessed and the distraction caused him to lose his match. Following the show, the former United States Champion was forced to sell his watch to fellow WWE star Dolph Ziggler.
Things got even worse for Corbin this week when he revealed that he could lose his house. He then lost his Money in the Bank qualifying match, which could have given him a cash flow boost if he had won the match for a second time.
Whilst this has become one of the most intriguing storylines on WWE TV in recent weeks, there are several unanswered questions or even gaps that the company needs to fill.
#5. Why doesn't Baron Corbin have an entrance theme on WWE TV?
Baron Corbin has been entering the ring without an entrance theme in recent weeks. Now that he's no longer King Corbin, he's unable to use the royal theme he's had for more than a year.
The issue here is that there has been no backstory given as to why Corbin isn't able to enter the ring without a theme. Does an entrance theme cost money and if so how was Corbin able to get by before he was King of the Ring?
This is something that has only begun happening over the past few weeks. The WWE Universe has been led to believe that Corbin doesn't have any money he can't afford a theme.
Why can't Corbin continue to use his old theme, is it because he's no longer king, or is it because he can no longer afford to pay the royalties? These are questions that the WWE Universe should already know the answers to. However, there has been no backstory given and it remains unclear as to why Corbin now enters the arena to silence.
#4. Has WWE cut off all Corbin's payments since he lost his crown?
WWE Superstars earn a certain amount of money regardless of whether they win matches or not. If WWE Superstars didn't earn anything whilst they were on a losing streak, Curt Hawkins would have been unemployed for a long time.
The whole process here has happened too fast, Corbin lost his crown around two weeks ago and just a week later he lost his car and now he's talking about losing his house.
Even when WWE releases superstars/employees, they have 90-days of full pay to help them adjust before they move on to new avenues of employment. It appears that the former United States Champion lost his crown and has been completely cut off by the company since he's now unable to afford his house and car.
Does Corbin have an enemy higher up in WWE who has fast tracked the cut off to all of his payments? This whole storyline doesn't follow the usual procedures.
#3. How did Baron Corbin survive before he won WWE's King of the Ring Tournament in 2019
Baron Corbin has been on WWE's main roster for a number of years. He was able to survive as a main roster superstar for several years before his King of the Ring win.
This storyline has made it appear as though Corbin was only being paid by WWE whilst he was King Corbin and now all of his payments have been taken away.
The only way this story could make sense is if Corbin was living beyond his means whilst he was the King. So when the crown was taken away, the former Champion was put back on much less pay and now he's unable to afford the luxuries that he once had.
That being said, it's been more than a year and if the pay increase was so much, he should have been able to buy his house and his car rather than having them on a lease.
This man could afford a $40,000 watch but not a $200,000 house?
#2. Why does Baron Corbin continue to turn up to work for WWE?
Baron Corbin seemingly lost everything when he lost his crown to Shinsuke Nakamura a few weeks ago on WWE SmackDown.
This has led to Corbin seemingly coming to work over the past two weeks only to fall further into debt and then have his car repossessed.
The question here is that if WWE is no longer paying Corbin to be part of the company, why is he still turning up for work?
If WWE is paying Corbin to be part of the show, then why isn't that money going towards paying off his huge debts? Corbin has only been without his crown for two weeks so his debts can't be that big. Surely someone in a prominent position on the SmackDown brand is able to cover his financial issues quite easily, so why isn't WWE paying him what he is owed?
If this is the case then Corbin either needs to stop turning up for work or turn to a union for advice on how to claim what he is owed from WWE.
#1. How did WWE's King Nakamura get his hands on Baron Corbin's car so quickly?
King Nakamura arrived at WWE SmackDown this week driving Baron Corbin's car, which was only repossessed last week. Obviously, this was another tactic to get inside Corbin's head, but how did the process manage to happen so fast?
When a repossession takes place, more often than not the rule is for the company to wait around two weeks in order for the owner to try to take back the car. At the end of last week's SmackDown, Corbin sold his watch to fellow WWE star Dolph Ziggler. He noted that he needed the money for the car, which means that he could have used the money to help ease some of the car's debts.
Even if Corbin didn't pay the debts in a week, the car wouldn't have been taken to auction so quickly that Nakamura could turn up with it just seven days later.
It seems as though this repossession has been fast tracked and if it has, Corbin could have enemies in much higher places.
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