Kurt Angle reacts to Baron Corbin’s WWE departure, Corbin responds

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Baron Corbin posted the following tweet reacting to Kurt Angle’s comments:

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Now that Baron Corbin’s WWE career is over, Kurt Angle feels “a little disappointed” that the company didn’t do more with Corbin after WrestleMania 35.

Angle wrestled the final match of his career at that 2019 event, losing to Corbin on his way out. Angle thought that WWE would do more with Corbin and make him a top-tier guy, but they were never able to find an idea that really worked. Angle believes Corbin is underrated and could have thrived on his personality alone, not needing a more elaborate character.

“Baron, I think he’s underrated,” Angle told WrestleZone. “I think it kind of sucks that they — they started utilizing him the way they should have, you know, they had him beat me, which I was okay with. It was my last match, and obviously you’re going to lose with your last match when you retire. But Baron, after that, he ended up winning King of the Ring and then nothing else happened with him.

“It’s a little disappointing to know that he beat a legend at WrestleMania — the legend’s last match — and they didn’t really do much with him after that. For me, it makes me feel like I did that for nothing. So it’s not like, ‘Screw you Angle.’ But it kind of is [laughs], because I thought they were going to run with the kid. I thought they were going to make him one of the top-tier guys. And he was on his way. And I do believe they changed his character a couple times, I think he was Happy Corbin or something like that and then something else. But I don’t know if they just found anything that really stuck. And maybe that’s why they let him go, because they couldn’t find a character. But Baron has a great personality. He didn’t need a character. He could be him and he was entertaining as it is. So I was just a little disappointed that they didn’t do much with him and then they let him go.”

The 40-year-old Corbin departed WWE on November 1 when the company chose not to renew his contract. He was with WWE for more than a decade after starting out in developmental in 2012.

Before his departure, Corbin returned to NXT for a stint in 2023-2024 but did not do much on the main roster when he was brought back to SmackDown.