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* OneHitKill: Given how spotty Corbin's booking track record is, it's actually quite surprising how heavily protected End Of Days is as a finisher- ''nobody'' could get up from it... until Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre bucked the trend at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 38''.

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* OneHitKill: Given how spotty Corbin's booking track record is, it's actually quite surprising how heavily protected End Of of Days is as a finisher- ''nobody'' finisher. ''Nobody'' could get up from it... until Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre bucked the trend at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 38''.



** As King Corbin, he gets chants of "STD".

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** As King Corbin, he gets chants of "STD"."STD", derived from [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and Wrestling/BeckyLynch [[https://youtu.be/xSp0POg0YBs?si=df-iCzheagtVNL2t&t=169 dubbing him]] a [[FunWithAcronyms "super tough dude"]].
--->'''The Rock:''' Because you're a super tough dude, in three seconds, these people are gonna be chanting something that they think every time they see you: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis S. T. D.]]
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* BadassBiker: He has a bit of a biker motif and is also a motorcycle aficionado in real life.

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* BadassBiker: He has a bit of a biker motif and is also a motorcycle aficionado in real life. In his ''NXT'' run in 2023, he's also been riding a motorcycle to the ring.



* BaldOfEvil: Faced with a losing war against his [[PrematurelyBald prematurely-receding hairline]], Baron finally buzzed it completely off in June 2018. Much like it was with Wrestling/KurtAngle, this decision was widely received as reinforcing his aggressive, stone-cold {{Heel}} image. He stopped shaving in July 2021 to sell the image of a suddenly poor and desperate man.

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* BaldOfEvil: Faced with a losing war against his [[PrematurelyBald prematurely-receding hairline]], Baron finally buzzed it completely off in June 2018. Much like it was with Wrestling/KurtAngle, this decision was widely received as reinforcing his aggressive, stone-cold {{Heel}} image. He stopped shaving in July 2021 to sell the image of a suddenly poor and desperate man.man before shearing off his hair once more as a sign of his fortunes turning.
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* HeelFaceTurn: In 2018 Wrestling/KevinOwens and Wrestling/SamiZayn attacked Corbin before the match against Wrestling/DolphZiggler, turning Corbin face for the first time in his career.

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* HeelFaceTurn: In 2018 2018, Wrestling/KevinOwens and Wrestling/SamiZayn attacked Corbin before the match against Wrestling/DolphZiggler, turning Corbin face for the first time in his career.career. This didn't last long, as Corbin would return to being a heel once again after attacking No Way Jose during the former's arrival on Raw.
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** Pat [=McAfee=] became Corbin's enemy after [=McAfee=] laugh at him lose to Madcap Moss in the Last Laugh match.

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** Pat [=McAfee=] became Corbin's enemy after [=McAfee=] laugh laughed at him lose after losing to Madcap Moss in the a Last Laugh match.
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Thomas Pestock (born September 13, 1984 in Lenexa, Kansas) is an American professional wrestler, retired boxer and football player currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he performs under the ring name Happy Corbin.

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Thomas Pestock (born September 13, 1984 in Lenexa, Kansas) is an American professional wrestler, retired boxer and football player currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he performs under the ring name Happy Baron Corbin.
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!!Happy Tropes:

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!!Happy Tropes:!!Get Tropes Ready Ready:
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: ''Baron Corbin''.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Despite his previous actions, it's hard not to feel sorry for Corbin once his life started going downhill following his loss of the crown and becoming broke. Even Wrestling/KevinOwens felt sorry for him, and tried giving him 20 bucks out of pity.
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** He also has moments of shocking brutality, like in the 2020 Money In The Bank match where he casually tossed both Wrestling/AleisterBlack and Wrestling/ReyMysterio off the top of WWE HQ during a match. Or the time he attempted and nearly succeeded in breaking Madcap Moss's neck by trapping it in a chair and then dropping a 5-foot tall trophy on said chair.
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** Pat [=McAfee=] became Corbin's enemy after [=McAfee=] laugh at him lose to Madcap Moss in the Last Laugh match.
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** His own former aide Madcap Moss, ever since winning the Andre the Giant Memorial trophy in 2022. Corbin began mistreating Moss, so much that the latter snapped to the former.
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* FinishingMove: A pendulum lifting Reverse STO he calls the End of Days. Austin Aries, while on NXT, was the only one to kick out of it, while on the main roster it's a OneHitKill (except if you Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre).

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* FinishingMove: A pendulum lifting Reverse STO he calls the End of Days. Austin Aries, while on NXT, was the only one to kick out of it, while on the main roster it's a OneHitKill (except if you you're Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre).
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* FinishingMove: A pendulum lifting Reverse STO he calls the End of Days. Austin Aries, while on NXT, was the only one to kick out of it, while on the main roster it's a OneHitKill.

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* FinishingMove: A pendulum lifting Reverse STO he calls the End of Days. Austin Aries, while on NXT, was the only one to kick out of it, while on the main roster it's a OneHitKill.OneHitKill (except if you Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre).



* OneHitKill: Given how spotty Corbin's booking track record is, it's actually quite surprising how heavily protected End Of Days is as a finisher- ''nobody'' gets up from it.

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* OneHitKill: Given how spotty Corbin's booking track record is, it's actually quite surprising how heavily protected End Of Days is as a finisher- ''nobody'' gets could get up from it.it... until Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre bucked the trend at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 38''.
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* WrestlingMonster: No one[[note]]except Austin Aries when they were back in ''NXT''[[/note]] has kicked out of his finisher. ''No one''.

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* WrestlingMonster: No one[[note]]except Austin Aries when they were back in ''NXT''[[/note]] ''NXT'' and Drew [=McIntyre=] in Wrestlemania 38[[/note]] has kicked out of his finisher. ''No one''.
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!!I Bring the !!Happy Tropes:

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Thomas Pestock (born September 13, 1984 in Lenexa, Kansas) is an American professional wrestler, retired boxer and football player currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he performs under the ring name Baron Corbin.

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Thomas Pestock (born September 13, 1984 in Lenexa, Kansas) is an American professional wrestler, retired boxer and football player currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he performs under the ring name Baron Happy Corbin.



In 2019, Corbin managed to win the renewed ''Wrestling/KingOfTheRing'' tournament, retitling himself "King Corbin". He held the title for two and a half years until on June 18, 2021, he was forced to drop the "King" title when he lost to Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura.

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In 2019, Corbin managed to win the renewed ''Wrestling/KingOfTheRing'' tournament, retitling himself "King Corbin". He held the title for two and a half years until on June 18, 2021, he was forced to drop the "King" title when he lost to Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura.
Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura. After [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen hitting rock bottom upon losing the crown]], [[VivaLasVegas he hit it big in Vegas]] during ''Summerslam'' weekend and rebranded himself as "Happy Corbin".


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* LaughablyEvil: As Happy Corbin, he's every bit a heel as always but is such a goofball that it's just flat out amusing.
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** RagsToRiches: In August 2021, the week after ''Summerslam 2021'', Corbin has taken a trip to Las Vegas and turned his remaining $35 into another fortune by gambling his way to the top, losing it yet again and then hitting the jackpot, finally regaining what he had lost and multiplying it. Corey Graves quoted the trope name verbatim on the next ''Smackdown''.
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**As Happy Corbin, he is this to [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] as both are filthy rich.

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* WouldHitAGirl: He attacked Wrestling/BeckyLynch with End of Days at ''Extreme Rules 2019''.

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* WouldHitAGirl: He attacked Wrestling/BeckyLynch with End of Days at ''Extreme Rules 2019''. If that wasn't bad enough, immediately after the deed [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating he stopped to taunt]] Wrestling/SethRollins.
--> '''Corbin:''' What are you gonna do now, you [[PrecisionFStrike piece of shit]]!?
** Seth's response was to frantically [[UnstoppableRage beat the ever-loving shit out of Corbin with a kendo stick, a steel chair, and three consecutive Curb Stomps]], ending Corbin and Wrestling/LaceyEvans' hopes of taking the Universal and Raw Women's titles off Seth and Becky for good.
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** In mid-2020 he feud with Wrestling/MattRiddle after Riddle debut on Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Corbin doesn't like a newcomer on [[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]].
** Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, their start a feud in mid-2017 but only a short rivalry after Nakamura have a feud with Wrestling/JinderMahal for the WWE Championship. Their restart a feud in mid-2021 after Nakamura stole Corbin crown.

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** In mid-2020 he feud with Wrestling/MattRiddle after Riddle debut debuted on Wrestling/WWESmackDown and Corbin doesn't didn't like a newcomer newcomers on [[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]].
** Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, their start a feud in mid-2017 but only a short rivalry after Nakamura have who Corbin started a feud with Wrestling/JinderMahal for in mid-2017. The rivalry was short-lived, but the WWE Championship. Their restart a feud restarted in mid-2021 after Nakamura stole Corbin crown.Corbin's crown and caused his reversal of fortune.

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* BaldOfEvil: Faced with a losing war against his [[PrematurelyBald prematurely-receding hairline]], Baron finally buzzed it completely off in June 2018. Much like it was with Wrestling/KurtAngle, this decision was widely received as reinforcing his aggressive, stone-cold {{Heel}} image.

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* BaldOfEvil: Faced with a losing war against his [[PrematurelyBald prematurely-receding hairline]], Baron finally buzzed it completely off in June 2018. Much like it was with Wrestling/KurtAngle, this decision was widely received as reinforcing his aggressive, stone-cold {{Heel}} image. He stopped shaving in July 2021 to sell the image of a suddenly poor and desperate man.


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* RichesToRags: In the late spring and summer of 2021, he engaged in a feud with Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, trying to prove himself the one true King on Smackdown, only to lose the crown, got burned on his investments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, have his car repossessed and purchased by Nakamura, and he airs his grievances to the audience, saying that he and his wife had to fire the maid, possibly have to move in with her parents and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking now his daughter can't get no more Wagyu beef for dinner]], and he had to create a fundraiser to get out of his financial pitfall.
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In 2019, Corbin managed to win the renewed ''Wrestling/KingOfTheRing'' tournament, retitling himself "King Corbin".

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In 2019, Corbin managed to win the renewed ''Wrestling/KingOfTheRing'' tournament, retitling himself "King Corbin".
Corbin". He held the title for two and a half years until on June 18, 2021, he was forced to drop the "King" title when he lost to Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura.
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--> '''Wrestling/SethRollins:''' We know that nobody likes [[Wrestling/BobbyLashley Lashley]], nobody in the world likes Corbin, not one person actually, not, not a human that's ever existed in all of space and time.

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--> '''Wrestling/SethRollins:''' We know that nobody likes [[Wrestling/BobbyLashley Lashley]], (...) nobody in the world likes Corbin, not one person actually, not, not a human that's ever existed in all of space and time.

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--> '''Wrestling/SethRollins:''' We know that nobody likes [[Wrestling/BobbyLashley Lashley]], nobody in the world.

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--> '''Wrestling/SethRollins:''' We know that nobody likes [[Wrestling/BobbyLashley Lashley]], nobody in the world.world likes Corbin, not one person actually, not, not a human that's ever existed in all of space and time.
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* Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, their start a feud in mid-2017 but only a short rivalry after Nakamura have a feud with Wrestling/JinderMahal for the WWE Championship. Their restart a feud in mid-2021 after Nakamura stole Corbin crown.

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* ** Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, their start a feud in mid-2017 but only a short rivalry after Nakamura have a feud with Wrestling/JinderMahal for the WWE Championship. Their restart a feud in mid-2021 after Nakamura stole Corbin crown.

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