Shinsuke Nakamura defeated King Corbin to earn the King of the Ring crown recently Smackdown. Since suffering the loss, Corbin has been looking mighty depressed as of late. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer, Corbin is about to become a whole lot happier on screen, however.
“He’s changing from this Baron Corbin, who lost all his money in the stock market or whatever and now he’s broke and they reposesss his car and he’s going to transition to ‘Happy Corbin’,” said Dave Meltzer on the show.
In fact, WWE has field to trademark the term “Happy Corbin” on June 25th, 2021.
It seems as though while Corbin is feeling down now, something is going to happen to make him feel a whole lot better. When and how the new “Happy Corbin” will debut is not currently known.
Baron Corbin vs Shinsuke Nakamura
From May 14th to June 18th, Baron Corbin and Shinsuke Nakamura had 5 singles matches on Smackdown. Nakamura won the series 3-2, including the 5th and deciding match which was for the crown.
Corbin won the first match between the two which was on the Smackdown taped May 14th. Nakamura then won the second match the following week on the May 21st Smackdown. Corbin then took a 2-1 lead in the series by winning their match two weeks later on the June 4th Smackdown. Nakamura then won their 4th match on the June 11th Smackdown followed by winning the “Battle for the Crown” on June 18th’s show.
