News & Notes: Bray Wyatt, Progressive Liberal, Baron Corbin’s Briefcase

Bray Wyatt

WWE hired a child actor in the past week to play a young Bray Wyatt for an unknown reason, according to Dave Meltzer.

The Progressive Liberal

“The Progressive Liberal” Daniel Richards was interviewed by Sports Illustrated and talked about the origins of his big time heel gimmick.

I thought of it three and a half years ago. I never really had a platform to try it because I’d wrestle what they refer to as spot shows—there was no one running weekly that I was working for, or even running monthly. Then I was deep in the heart of West Virginia in this small, unincorporated town called Sabine. It was a small crowd and I had freedom to do whatever I wanted that night, so I just decided to get on the mic—and this is maybe a couple months after Trump started running. Who knew the guy was gonna be president? So I did this interview on the house mic and I said, “If he’s elected president, I hope Trump doesn’t build a wall around Mexico. Instead I hope he builds it around this town so none of you people can infiltrate the population.” The ire that statement got, I knew I was onto something. Even then, those fans were chanting, “Trump! Trump! Trump!”

So then I had the platform later on when I was doing the monthly show every Sunday, just outside of Beckley, W.Va., and I was able to grow the character there. Then I was doing it more and more. I say “character,” but I do lean far left. So it’s not like I’m pretending to be something I’m not. I’m just turning it up. I hear Trump chants everywhere I go now, as soon as I walk out.

Baron Corbin

Baron Corbin was interviewed by the Phoenix New Times and talked about carrying his Money in the Bank briefcase when traveling.

So is it hard to carry around the briefcase all the time?
It is. It actually is very hard. The thing is bright blue and says “Money in the Bank” in giant letters. So walking through the airport, everybody’s staring at you, looking at what it is, or there’s a lot of people at the airport that want to take pictures now. And you’re carrying this bright blue briefcase and it’s not light. I’ve got my contract in there, too. It’s a carry-on, so it’s with me 24/7.

So there’s actually a contract in there?
Yeah. It’s got an actual contract.

How much of your stuff can you get in there?
I mean, I’ve got my iPad and a couple of other electronic [devices] and stuff for music and all the lithium batteries you can’t check. So that all gets stuffed in a briefcase, so that sucker’s heavy.