Baron Corbin on Money in the Bank Briefcase and Prior NFL Career

FOX 8 Cleveland had a recent interview with Baron Corbin discussing him as the holder of the Money in the Bank briefcase and his prior career in the NFL.

On the topic of the Money in the Bank briefcase, Corbin revealed he was a bit terrified with the ladder portions of the match due to the ladder being wobbly at times because of the action going on in the ring.

“It was terrifying, because I’m on a 16 foot ladder and it’s moving, and there are people trying to throw me off of it – and that’s the thing too I thought, ‘Oh it’s a ladder, it’ll be easy.’ And even just kind of walking through things and climbing up the ladder I was like ‘Wait, this is moving.’ And then I’m gonna add five other people to being in the match, and I have to take both hands off the ladder to unclip it and I’m going, ‘Please, just don’t fall off, don’t be here for five minutes trying to…’ It’s an experience, but I walked away with it (the briefcase).”

On the topic of him winning the briefcase, Corbin played up the notion he is currently the biggest threat to whoever is the WWE champion due to being allowed to cash-in his briefcase for an automatic title shot whenever he feels like it.

“They always have to be on their toes. I can come out any time, anywhere, any city, any country, I mean anywhere I want to cash that in I can and it’s not fun for them to always have to look over their shoulder.”

Later in the interview, Corbin discussed his prior career in the NFL and as an amateur boxer. He stated they all helped play a role in his current goal to have a successful career in wrestling.

“My resume was funny growing up. I was in the gym the other day and this kid was like, ‘Who are you?’ Tyler Breeze threw me right under the bus saying I was a professional wrestler. He was like googling me and said, ‘Wait you played in the NFL? You were a Golden Gloves champion in boxing? You’ve lived a life!’ I was like, ‘Yeah man, everything I did tailored me to get where I am now.’ Going through college football, the NFL, boxing, doing the Golden Gloves, all that has led me to walk around with a briefcase that’s bright blue, hold a contract in it that allows me to make my debut at WrestleMania and be successful. All those things are in line for me and everything I’ve gone through in sports has made me successful in WWE.”