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Baron Corbin was released from WWE in 2024, and presently, he is working on the independent circuit. He had been active in WWE since 2012, and he was released from WWE after spending 12 years in the promotion. He started his WWE career in the mentioned year, as he spent several years in the NXT, which is the developmental territory.
Baron Corbin made his main roster debut in 2016 at WrestleMania 32 as a participant in the Andre The Giant Battle Royal. He made an immediate impact by winning the battle Royal, and instantly he was promoted to the main roster. He has always been treated as a mid card in WWE, as he accomplished multiple successes in the main roster.
Baron Corbin discusses choosing his indie ring name
He also had major rivalries with some of the biggest stars in the history of WWE, like Kurt Angle and Roman Reigns. Speaking of Kurt Angle, his rivalry with the Olympic gold medalist remains one of the most infamous rivalries of the time. Not only did he pick up the feud with Angle,but he also retired him at WrestleMania 35.
After Triple H took charge of WWE creative, he stopped pushing Corbin even as a mid card, and ultimately, he was released from the promotion in 2024. After getting released from WWE, he joined the independent circuit and picked a new name, Bishop Dyer. Baron Corbin recently revealed why he picked such a ring name for the independent circuit. Speaking with The Sportster, the former WWE United States champion stated the following;
Baron Corbin remained active in WWE for 12 years
“It was always something I was thinking about: once I leave WWE, what would the name be? And I was like, ‘Well, a Baron is, you know, low in the totem pole royalty, so we go to Bishop. We’re going to upgrade that.’ And then also being the lone wolf, being into wolves, and Game of Thrones—you had the dire wolves and that kind of ****. So, I was like, ‘I gotta go that route.’ I changed up the spelling a little bit, but I thought it had a little bit of good salt to it.”
He had been released from WWE in 2024
He also talked about his NXT entrance, “That was all Hunter and Taker. They played a lot of a part in my entrance, and that stoic walk and the attitude and just really kicking the crap out of people in 20 seconds, which was a lot of fun. But I always loved that.
"Walking through the spotlights, it just felt like such a cool entrance, and when I got to the main roster, they wanted to change it up a little bit because Sheamus had the white lights and all of that, and I was like, ‘But it’s so different. Like, let me keep it.’ It is what it is.”
