WWE got a taste of heavy metal during Saturday’s NXT Aftershock event in Sacramento, California, as Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor helped Samoa Joe earn a victory over Baron Corbin. Taylor was sitting ringside when Corbin came over and started poking Taylor in the chest.
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Corbin isn’t on the WWE main roster just yet, but as a WWE NXT star, it’s not at all beyond the realm of possibility that he could show up at Wrestlemania this year as part of the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale.
Literally, Corey Taylor is not that tall and Baron Corbin is like the genetically engineered giantspawn of Gregor Clegane and the cave troll that gores Frodo in Fellowship Of The Ring. Taylor wound up attending the NXT show, but if you think this angle was impromptu think again.
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor isn’t the kind of guy who backs down from a fight, not even when his opponent is a 6-foot-8, 275-pound monster with a mean streak to match his size.
Corbin and Corey Graves had been “feuding” with Corey Taylor on Twitter.
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“I’ve been a wrestling fan since I was a kid”. I know the people who rise to the top are the best in the business and it’s nearly a metaphor for the music business. I was losing my s-t, I was like, ‘Oh my God.
