Baron Corbin was a recent guest on the “NotSam Wrestling” podcast to discuss a variety of topics, including the time a man tried to shoot on the former Golden Gloves boxer while he was training at the gym.
Corbin said, “I went to the gym where Shayna trains and Shinsuke trains because I knew it would be safe. Nobody’s trying to hurt you. If those guys are there, it’s good. Because sometimes you walk into these gyms, and I’ve been there before. It was a gym in Arizona. I’ll never forget. When I was in there just training on a bag when I was playing football, this guy kept, ‘Hey, man, you wanna spar? We got a heavyweight [that] needs some work.’ I was like, ‘No, I’m good, I’m just training, doing some bag work.’ They’re like, ‘Come on.’ They kept egging me, kept egging me. I was like, ‘I don’t have headgear, I don’t have a mouthpiece, I’m good.’ They kept going. I was like, fine.”
He continued, “”I asked the gym owner, ‘You got headgear and a mouthpiece?’ He said yeah. I go, ‘Alright, we’ll do a little bit, man. But if you try to bang, we’re gonna have problems.’ He was like, ‘No, I’m good. We’re just gonna play.’ Sure enough, within 30 seconds, he was trying to kill me. So then I wrecked his entire eye socket. He had to go to the hospital. [Smiles] But you go to gyms all over, and it really happens, man. They go, ‘Oh, he’s a WWE star, and he was in the NFL.’ They want to take a shot, like, ‘Oh, they’re not gonna hurt me. We’re in public.’ Whatever, I cracked that dude’s eye open bad. The guy that owned the gym said he never came back after that.”
In other WWE news, Brooks Jensen was a recent guest on the “Scoop Slammed” podcast to discuss his WWE tryout in 2021 that led to him being signed. He said,
“I get to the Performance Center for the tryout, and I don’t know who the other three people were but in this tryout it was myself, Bodi Hayward, Bron Breakker, Trick Williams, Brutus Creed, and Tony D’Angelo. But yeah, the training was brutal. It was…I want to say…200 push-ups, 200 squats, 200 situps, 200 get-ups, and get back down, and then that was just a warm-up.”
He continued, “It was just full of cardio, just running in a ring, doing rolls, staying to the basics because I assume…Trick did train a little before he got there, but I was the only indie wrestler there. So this was kind of the start of what you see now as a modern-day college athlete trying out. So it was a real cool experience, but it’s really tough. And I’m really glad that I got to experience that, and I’m even more fortunate that I got signed out of that class.”
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Baron Corbin, a professional wrestler and former Golden Gloves boxer, recently shared a story on the “NotSam Wrestling” podcast about a dangerous encounter he had while training at a gym. Corbin explained that he had gone to a gym where fellow wrestlers Shayna Baszler and Shinsuke Nakamura trained because he knew it would be a safe environment. However, he recalled a previous experience at a gym in Arizona where things took a dangerous turn.
While Corbin was training on a punching bag, a man at the gym approached him and repeatedly asked him to spar with a heavyweight who needed practice. Despite initially declining the offer, Corbin eventually agreed to spar with the man. However, he made it clear that he didn’t have the necessary protective gear like headgear and a mouthpiece.
Once they started sparring, Corbin quickly realized that the man was trying to hurt him rather than just playfully spar. In response, Corbin defended himself and ended up injuring the man’s eye socket, causing him to be hospitalized. The incident served as a reminder to Corbin that some people may try to take advantage of his wrestling and NFL background, assuming they won’t get hurt in public.
In other WWE news, Brooks Jensen, another professional wrestler, recently discussed his tryout experience with the company on the “Scoop Slammed” podcast. Jensen explained that the training during the tryout was intense and included various exercises such as push-ups, squats, sit-ups, and get-ups. He also mentioned that the cardio training involved running in the ring and practicing basic wrestling moves.
Jensen highlighted that his tryout was unique because he was the only independent wrestler among college athletes who were trying out for WWE. Despite the tough training, Jensen expressed gratitude for the experience and his subsequent signing with the company.
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Overall, these stories shed light on the challenges and risks that professional wrestlers face both inside and outside the ring. It emphasizes the importance of training in a safe environment and being prepared for unexpected situations.