Baron Corbin On His Reaction When Vince McMahon Pitched “Happy Corbin” Name

On the latest episode of the Out of Character Podcast with Ryan Satin, Baron Corbin spoke about the different names he’s had during his time with the WWE since getting called up from NXT in 2016. From Baron to Constable to King to Happy Corbin, the former offensive lineman in the NFL spoke about which name was his favourite and why.

“Whichever one irritates the people the most,” Corbin said. “Constable irritated people because most people were like ‘I don’t know what a Constable is,’ and I also didn’t as well. Happy irritates people a lot too so I like that one as well, it gives confusion too.”

Baron Corbin continued to talk about his name change and where the original idea of the character came from. The former Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal Winner spoke about how being around Vince McMahon and Triple H helped shape different personas of his characters over the near decade he’s spent with WWE.

“Being around Vince for years or Triple H, they kind of start to learn your personality so they tailor characters, they get these ideas and tailor that character based on their interaction with you over the years,” Corbin mentioned. “Could’ve been something with Vince where I’m making him laugh or just having fun being one of the guys with him and then he goes ‘I’ve got one of these ideas where you’re just over the top happy.’ He always tells me that people don’t like you, they’re really not going to like you when you’re happy all the time. It works and it’s just fun man.”

“[The name Happy] was 100% Vince. I heard it on Twitter, the WWE just copy wrote ‘Happy Corbin’ and I was like what? I was confused and I came and asked and they were like we really don’t know what you’re talking about then sure enough a couple of weeks later they were like ‘Your name is Happy Corbin now.’ Twitter knew before I knew and that’s how you find out about a lot of stuff, it’s so funny. I had no idea, same with my music. I…