WWE Baron Corbin Joins!

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

You're listening to The Hammer and Nigel Show.

For around 35 beautiful days this summer, our next guest was the United States Champion in the WWE. It was a better time in America when Baron Corbin had the strap. Baron, my man, how are you?

Baron Corbin (0:21)

I absolutely love that as my introduction.

A better time in America. That needs to be a slogan for me.

SPEAKER_1 (0:29)

There you go. There's your next merch, right? That needs to go up on the store right there.

WWE SmackDown coming to Indy, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Friday, September 25th. Baron Corbin will be a part of it. Now, for those who might not be as familiar with wrestling, I watched it all the time, but we got some folks listening, Baron, that might not be the diehards here. If the name sounds familiar, you were no stranger to Indianapolis. Back in the day, you wore the horseshoe as a member of the Indianapolis Colts, did you not?

Baron Corbin (1:05)

Absolutely. I was a big, mean, salty offensive lineman.

SPEAKER_1 (1:10)

Well, Baron, we could have used you this past Sunday, man.

Do you still get a chance to watch and keep up with the NFL? I know the day job is very demanding. A lot of travel, going city to city, beating the hell out of people. Do you still get a chance to keep up on the league?

Baron Corbin (1:28)

I absolutely do. And I still support the teams like Indy and Arizona, where I played. I'm always going to support those guys because they gave me an opportunity to live out one of my dreams. And then I'm a Chiefs fan being from Kansas City, grown up, die hard. You got to be, you got to support them. We had a lot of rough years there.

And now we're living some of the great years. So I'm happy with that. And then like Sunday, my wife, it was my birthday. We sent the kids over to their cousin's house and I got to lay on the couch and watch football all day long.

SPEAKER_1 (1:57)

Oh, that's awesome. That's great. Now, when you go out in the road, like I would imagine there's just a crap ton of days you have to stay in a hotel.

How do you stay motivated to stay in shape? Because I know when I travel, the last thing I want to do right after I get off a plane is go find the hotel gym. I want to go find a Waffle House. I want to go find a White Castle or something like that. That probably isn't how you have to do business.

Baron Corbin (2:25)

Listen, sometimes you got to just do that. So I fully back the find a Waffle House or just some kind of food that you really enjoy. But I mean, I'm just one of those people that can't sit still.

For me, when I land, I go find a coffee shop, get a great coffee, and then I hit the gym, get the workout in. It just helps me shake off the plane rides or the car rides, sleeping in a different bed in a hotel every night. It leaves your back a little bit tighter, or it's the year of the NFL or the 13 plus years with WWE. One of those two leaves me a little beat up in the morning. So for me, to help me function, finding those gyms, finding the right food, sometimes I travel with my food when I want to make it really easy. It can be difficult, but it's one of those things I was talking earlier this morning about. When I went from high school to college in NFL and football, you have to learn to dedicate your life and make those sacrifices when you don't want to, when you're tired, when you're beat up. And you just suck it up and make it happen. It's not easy from time to time, but I think that's what helps guys get to that elite level they want to be and find success. And it's one of those things that's proven to work for me. So it's just something I do.

SPEAKER_1 (3:33)

Baron Corbin with us, WWE SmackDown coming to Indy.

Now when you played in the NFL, you mentioned you were an offensive lineman. Those are pretty big dudes, but you're not a fat bastard by any means of imagination now. Like in here in Indy, we've seen that transformation with like Jeff Saturday. How is it you guys can go from being such big slots of human beings to like in shape cut good looking dudes? Like how is that transformation possible?