WWE and SKAI Group today announced a new agreement to broadcast WWE’s flagship programs Raw and Smackdown in Greece.
Every week beginning Saturday, March 2, SKAI TV will air a two-hour version of Raw at 12PM on Saturdays and SmackDown at 12PM on Sundays, both with Greek commentary. These shows will also be available for catch-up viewing on SKAI TV’s video-on-demand platform, SKAI TV Online.
“WWE is one of the biggest sports and entertainment brands in the world with loyal fans of every age and background,” said Loizos Xenopoulos, Programming Director, SKAI. “We are excited to introduce to the Greek audience these two flagship shows and we are looking forward to a long and successful collaboration with the WWE family.”
“SKAI shares our vision and passion for engaging and entertaining our fans,” said Michelle Wilson, WWE Co-President. “This partnership to televise Raw and SmackDown on SKAI TV, Greece’s top free-to-air broadcaster, allows us to deliver action-packed, family-friendly entertainment to our fans throughout the country.”
The seating chart for the MGM Grand Garden Arena for AEW’s Double or Nothing has been published.
It’s a typical wrestling arena setup with all available seats being used for this show. Due to the high demand, the show is expected to sell out immediately with tickets going on pre-sale today at 3PM EST. Ticket prices are $36.70, $69.40, $102.10, 4156.60, $176.40, and $211.10. You can see the seating chart for the show ahead of the pre-sale below.
Meanwhile, four different VIP packages are now available as well. These are Super VIP Meet & Greet Experience and VIP Experience Rows 4 & 5, 6-10, and 4-12 corner. The prices are $549, $339, $299, and $69 respectively.
The top package will include one ringside ticket within the first three rows, pre-event walk down the aisle, a professional ringside photo, meet & greet plus professional photo taken with All Elite wrestlers, access to exclusive VIP lounge before the event, featuring complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar with one drink ticket, comfortable lounge area to relax and eat, one signed Double or Nothing event poster, one commemorative VIP ticket and laminate, early merchandise shopping, and on-site event host.
More information about VIP packages can be found here.
The third official match for AEW’s Double or Nothing has been confirmed to be Kenny Omega taking on Chris Jericho, a rematch from their Wrestle Kingdom 12 match from 2018.
The two got into a scuffle at the end of last week’s ticket announcement party at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas and they had to be separated.
Omega was unveiled as the latest star signed to AEW at the party but Jericho, who was already announced as part of the roster, crashed the party after Omega showed up.
The former IWGP Heavyweight champion signed a new four-year deal with All Elite Wrestling and has the role of Executive Vice President as well, helping in the running of the new promotion.
At the party, AEW announced that PAC will take on Hangman Page and SoCal Uncensored will wrestle Cima and two yet-to-be-named wrestlers from China’s Oriental Wrestling Entertainment.
Former WWE Superstar Eva Marie got evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house, 24 days after she started the CBS adventure.
Eva Marie got a unanimous vote of 4-0 to become the first one evicted of the night and the fifth celebrity to be kicked out of the Big Brother house. Comedian Tom Green also got the marching orders later in the same broadcast.
This was Eva Marie’s first time on television participating in a show since her release from WWE in August 2017.
Total Bellas returns on the air tonight after a week hiatus due to the Super Bowl with episode four of season four titled It’s My Life.
The synopsis for tonight’s broadcast reads, “Nicole goes behind Brie’s back to rekindle her chemistry with her old Dancing with the Stars partner, Artem. Brie becomes upset when she finds out Nicole is training with Ronda Rousey without her and Bryan. And as the Bellas make their first appearance back on RAW together, Brie is reminded that she needs to train twice as hard after making two major mistakes in the ring.”
Just one day before WrestleMania, the New York Mets will host a WWE Day at Citi Field on April 6.
Fans who purchase tickets through an exclusive online offer can take advantage of a day full of amazing WWE-related experiences prior to the Mets vs. Nationals game which will start at 1:10PM EST.
The offer includes a meet and greet and autograph opportunities with WWE Superstars, a photo opportunity with an official WWE title, a Todd Frazier WWE Day bobblehead and a field level ticket.
Meet and greet and title photos events begin in the Bullpen Plaza 11:30AM and concludes at 12:30PM. Participating WWE Superstars will be announced in the weeks before the game and are subject to change.
For more information and tickets go to atmlb.com/2GduJXQ.
The WWE Network will air a Mark Henry original documentary on Sunday, February 17 immediately following the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.
Titled The Mark Henry Story, this documentary will take a look at the “incredible tale of strength, passion and the will to succeed” and will chronicle Henry’s journey inside the WWE.
Now a WWE Hall of Famer with a backstage job, Henry is one of the longest-serving employees in the company with 23 years and counting. He is a former European, ECW, and World Heavyweight champion. He rarely steps back in the ring nowadays and the last time he laced up his wrestling boots was over a year ago for the Greatest Royal Rumble in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Raw Women’s title will be on the line at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view as Ronda Rousey will defend it against Ruby Riott.
The Riott Squad will be busy on the pay-per-view as Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan are also on the show as part of the Elimination Chamber match to crown the brand new WWE Women’s Tag Team champions.
The match for the Raw Women’s title was announced on WWE.COM after the events that happened this past Monday on Raw. Rousey defeated both Logan and Morgan in separate matches on Raw but Riott, when invited to step in the ring by Rousey, backed out.
This is the fifth match on the card so far with the Cruiserweight title match also announced this week between Buddy Murphy and Akira Tozawa.
An intergender match between Dean Ambrose and Nia Jax is being advertised for a non-televised live event in Jonesboro, Arkansas on February 27.
While intergender matches in WWE are not new, they have not happened in several years especially since WWE went PG. Chyna was a regular in intergender matches and the Intercontinental, Hardcore, and Cruiserweight titles were all held by women at some point during the company’s popular Attitude Era.
Ambrose, who’s on the way out of WWE come April, was confronted by Nia Jax on Raw a few weeks ago and Jax even hit him from behind. The angle has continued on Raw and it looks like they’re testing the waters for a televised match between the two. At non-televised live events, it allows WWE Superstars and producers to test things before presenting them to a televised audience although today it’s easy to capture footage from such events and more often than not the good stuff ends up on YouTube after the shows are over anyway.
A recent GoFundMe campaign to try to send a couple on their WrestleMania honeymoon started trending.
The newlyweds, Michael and Simone, tied the knot just a month after Simone, 27 years old, got diagnosed with stage 4 adenocarcinoma, a non-small cell lung cancer developed from a genetic mutation.
Friends and family are now trying to get help from wrestling fans around the world to send Michael, Simone, and a helper to travel to New York for their dream WrestleMania honeymoon. A modest goal of $7,500 has been set which needs to cover WrestleMania tickets, lodging, and some medical expenses. Someone already offered to buy flights and the GoFundMe campaign has reached nearly $5,000 already.
Two former ECW legends will reunite for one night only during WrestleMania weekend but it’s not for a WWE show!
Rob Van Dam and Sabu will be challenging the current Impact Tag Team champions Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr at the United We Stand live event on April 4. Impact had been hyping that a former champion would be returning to the promotion for the event, with RVD being that individual.
Van Dam was the TNA champion in 2010, winning the title the night following Lockdown after defeating AJ Styles. Sabu also had a stint in TNA with the two tag teaming once during that year as well.
United We Stand takes place at the Rahway Recreation Center in Rahway, New Jersey at 11PM EST. It will stream live on Twitch.tv.
During an interview with Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer, Kenny Omega revealed the details of his new contract with All Elite Wrestling and how far WWE went to get him prior to him signing the deal with his buddies.
Omega said that people warned him about negotiating with WWE and how not an easy process it is so he went in with the lowest of expectations but was surprised with what he encountered, saying it was anything but what his friends told him.
“The most surprising thing to me was just how accommodating and how cool it was to discuss future with WWE,” Omega said in the interview. “I didn’t think they’d ever be in the running.” He added that he has nothing but great things to say about WWE but joining All Elite Wrestling was the best thing for him and the most exciting choice he’s done in his career.
The former IWGP Heavyweight champion revealed that he signed a four-year deal with the new promotion and he has a clause in the contract that specifically states he can appear in New Japan Pro Wrestling anytime he wants and wrestle for NJPW assuming the company still wants him there. Omega said this was the largest contract he’s ever signed and feels that it was the right choice at the end of the day.
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide and All Elite Wrestling announced a new partnership that will include an exchange of talent for live shows that will enable the companies to come up with surprises for fans in attendance and those watching on television.
In a video by AAA General Manager Dorian Roldan, he congratulated Tony [Khan], Cody, and The Young Bucks for the launch of All Elite Wrestling and said that he knows that they will be changing the world of professional wrestling.
He explained that unfortunately, representatives from AAA couldn’t attend the press party in Las Vegas but is happy to make the announcement of the alliance. “I just want to wish you a lot of good luck in your next event in Las Vegas,” Roldan said, adding that they have a lot of surprises in store for the fans this year.
Former WWE and Universal champion Roman Reigns will be appearing on Nickelodeon’s Cousins for Life television series on Saturday, March 2. The episode will air at 8:30PM EST.
Cousins For Life tells the story of 12-year-old cousins and best friends Stuart and Ivy as they learn to navigate life under one roof with their families in Portland, despite being from very different backgrounds.
This will be Reigns’ first televised appearance since he left WWE last year to battle a second round with leukemia. As he spends more time at home with his family undergoing treatment, Reigns kept himself pretty busy and also filmed scenes for the movie Hobbs & Shaw where he plays the on-screen brother of Hobbs, played by his real-life cousin Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
During the conference call with investors yesterday, WWE Co-President George Barrios said that they will not be revealing the WWE Network subscribers number the day after WrestleMania, something which has been a tradition ever since the service went live in 2014.
Barrios said that “given the success of the WWE Network, we no longer believe such a call provides useful information to investors.” He also brought up the fact that there’s a short period between WrestleMania and their first quarter earnings call of 2019 where they will give that information so they don’t plan to do the post-WrestleMania press release and conference call anymore.
WWE Network subscribers shoot up during WrestleMania season, many of which are free subscriptions as WWE continues to give out their most valuable event of the year for free in hopes that subscribers stick around for the following month. Unfortunately, many subscribers on free accounts cancel their subscription so the difference between post-WrestleMania day numbers and the numbers in the next conference call is huge, which doesn’t look good at all. For last year’s WrestleMania, the WWE Network had around 2 million subscribers and now the service has around 400,000 less subscriptions.
Barrios also went into a little detail of what the next update to the WWE Network will look like. He said that they know they can do better in terms of usability and functionality and they can do that in three ways.
Barrios thinks one of the ways is to integrate free video into the service as many other platforms do. Adding free video will require fans to subscribe anyway but have to provide payment details if they want to see content behind a paywall. Option two is to connect across any of their digital businesses so you get a one-stop shop rather different locations where to watch content. And the third is localization. While English is common pretty much anywhere in the world, Barrios thinks that there’s an opportunity to go deeper in some local markets.
“So that won’t all happen at once. You’ll start seeing it, rollout sometime this year and it will come in phases. But that’s really what the next iteration. And we were really excited to share with folks here in the near future,” Barrios said.
Not so long ago, Baron Corbin was being touted as a future WWE Champion. Now, he wrestles in a waistcoat and slacks, and almost exclusively serves as either cannon fodder for Braun Strowman or a henchman for someone stronger and more over with the fans, like Drew McIntyre. Corbin’s initial rise to prosperity seemed unlikely for a wrestler who never suited Vince McMahon’s cookie-cutter template for ‘top guys’, but his fall from grace has been uncomfortable to watch.
Not much was expected from Corbin when he was promoted to the main roster from NXT. His gimmick of destroying opponents in a short number of seconds was over for a while, when the Full Sail crowd would count the length of his matches aloud as he brutalised his hapless opponents, but it got stale very quickly. The chants of ‘Baron’s gonna kill you’ were quickly replaced by ‘Baron’s gonna bore you’, he lost his final feud in NXT to the unloved Austin Aries, and he was packed off to the main roster without any announcement, as a surprise entrant into the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32. Granted, he went on to win the match, but as we’ve seen from the Big Show, Cesaro and Mojo Rawley, winning that throwaway contest doesn’t mean much in the context of a future push.
As he adjusted to life on the main roster though, he seemed to find his footing. He’s never going to be Ricky Steamboat in the ring, but he’s confident enough in the things he can do, and was able to get himself over as a physically imposing heel. He was also one of many wrestlers who was helped by the much-missed ‘Talking Smack’ show, where his natural ability to talk and promote himself shone through much better than it does with scripted promos. Viewers started to get a feel for who the character of Baron Corbin really was, and in turn, they began to accept him as a potential main eventer.
That all ended, Samson-style, when he cut his hair.
Nature was on the verge of making that decision for him; anybody could see that Baron was receding badly, and it was better to take the step of shaving it all off than continuing to visibly become balder week on week. The side-effect of it was that he no longer seemed to suit his gimmick; the biker-style ‘Lone Wolf’ with his heavy metal tattoos and ring attire. It’s an accepted fact of like that metalheads have long hair. The moment Baron got rid of his, he needed re-packaging. WWE Creative, seeing that Corbin had a gift for promos and was confident on camera, condemned him with what they probably thought was a push – the dreaded authority role.
To use a recent example, they did to him what they did to ‘Corporate Kane’. They made him a lackey, a McMahon puppet, and a general tool with which to beat the faces. The audience is bored of this, and have been for years. Austin-McMahon was two decades ago, and ever since we’ve been fed watered-down version after watered-down version. Baron Corbin, for all his qualities, is not an antagonist on McMahon’s level. Even if he were, having him constantly emasculated by being at Stephanie’s beck and call ruined his standing in the eyes of the fans. Even when Kane put the mask back on after creative did the same to him, he never again convinced as a monster. Corbin will never again be able to play the rebel effectively.
As part of the deal, poor Baron also inherited Kane’s wardrobe of wrestling in shirts and pants. There’s a theory behind this that he was asked to cover his upper body because Vince doesn’t think he’s ripped enough. While it’s true that many internet fans joke that Baron’s stomach ‘looks like a sad face’, there are ways of hiding this if Vince disapproves. A sleeveless vest would have gone with his gimmick. An office shirt doesn’t. The new Corbin character is the polar opposite of the old one, and has killed the momentum of his previous incarnation dead.
Now, of course, Corbin is no longer in authority; he was dismissed as part of the most recent McMahon re-set of the product. Despite that, he’s still wrestling in suits, which makes no sense. Even worse, he was publicly used as a scapegoat for the worst TV ratings in the history of Monday Night RAW. The show made no sense? Blame Baron. The booking is terrible? Blame Baron. Brock Lesnar is still Universal Champion? Blame Baron. Corbin was hung out to dry, on live television, by his boss. In the past year, not only have we been shown that he isn’t the edgy heavy metal character we once thought he was, we’ve been directly told that he’s terrible at his job.
’The Lone Wolf’ used to be a cool gimmick for Corbin; a man who stood alone against the world. Now, we see him more like the lone wolf that serves as the star of the Wolf Gold online slot; a creature alone in the mountains, howling at the moon and living on the scraps he can find. In fact, the star of the slot game is in a better position than him; every time the reels spin there’s a chance it could come up with a jackpot. If it doesn’t come up on your first spin, you might find it on the next, or the one after that. So long as you’re willing to back yourself with a stake, you’re always in with a chance. It feels like WWE already tried betting big on Corbin by giving him so much screen time as General Manager, and then decided that they’d backed a loser. Accordingly, they’re not going to up their stake or put any money back in.
WrestleMania is around the corner, and Corbin is basically in the position that Dolph Ziggler just abandoned; walking around behind Drew McIntyre and taking bumps for him, so McIntyre continues to look strong. He’s not only out of the title picture for the main events; he’s miles away from even being a consideration for a mid-card title. His chances of a marquee match at the biggest show of the year seem almost non-existent.
Corbin needs something new. A lackey of his own. Another change in image. Maybe even a face turn. Just something – anything – that will breathe fresh life into his WWE career. If he doesn’t find it soon, he could be trapped in the mid-card forevermore.
It’s February 2nd, and New Beginning, the first big card of post-Kingdom year is here. This eventu, as last year, takes place in Sapporo, a city on the northern island Hokkaido. Tonight, Tanahashi & Okada team up to face Bullet Club’s team of Jay White & Bad Luck Fale.
1. Ren Narita vs Yuya Uemura
In a kickass fiinish Narita hit Uemura off the ropes with a Northern Lights belly-to-belly. Looked like murder. Narita, IMO, is much better than Uemura, in fact, better than Young Lions, except for Umino.
2. Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare vs Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino
After dishing out a headbutt to Umino’s chest Henare showed what real spear is supposed to look like a long-distance carry of an opponent from mid-ring to corner, rather than a short turnbuckle sack. This, however, only got him a two-count, and he had to deliver a chokeslam to win. Henare and Yoshida nearly come to blows afterwards.
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask vs Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku
As Tenzan went to the top rope to pin TAKA, Iizuka nailed him in the back with a chai. Tiger Mask got hit with a chair to the midsection next, and then TAKA brought out the claw for Iizuka to get another hit on Tenzan. Suzuki-Gun loses by DQ. Tenzan suggested Iizuka become his serious former self one more time before retirement and team with him, but Iizuka just rushed the ring and attacked Tenzan.
Ishimori vs Taguchi for the Junior title is being set up here. For whatever reason, Tama Tonga spent the match playing “good guy”, trying to hug everyone and prevent his team from cheating. At first I thought it was a stunt for this match, but by the end I wasn’t sure I didn’t miss something. For the finish, Makabe lariated Yujiro into Yano’s roll-up. After the match Makabe, Yano & Taguchi posed with their NEVER Openweight 6-Man belts. Also, not sure why, but the announcers made a big deal out of it.
5. Tetsuya Naito, Bushi & Shinga Takagi vs Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado (with Miho Abe)
When Naito did his Tranquilo, Taichi did the same thing. At some point Bushi went on a roll, but with all six men in the ring, Taichi nailed him with a big boot to the head. Desperado then did a spinning backbreaker into Kanemaru’s dropkick. Taichi hit a power bomb, but only got a 2, and hit a belly to back variation for a pin, as Desperado locked Naito in an armlock and made him watch. Suzuki-Gun took off Bushi’s mask and Abe wore it for a bit.
6. Minoru Suzuki vs Sanada
When Suzuki took off his hood, it revealed a mohawk. If you don’t know why this is a huge deal, I don’t recall him having normal hair this century, and yes, for Minoru,mohawk would be considered normal hair. After an incredible string of chain wrestling, Suzuki won with a Gotch-style piledriver. EXCELLENT.
7. EVIL vs Zack Sabre Jr (with TAKA Michinoku)
As you would expect, lots of great chainwrestling, but, in a surprise, by both wrestlers. EVIL nailed a bunch of lariats at the end, while ZSJ kept trying for pins with backflip cradles. Eventually, ZSJ went out of a power bomb to electric chair, but after a failed cradle, got STO’ed for the pin. That’s a surprise. EXCELLENT
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White & Bad Luck Fale (with Gedo)
Tanahashi and Okada came out sporting the other’s most recent hair color, under Hiroshi’s music. The pairings were definitely Tanahashi-White and Okada-Fale. In the end, Tanahashi tried to Dragon Screw Fale’s right leg, but couldn’t, and Okada then grabbed Fale’s left leg and applied the move. Ace and Switchblade were left in the ring by themselves, and the champ tried to run the ropes, only to get tripped by Gedo. This allowed White to hit an STO and a German Suplex, but Tanahashi kicked out at the last second. White then pulled him to the center of the rig and started to setup Blade Runner, but Okada entered and booted White in the face. Fale came in, double axehandled Okada and got ready to bring him down, but Tanahashi pushed the Rainmaker out of the way and hit the Sling Blade. White chopped Tanahashi and got ready to run the ropes, but Okada pulled Tanahashi out of the way and nailed a beautiful dropkick. Okada then Tombstoned White, and without letting go, gave him to Hiroshi for a Styles Clash. Okada hit flying elbow on lying White. Tanahashi went up top for a High Fly Flow, but Gedo got on the apron. Tanahashi noticed this, and stopped, allowing Fale to punch him in the solar plexus. He hit a Rocket Launcher, but Okada dove at him from the rope. Fale caught Okada by the throat, heart pucned him and clotheslined Tanahashi. He went for a Choke Lariat Slam, but was too tired to cover, so he stomped the champ instead and put his boot on top of him. White stumbled over and hit a Death Valley Driver. This allowed him to finally set up a Blade Runner, but Tanahashi turned it into a swinging neckbreaker. Fale tried to attack, but got the same fate. Gedo tried to get into the ring and Red Shoes as the result, didn’t see White grab a chair. Tanahashi stood up and White swung, but was Sling Bladed. Fale ran in and got sent to Suplex Shiti! Gedo finally ran in and got knocked the fuck out with one slap, but this allowed White to chairshot Tanahashi’s knee from behind. Whtie reverse figure four’ed the injured knee, as Fale held Okada, and Red Sheos asked the injured Hiroshi if he wants to ‘Give up’? But Okada sent Fale into the guardrail. Shortly, Okada got rid of his opponent, but then was grabbed by Gedo, and Fale splashed him and then hit a Razor’s Edge. But Tanahashi still wouldn’t give, as his prone partner lay across the ring from him. Eventually he gave up, giving Bullet Club the victory. MUST SEE. On paper, giving that the singles matches between these four are coming, the finale was obvious, but they certainly made everyone question that time and time and time and time again. This whole sequence took place over about five-ten minutes. After the match White trash talked till Tanahashi charged the ring. Fale then held him as White left the champ fallen.
After the show Tanahashi said the new reverse figure four legbar is called TTO for Tanahashi Tapped Out.
10 new individuals were announced as part of the All Elite Wrestling roster yesterday in Las Vegas during the Double or Nothing ticket announcement party at the MGM Grand Hotel.
These 10 additions are Sonny Kiss, Sammy Guevara, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, Rey Fenix, Pentagon Jr, Aja Kong, Yuka Sakazaki, Kylie Rae, and Nyla Rose. As noted earlier, Kenny Omega also joined the company full time and will be serving in the role of Executive Vice President as well.
With the promotion gearing up for their first show in May, you can expect more announcements of talent joining over the next few weeks. A deeper roster is certainly required for a weekly television show. No mention of any television deals was done yesterday.
Tickets for the Double or Nothing pay-per-view will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, February 13 at Noon EST with a pre-sale kicking off on Monday, February 11 at 3PM EST.
Registration is required to be available to qualify for the pre-sale and it’s free to throw your name in the hat at allelitewrestling.com. Registration closes on February 10 at 10PM EST and it’s only one ticket per e-mail registered.
While no prices were announced for tickets, Double or Nothing is expected to sell out as quickly – if not faster – than All In. All In in Hoffman Estates, Illinois at the Sears Center sold out in 30 minutes. The MGM Grand Garden Arena is expected to be configured for 11,600 seats according to Cody although that might change depending on production.
WWE announced the 2019 Superstar Shakeup which will take place a week after WrestleMania 35.
Held over two consecutive days, Superstar Shakeup will occur on Raw and Smackdown on April 15 and 16 respectively. Both shows will happen at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
The Superstar Shakeup replaced the WWE Draft a few years ago with Superstars swapping brands. Titles can also move and with Smackdown moving to FOX later in the year it is rumored that the roster for the blue brand will be beefed up a little bit this time around.
Interesting to note that the graphic that WWE is using also includes Brock Lesnar.
As he adjusted to life on the main roster though, he seemed to find his footing. He’s never going to be Ricky Steamboat in the ring, but he’s confident enough in the things he can do, and was able to get himself over as a physically imposing heel. He was also one of many wrestlers who was helped by the much-missed ‘Talking Smack’ show, where his 
As part of the deal, poor Baron also inherited Kane’s wardrobe of wrestling in shirts and pants. There’s a theory behind this that he was asked to cover his upper body because Vince doesn’t think he’s ripped enough. While it’s true that many internet fans joke that Baron’s stomach ‘looks like a sad face’, there are ways of hiding this if Vince disapproves. A sleeveless vest would have gone with his gimmick. An office shirt doesn’t. The new Corbin character is the polar opposite of the old one, and has killed the momentum of his previous incarnation dead.