Baron Corbin Says He Wasn’t Sure About Teaming With Apollo Crews At First

Baron Corbin says he was “a little timid” about teaming with Apollo Crews when it was first proposed, though he has nothing but praise for his partner. Corbin and Crews began teaming on Smackdown in July, and Corbin told Fightful in a recent interview that he wasn’t sure about the team-up, as he had just had another tag team run with Bron Breakker in NXT. You can see highlights from his comments below:

On being uncertain about the teamup at first: “It’s so funny because when they told me, ‘We’re going to have you tag with Apollo for a little bit.’ I was kind of stand off-ish. I just got done with Bron, the Wolf Dogs, that’s untouchable. How do I make this better. Is it possible? That was so fun and organic and I love Bron Breakker. I was a little timid to the idea. More and more people were like, ‘I love this pairing. I love what you guys are doing.’ I love Apollo. He’s an unbelievable competitor. We’ve wrestled for the last 12 years. We wrestled in London on NXT TakeOver. He’s an amazing competitor.”

On Corbin telling Crews to go back to Ring Of Honor during their feud: “I did, and he never worked there. I didn’t know [laughs]. It’s been exciting and I’m excited to see what Apollo and I can do.”