Happy Corbin recently appeared on the Out of Character with Ryan Satin podcast, where he talked about how WWE Hall of Famer and Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angel was his favorite person to hit his "End of Days" finisher on as well as how it was a monumental thing for his pro wrestling career. Happy Corbin also spoke about how he got really loud boos from the fans when it was announced that it would be him to face Kurt Angle at WrestleMania and not WWE legend John Cena as everyone wanted Cena to be Angle's opponent and not him, but that it was really special for him and he will always be grateful.
Happy Corbin said:
“Kurt Angle at WrestleMania because then his kid gave me the finger.” “Amazing. The dirty look from his kid when I beat him and also the outpouring of boo’s of 80,000 people in Orlando, I’ll never forget. That’s a monumental thing for a career, not only to step in the ring with Kurt Angle, a Hall of Famer and an Olympic Gold Medalist, but one of the most entertaining guys in the world. The guy that came in and just got it. He is a savant for what we do and he still has this amazing mind for what we do. A guy that I really look up to now and before that, just being at a table in catering and him chatting with you and telling stories or whatever it is, he is a special, special person.”
“To go into WrestleMania when everyone in the world wanted him to face John Cena, not Baron Corbin, and in Chicago when he announced it, the guttural boo’s of like, no. That warmed my heart. To share a ring with him was special, especially at WrestleMania in a singles match where guys fight there whole careers, you get two or three singles matches unless you are Roman Reigns or Brock Lesnar or Seth Rollins. You get one or two or three of those a career, special one-on-one matches at WrestleMania and that was one. The fact that he went out there and did that for me, I will always be grateful.”
Happy Corbin also talked about where and how he came up with the name for his "End of Days" finisher.
Happy Corbin said:
“I did, I came up with it from a song I liked from a really mellow folk band called Brown Bird.” “Which is the name of the song End of Days. Everyone is always like ‘Is it from this rock band?’ and I’m like ‘Yeah.’ Not really, it’s from a folk band that’s awesome so I came up with it.”
Happy Corbin then talked about how no one has ever kicked out of the End of Days and that he'll never let anybody do it as he is a believer that finishing moves should matter and mean something.
Happy Corbin said:
“No one has ever kicked out of the End of Days, ever, never letting anybody do it.” “I’ve wrestled John Cena at SummerSlam, I’ve wrestled Roman Reigns and I’ve held it. This is the one thing, I don’t want to kick out of any finishes, I’m a believer in making everything matter and make the finish especially matter. I want to punch you in the face one time and if you’re going to go down because if we do it on the street, the same thing is going to happen. When you hit your finish, it’s over, said and done. I really kept it tight to my chest.”
You can check out Happy Corbin's full comments at this link. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
