Video: SLIPKNOT’s COREY TAYLOR Slaps WWE NXT Wrestler BARON CORBIN
In a 2011 interview with Wrestling With Pop Culture, Taylor said: “I’ve been a wrestling fan since I was a kid. If you embrace it for what it is, which is entertainment, I have no illusions about the fact of if it’s real or not. But I know it’s physically taxing and it takes great skill to make it look good and no skill to make it look crappy. I know the people who rise to the top are the best in the business and it’s almost a metaphor for the music business. People come and go, but legends stay forever. My all-time favorite wrestler is Stone Cold, but I also love The Rock, Triple H, Shawn Michaels and the wrestlers I grew up with, which is [Hulk] Hogan, Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat, Tito Santana, Andre [The Giant], even ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan. I got to meet him and Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake and I was, like, freaking out. I was losing my shit, I was like, ‘Oh my God. You guys are awesome.’ I’m still a fan.”
.@WWENXT Superstars and music's hottest artists rubbed elbows at #NXTAftershock! https://t.co/XSJ9UHEvQC pic.twitter.com/Qtakvjlabt
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 25, 2015
.@SamoaJoe thanks @CoreyTaylorRock for his help in defeating @BaronCorbinWWE at #NXTAftershock! https://t.co/k2acmSuOt4
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 25, 2015
The battle between @BaronCorbinWWE & @CoreyTaylorRock finally got physical at #NXTAftershock! https://t.co/v9sbCK1bZg
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 25, 2015
SLIPKNOT‘s latest album, “.5: The Gray Chapter”, sold 132,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week of release to land at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart. It was the band’s first new record since the 2010 death of bassist Paul Gray and the 2013 dismissal of drummer Joey Jordison.
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