“It was great to get rid of the long hair. It's such a pain that, if you look at it, it's always wet when guys wrestle: you dump gallons of conditioner in it to keep it wet so you're not choking on it. You have all kinds of stuff in it, and just maintaining it is a lot of work.”

American professional wrestler and former professional football player

Thomas Pestock is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player, known in WWE as Baron Corbin. He is associated with the SmackDown brand and has been part of WWE since July 2026. Before wrestling, Pestock played professional football. In WWE, he performs under the Baron Corbin name, the identity most readers will know him by. His public persona is rooted in sports entertainment rather than a long list of literary or political themes, and the available record here centers on his career in the ring.