Okay, so I kept hearing this chatter, right? Stuff about Pat McAfee supposedly calling Baron Corbin a “dumbass”. Now, McAfee, he’s got a mouth on him, everyone knows that. But I wanted to know, like, did he really say that? And what was the deal? Was Corbin doing something particularly boneheaded at the time? You know how these things get twisted online.
My Little Digging Adventure
So, I decided to do some digging myself. Wasn’t exactly rocket science, but it took a bit of my afternoon. Fired up the old laptop, you know the drill.
First thing, I just typed the obvious into the search bar. Stuff like “pat mcafee calls corbin dumbass” or whatever. Man, the amount of junk that popped up. Clickbait headlines everywhere, forums arguing back and forth. Took me a while to sift through the noise.
- Tried searching specific shows, like maybe it happened on SmackDown commentary?
- Looked through some clips on YouTube, but a lot were just fan edits or people talking about it.
- Had to refine the search a bit, maybe adding dates or specific events if I could remember any recent Corbin stuff.
Finding the Context (Sort Of)
After clicking around for what felt like ages, I started piecing things together. It wasn’t just one single “dumbass” moment, seems like. McAfee, especially when he was doing commentary for WWE, he just constantly laid into Corbin. Called him all sorts of things, made fun of his whole gimmick, his clothes, everything. “Bum Ass Corbin” was a big one he used a lot, that stuck.
I watched a few segments from SmackDown back then. Yeah, McAfee definitely didn’t hold back. He’d groan whenever Corbin came out, mock his promos. It wasn’t always just calling him stupid, but the vibe was definitely there. Like McAfee genuinely couldn’t stand the guy, or at least the character Corbin was playing. He made it pretty clear he thought Corbin was just awful and annoying.
My Takeaway
So, did I find one clip where McAfee points and shouts “You’re a dumbass, Corbin!”? Not exactly like that, no. But did he constantly treat him like one, insult him relentlessly on air? Absolutely. He pretty much built a running gag out of hating Corbin. You watch enough of it, and yeah, “dumbass” feels like it fits right in with everything else he was saying and doing.
It was just McAfee being McAfee, really. Loud, opinionated, saying what a lot of fans were probably thinking anyway. Corbin played the heel role, he was meant to be disliked, and McAfee just turned that dial up to eleven. So, my little search confirmed the general idea, even if the exact word wasn’t popping up in big flashing lights. Just another day sorting through internet noise to get a slightly clearer picture. Kinda pointless, maybe, but it scratched that itch.
