WWE Talking Smack Takeaways: Corbin, Bliss Give Us Reason to Believe

In this week’s recap of WWE Talking Smack, Daniel Bryan nudges the envelope, while Baron Corbin and Alexa Bliss give much-needed depth to their characters.

As usual, the WWE Talking Smack aftershow provided an excellent coda to this week’s SmackDown Live by continuing to do what it does best. That is: give Daniel Bryan space to play and let misunderstood wrestlers explain themselves. This week, that meant lots of balls talk and some time with Baron Corbin and Alexa Bliss.

Here are the biggest takeaways from the Sept. 13 edition of Talking Smack, broken down into the two guest segments and Renee Young’s banter with the Beard.

The Lone Wolf Finally Explained

After a vicious ambushing of Apollo Crews earlier in the night, Baron Corbin arrived to the desk in no real mood to talk. Still, from what we did get out of him, the Lone Wolf finally provided some much-needed depth and explanation to his character and why he acts the way he does.

Pageant Daughter

Alexa Bliss stopped by as the show’s second guest and, like Corbin before her, used Daniel Bryan as a way to beef up her heel personality. When talking about her diminutive stature, Bryan threw in a supportive, “Hey, I was small too.” To which Bliss quickly shot back with “Daniel, I am nothing like you.” Without being able to put people over in the ring, Bryan is doing a fantastic job of serving as a heel lightning rod to get wrestlers heat in this aftershow.

Balls, Balls, Balls

What were your biggest takeaways from WWE Talking Smack?