The AFTERSHOCK Festival in Sacramento, California included NXT this year and to hype the event, both Corey Graves and Baron Corbin started feuding with Slipknot front man Corey Taylor, mostly through Twitter. Corbin actually worked a match against Samoa Joe at the show with Taylor in the front row and, of course, they ran an angle.
It started with some fantastic heeling from Corbin:
.@BaronCorbinWWE was surprised when @CoreyTaylorRock kept his word at #NXTAftershock but definitely not intimidated. pic.twitter.com/22XKaKGzyE
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 25, 2015
Escalated with Taylor supporting Joe:
.@CoreyTaylorRock was in @SamoaJoe's corner at #NXTAftershock! https://t.co/dUDaKHrkUe
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 25, 2015
Corbin responded to that with the following:
.@BaronCorbinWWE responds to @CoreyTaylorRock cheering on @SamoaJoe at #NXTAftershock. https://t.co/ARPLQNMpbu
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 25, 2015
This culminated with the inevitable physical altercation, which was just Taylor blasting Corbin in the face:
The battle between @BaronCorbinWWE & @CoreyTaylorRock finally got physical at #NXTAftershock! https://t.co/v9sbCK1bZg
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 25, 2015
Ouch.
Joe appreciated it:
.@SamoaJoe thanks @CoreyTaylorRock for his help in defeating @BaronCorbinWWE at #NXTAftershock! https://t.co/k2acmSuOt4
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 25, 2015
Fun fun.