The Best Angle in Wrestling Right Now

[Big Red Machine]

By far, the most intriguing angle in wrestling at the moment is that of Steve Corino's "road to recovery" in ROH.

At the end of 2009, Steve Corino convinced Kevin Steen to turn on his long-time tag team partner, El Generico, because he believed that teaming with Generico was holding Steen back. Generico could not face Steen for months, so mutual friends such as Colt Cabana and Human Tornado got involved, defending Generico, and getting him ready to fight.

Meanwhile, Corino was advising Steen to ignore Generico, and not to get bogged down with him. This, as you all know by now, didn't work. After Corino taunted Generico, Generico snapped and attacked him. This brought Steen out to defend Corino, but Generico still was not ready to face his former best friend. Eventually, Generico was ready, and the rest of that bloody, violent awesome feud, is history.

But there was another story being told there that we didn't realize at the time. We all noticed Steen becoming more wild and more crazy... but we didn't notice subtle signs that Corino was losing control of Steen. Steen and Generico faced off in a match at Final Battle 2010 where Generico's mask was on the line against Steen's ROH career. Steen lost.

At the next set of ROH shows, Corino came out and admitted that he had lost control of Steen... but more than that... he admitted that he realized that his influence eventually, if inadvertently, cost Steen his job... and possibly his sanity. Corino looked back on his life in wrestling. He reexamined himself and came to the following conclusion:

"My name is Steve Corino, and I am an evil person... but I am going to change that"

Find any of his promos from ROH video wires this year: A[/i]MAZING STUFF!

He has stopped cheating in matches, and is trying to prevent anyone else from going down the terrible path that he went down. "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett has made it his personal mission to make Corino fall off of the wagon. He beat Corino down, and taunted Corino that no one in the ROH lockerroom would come out to save him; even wrestlers who Corino had made the save for in recent weeks... or even that very night! He almost succeeded in March at Manhattan Mayhem IV, when he Corino enraged enough to use his "disappearing thumb trick."

On the advice of his sponsor, Corino decided to take the month of April off from ROH, so as to stop himself from reverting. Now, on May 21st, at Supercard of Honor VI, Corino will be taking on Bennett one more time... but for this match, Corino will be bringing his sponsor with him! Corino has told us that his sponsor is someone who has been down the same road as him before, and is also a recovering "addict" of bad ways, and someone who has been "banished" from ROH (although whether this is an official kayfabe banishment or not is unclear).

This has, of course, let to a lot of speculation as to who the "sponsor" could be, including Low Ki (who, I believe, is still kayfabe suspended, going back to February of 2006), and my personal mark out choice: Jimmy Jacobs.

One major theme in this feud has been trust, and Corino's desire to be trusted. He wants to be someone like a Christopher Daniels, who young wrestlers feel comfortable going to for advice... instead, he is someone who is avoided in the lockerroom, for fear of being led astray. We had to remember, though, that this is Steve Corino, and that reputation is well-earned. Is Corino sincere? Or is this just part of some plan? The wrestlers have no idea... and neither do we. And THAT is what I love about this angle. We get to see the wrestlers having the same kayfabe reactions as we are having non-kayfabe!

[badnewzxl]

Although the obvious choice for the mystery guy is Steen, I'm crossing my fingers for Jimmy Jacobs; he's been gone for far too long....

[kirbs2002]

I gotta say, all signs point to Steen.

[Rabid619]

I gotta say, all signs point to Steen.

This or as Badnewz said Jimmy Jacobs. Either one should be great.

[Big Red Machine]

There is no way it's Steen. It's too early, and Steen is kayfabe crazier than Corino. That he would have been able to recover so quickly makes no sense.

It's got to be Jimmy Jacobs.

[cero2k]

There is no way it's Steen. It's too early, and Steen is kayfabe crazier than Corino. That he would have been able to recover so quickly makes no sense.

It's got to be Jimmy Jacobs.

i can see it being Low Ki, jimmy jacobs, Necro (rehabilitated from his brutal ways), and even as a long shot, Raven.

[Lynas]

Nice read. Good points. Good angle.

Alot of signs point to Steen, but as you said BRM... is it too soon?

The obvious choice thereafter is of course Jimmy Jacobs...

[yourcrapsweak]

Nice read. Good points. Good angle.

Alot of signs point to Steen, but as you said BRM... is it too soon?

The obvious choice thereafter is of course Jimmy Jacobs...

I wouldn't call it obvious.

[Lynas]

Nice read. Good points. Good angle.

Alot of signs point to Steen, but as you said BRM... is it too soon?

The obvious choice thereafter is of course Jimmy Jacobs...

I wouldn't call it obvious.

How so?

[badnewzxl]

Nice read. Good points. Good angle.

Alot of signs point to Steen, but as you said BRM... is it too soon?

The obvious choice thereafter is of course Jimmy Jacobs...

I wouldn't call it obvious.

besides Steen, Jacobs is the one guy who exited ROH in such a fashion (in the Kayfabe sense, anyhow); but I guess Ki would also make a lot of sense bc Cornett threw him out five years ago.

IMO, Jacobs and Steen work better in the angle, though.

[Big Red Machine]

From today's newswire:

- More intriguing than Brutal Bob being banned from ringside is the fact that Steve Corino has stated that he has found a sponsor who has been through the same process as Steve and that this is a man that will support, not only Steve, but honor as well, if allowed back into ROH. Corino has stated that, no matter what, his sponsor will be in attendance in Chicago Ridge to hopefully be accepted back in and to help him through what will be a very difficult night of Corino’s recovery. Ring of Honor officials responded by saying that if the person is who they think it is then there is absolutely no way they are welcome inside the locker room or the Frontier Fieldhouse in general.

[cero2k]

a man that will support, not only Steve, but honor as well, if allowed back into ROH.

c'mon, this HAS to be Low Ki

[yourcrapsweak]

a man that will support, not only Steve, but honor as well, if allowed back into ROH.

c'mon, this HAS to be Low Ki

That's what I got out of it too.