Baron Corbin lost his match at WWE's WrestleMania 36 against Elias in an embarrassing fashion. Corbin thought he'd had the win all sewn up until the referee noticed Elias' foot was on the bottom rope during Corbin's pinfall attempt. Corbin got upset, went to yell at the ref about how he'd been robbed of his victory, Elias snuck up while Corbin was distracted and rolled him up for the win. It was a humiliating way to lose a match, especially at WrestleMania, but for Corbin, this was nothing new -- he's lost more big matches to roll-ups than anyone else in wrestling lately.

The roll-up -- also known as the small package -- is considered the weakest way to actually win a wrestling match, which also makes it a relatively uncommon way for a match to end. A victory is generally considered decisive if it comes after a wrestler's finisher leads to a successful pinfall, or if a wrestler can force their opponent to tap out to a submission hold. A successful pinfall performed without a wrestler's finishing move is looked at as a clean victory, but one that could be laying grounds for a rematch since the finisher wasn't involved. A heel character can find all manner of sneaky and dastardly ways to steal a dirty win from their opponent.

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But a roll-up pinfall is in a class of its own. Most pinfall attempts are built around a pretty basic match psychology -- a wrestler tries to inflict enough damage on their opponent to weaken them to the point where they can be overpowered. The roll-up throws out that concept entirely, having a wrestler lose a match at full strength, often without having suffered any offense to set up the pinfall, typically because they're too distracted to notice they're in any danger. It's a win that comes across as clean for the victor, but embarrassing for the loser because it's almost always a self-inflicted defeat -- when a wrestler lets themselves get rolled up, the perception is that they have nobody to blame but themselves.

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Since 2018, no wrestler might have lost more matches to roll-ups than Baron Corbin. His troubles seemed to start when he became only the third person to fail their cash-in attempt with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Corbin attempted to cash in on Jinder Mahal during Mahal's match against John Cena, only to be rolled up by Jinder while his attention was focused on Cena. Since then, the roll-up has apparently become Baron Corbin's kryptonite, as he's repeatedly lost big matches to small packages while his attention has been elsewhere. At Super Showdown 2019, Corbin lost his Universal Championship match against Seth Rollins after getting rolled up during an argument with referee John Cone, who'd been a frequent target of Corbin's ire in the preceding weeks. He was rolled up from behind by Roman Reigns in their infamous "Loser Eats Dog Food" match on Smackdown, and now lost to Elias by roll-up on the grandest stage of them all.

In a company that often seems to lack consistency in its booking, Baron Corbin's on-going susceptibility to losing by roll-up is an absolute delight. It's the perfect Achilles' Heel to give his character, an arrogant blowhard with a gimmick for arguing excessively with referees during matches. Here's hoping Corbin will continue to remain oblivious to the opponents sneaking up behind him while he's too busy going ballistic on refs for "robbing" him of his victories.

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