A current WWE star has revealed the shocking reason behind his career growth.
Former NXT Champion Karrion Kross left WWE in 2021 before making his return in 2022 on the main roster. While presented as a dominant force throughout his tenure, Kross has unfortunately failed to appear in a prominent storyline. Recently, he massively increased his fan following using his skills and charisma, and has emerged as a potential main roster talent. While Kross gets regularly featured on television, his in-ring appearances remain sporadic.
Although, while early on in his career, the former champion was subjected to severe criticisms, he has now revealed how it helped him grow in his career. During his appearance on the Battleground Podcast recorded ahead of Money In The Bank, Kross shared,
“I want to say thank you to everybody who’s in my corner. People who have been there from the beginning and people that are just getting in the corner now.
I think the criticisms that I’ve been under, uh, since I’ve gotten back from WWE have actually helped me improve. I’m not one of those people where I’m just like, oh, you’re not with me. Well, the hell with you. I take it all into consideration. It’s made me better. It’s made me hungrier.
If me being in Money In The Bank is something you want to see, or me being more heavily featured on the show is something you want to see. Stay loud, hold your ground. I hear you every single Monday.
I’m backstage doing things live deep in the building. I can hear you guys through the wall, and everybody comes up to me and goes,’ did you hear that?’ I’m like, yes, I did. It would be impossible not to. I could be in the parking garage and hear them through the wall. Coming to a WWE live event is unlike anything that anyone has ever experienced until you do it.
Come to a live event and listen to that. I guarantee you it’s 10 times louder live than it is through the TV speakers. Also, while you’re at that WWE live event, buy a Karrion Kross t-shirt at the merch stand now. If you can find one. They are selling out.
So I actually did speak with – I spoke with merch this week. They’re going to be carrying more in stock as well. So this was, I guess to them is a bit of an experiment. They wanted to see how they’re doing. I think we sold out of every single size last Monday except for large. So it’s just talking to them, and they’re going to be carrying more as well.”
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While teasing a feud against Sami Zayn, Kross was recently urged to leave the promotion by this WWE veteran.
WWE Veteran Urges Karrion Kross To Quit WWE
A few weeks ago, during an appearance on the “Coach And Bro Live” show with former WWE producer Tommy Carlucci, wrestling veteran Vince Russo expressed how Karrion Kross needs to quit the promotion.
Vince Russo: “I gotta tell ya, man, if I’m Kross, I’m letting the contract expire because this dude could make a fortune on the open market.”
Tommy Carlucci: “So here’s the thing. Is there jealousy because he can come up with his own storylines?”
Vince Russo: “Yes, absolutely. Bro, the kiss of death in wrestling is when you’re smarter than those above you. When you’re smarter and they know you’re smarter, you’re a threat. If you’re a threat, they’re going to put you in that little box and you aren’t ever leaving that box. I think that’s the category that Karrion Kross is in.”
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