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Killer Kross on Triple H/NXT, His main roster run, MLW

Added 2022-02-21 19:53:06 +0000 UTC

Fightful spoke with Killer Kross at length for a major interview, and he was very transparent about his WWE run.

It's important to note that we prompted him to discuss his WWE run, which he doesn't seem to hold any ill feelings for, but is realistic in that it wasn't good. He wasn't a fan of the gear, he realized losing out of the gate wasn't a good idea out of the gate, but tried to remain optimistic. He got offered a new, main roster contract on the day that he lost to Jeff Hardy, so was hopeful there was some semblance of a long-term storyline at play. However, the protocol that WWE typically introduces talent by wasn't followed in his sense, and felt "off" to him. He said by the time it was a few weeks in, there was a "what was anyone really going to do about this?" approach to it.

Kross was happy about some elements of the gear change for several reasons, because it meant a new look, new merchandise, new action figures. However, by the time he got to WWE Raw it became very Mad Max-esque and looked bizarre. He did confirm there was some Shawn O'Haire influence in his final vignette that aired. He complimented the WWE writing team that he worked with and said that the writers get an unfair bad reputation.

In asking him about WWE dismantling Triple H's vision, he said that while he likes to live in his own bubble in wrestling, it's hard to say it doesn't feel like they're doing that. Things weren't adding up or making sense to him ahead of his Takeover match with Samoa Joe, and says many of his friends that are still there have a lot of question marks.

Kross said that Drew McIntyre, Goldberg and Paul Heyman all gave him personal advice, and he still keeps in touch with several people that helped him along the way.

The full interview will be available publicly Tuesday for full context