Karrion Kross Explains Strategy Behind His 2021 WWE NXT Promo With Adam Cole

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WWE star Karrion Kross appeared on Not Sam Wrestling to discuss various topics, including his promo with AEW star Adam Cole in NXT from June 2021.

Kross said, โ€œIt was a weird day. I knew it was going to be a good promo. What they wanted out of that was for people to believe it was true. The way they had to keep people alive there, since I was on a murder run, was they had to get over the character somehow and some capacity. Give them mic time and let them look strong and stay strong in that capacity. I didnโ€™t feel any particular way about it.โ€

On why he thought it was strange:

โ€œI thought, at the time, it was strange that they didnโ€™t want me to get it back. Then, that became a thing. Johnny (Gargano) would do that the following week. Okay, now I understand whatโ€™s going on. It wasnโ€™t thoroughly explained to me at the time, but they needed everybody in the match (to be strong). It didnโ€™t strike me, personally.โ€

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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)