Karrion Kross has only been in WWE for a hot minute, but in his short time on NXT he has already garnered important supporters in very high places. Kross was rapidly becoming a favorite of NXT top dogs Triple H and Matt Bloom before his separate shoulder put him on the shelf.
A source within NXT confirmed to Fightful.com that Karrion Kross’ push has been the product of both Triple H and Matt Bloom being very high on him.
As soon as Kross became available and met with WWE they were all in on pushing him heavily. One NXT staff member noted that they have never seen anyone during their time held in such high regard by management so soon, and it’s showing in the instant push for Kross. He is said to have been a pleasure to deal with since debuting in NXT after leaving IMPACT after a contract dispute.
Following his championship Victory over the ever popular Keith Lee and his subsequent shoulder injury, Triple H spoke highly of Kross in the post-show media conference call after TakeOver XXX.
“It’s very painful. You got him through it and he got to the end. I know he’s — bittersweet because he’s ecstatic in the moment, he is excited in the moment. This is a dream come true for both him and Scarlett. They have worked an entire career to get to this moment.
I can tell you that from the bottom of his heart and I’ve had that conversation since the first day. So to him, to get here in talking to him earlier in the day, what he almost felt like was this crazy, surreal moment where the two of them, both he and Scarlett, kept saying, ‘it’s hard for us to believe we’re in here in this moment and it’s hard for us to even envision that we are like they kept waiting for it to change today or for something to happen that would change everything. Then you get to that moment with the uncertainty of something like this in the end, and my heart breaks for him. I know everybody here does, but we’ll see where he’s at,”
“They’re going through everything and as soon as we can get them in a facility, we’ll get them an MRI and then we’ll see where everything goes. Hopefully, it’s not too crazy and we can figure out how to work around it or work through it or whatever that is.”
Unfortunately, the injury was much worse than first expected and Kross was sadly forced to vacate his NXT Championship.
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