Killer Kross (known to many fans as Former WWE Superstar Karrion Kross) is no stranger to the grind of professional wrestling. Having built a reputation across multiple promotions for his intensity and discipline, Kross is now offering insight into an often overlooked side of the business: locker room culture and the importance of taking care of your body.
Speaking with Bodyslam.net’s Kyle Collison, Kross addressed locker room etiquette and personal pet peeves, but made it clear he’s not someone who gets easily rattled.
“God, that’s really hard for me. I mean, I.. I’m not really an irritable person. And I see people doing stupid things all the time. And I kind of just laugh. I laugh at stupid shit.”
While Kross didn’t point to specific behaviors that frustrate him, his response paints the picture of a veteran who has seen it all, and chooses not to dwell on the negatives. Instead, his focus remains on growth, professionalism, and longevity in the industry.
That mindset carried over when the conversation shifted to advice for young wrestlers entering the business. Rather than offering cliché guidance about paying dues or earning respect, Kross zeroed in on something far more practical and often ignored: nutrition and recovery.
“What about advice? Advice.. I would say start studying nutrition because it’s not necessarily about having a particular body composition, but it’s understanding what a calorie is the different types and how your body responds to eating those things and you want to leverage nutrition to recover faster because you’re going to love wrestling in the beginning and you’re going to train seven days a week and you’re going to bump your head off and you’re going to get beat up and you’re going to feel like crap and you’re going to have to recover so you don’t get hurt.
And the only way you’re going to recover is through getting a good amount of sleep, staying hydrated, has to do with potassium, magnesium, sodium, electrolytes and just knowing what to eat. If you eat everything in abundance, even good things, it’s going to work against you. You got it. You got to figure out what what that is. So no, none of these wrestling schools are going to teach you that because they’re not nutritionists. So maybe, might get a nutritionist.”
Kross’ advice underscores a shift in how modern wrestlers approach their careers. While locker room etiquette and respect remain foundational, there is a growing emphasis on sustainability, and how to stay healthy, recover properly, and extend a career in an industry known for it’s physical toll on the body.
For Kross, it’s simple: the passion will always be there early on, but without the right habits, that same passion can lead to burnout or injury. His message to the next generation is clear—learn your body, invest in your health, and don’t rely solely on wrestling schools to teach you everything you need to succeed.
In a business built on toughness, Kross is reminding talent that longevity isn’t just about how hard you go, it’s about how well you recover.
You can check out the full interview with Killer Kross with Bodyslam.net’s Kyle Collison from Astronomicon 9 below.
