Karrion Kross (known now, again, as Killer Kross) was believed by fans to be gearing up for a generational run, finally booked the way they felt he should have been under Vince McMahon. Unfortunately, contract negotiations with WWE fell through, and Kross and his wife, Scarlett Bordeaux, parted ways with the promotion this year instead.
Talking about his dealings with WWE during an appearance on "The Coach and Bro" podcast, Kross admitted it meant the world to him and Scarlett to be in WWE, but they weren't going to take the disrespect they were experiencing. "If the conversation is not going to proceed fairly, you know, we'll just say 'Hey, we'd like to keep dialogue open,' you know?" he said, adding that he never declined WWE's offer and simply wanted to discuss terms further. "The whole conversation, it felt, strategic and very gross."
Scarlett was then asked about her experience during the process, and revealed that she was actually hired on her own before Kross as a wrestler coming off of the indies. "I was wrestling all the time. I was having shows named after me in international countries like Australia, which was awesome!" she said. "A lot of people in WWE had no idea I could even wrestle."
Bordeaux also explained that she initially thought that Paul "Triple H" Levesque had a different approach towards her and Killer Kross in their second WWE run, but quickly found out that it wasn't the way she had hoped things would be. "This is something that I believe, so it's I have no proof of it, this is just my personal opinion," she explained. "I thought it was me being used as leverage against [Kross] because I do know that there's a lot of wives and partners out there that would pressure their significant others out there that would pressure their significant other to take the money. ... I'm not like that."
She added that she instead urged Kross to stand his ground and that both her and Kross simply knew that things were off with the negotiations. Kross then added to the conversation again, noting that when it came to his dealings with WWE, there was never a moment he would've stayed in the promotion without Scarlett no matter how much they offered. "[Scarlett] and I both proceed in business on transparency and fairness. If people are going to be strange in those initial conversations, we kind of know that no matter which direction this is going to go in, we're probably not going to get a deal done," he claimed.
Despite this, Scarlett claimed that she wouldn't have held it against Kross if he made a deal with WWE, but she simply wanted him to be happy.
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