During a recent appearance on the “Not Sam Wrestling” podcast, Karrion Kross revealed that he had discussions with Cody Rhodes about possibly joining AEW during its inaugural year in 2019.
Kross and Rhodes eventually ended up in WWE and are currently on the RAW roster.
Kross also mentioned that Jon Moxley played a key role in helping him secure a job in WWE.
The leader of The Final Testament explained how Moxley connected him with Triple H following their match at an independent event in Las Vegas, NV.
Kross signed with WWE NXT in 2020 and left the company in late 2021; however, he returned in August 2022 and has been part of the WWE main roster since then.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Jon Moxley helping him contact Triple H: “After the show, he basically says, ‘Listen, I’m not telling you where to go or where to make money. I’m just saying, you really should call Triple H. You could make a very very good living there. Work wherever you want. Go wherever you want. I just have a feeling that if you call him, things are going to be good for you.’ ‘What do you mean just call Triple H?’ ‘Just call him. Just call him. I’m giving you his number. I want you to call him.’ I sent him a text. He calls me. ‘Is this really Killer Kross?’ We talk and a few months later, I was in NXT. That’s kind of how it happened. Everything just aligned. I was getting messages from every direction of the universe to go to WWE.”
On possibly joining AEW in 2019: “My wife [Scarlett] and I were talking to Cody (Rhodes) about potentially going to AEW at the same time. Now, I’m just like, ‘Oh God,’ but I had Jon right in front of me telling me to do this. It’s the first time we worked, we don’t even know each other. He’s definitely not telling everybody to do this. I feel I should pay attention to this.”
