Karrion Kross on his WWE departure: “I was the one getting worked”

In a documentary posted to his YouTube channel, former WWE star Karrion Kross said the following in regards to his WWE departure…

“Everybody wants an answer to the one question — you know, is this all a big work? Is that what you’re asking me? Is this a work? Is this a big, elaborate, intricate work where I come back and say, ‘Surprise’? This business is funny, because many would tell you it’s all one big work. See, a work is only something you want to happen — something that you enjoy — if there’s a payoff of sorts that you were looking forward to. If there’s not a payoff, if that light at the end of the tunnel isn’t there or it’s removed, well then, it’s kind of like you were just being lied to. It’s kind of like you were being misdirected. It’s kind of like you were being exploited — used. And if you try to talk about that, or you try to call that out, well then you’ll be gaslit. They’ll tell you, ‘You’re ungrateful.’ So you don’t say anything. You just kind of wait things out and hope that you’re wrong. But deep down, you know you’re not. You know exactly what’s happening. You know how this is going. Then you’ve got to make some really hard choices.”

“Is this a work? Is this a big, elaborate, intricate work where I come back and say ‘Surprise’?” The answer to that question is, in a sense, yes. This was all one big work. The worst part about it, though, is that it’s not the work everybody thought it was — because I was the one getting worked.”