People within WWE reportedly believe that Karrion Kross with be back with the company
In a video published to his YouTube channel, Karrion Kross confirmed that his contract with WWE expired on August 10th. While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com stated the following in regards to the situation…
“It’s one of those things. I mean, it’s definitely being kept quiet. It’s a weird one. There’s way, way, way too much talk, and the nature of the talk makes me think there’s more to it. What’s he saying — that they gave him an insulting offer? I mean, they gave him an offer and he didn’t sign. As of this week, he may be a free agent.
I know that he’s doing a lot of media right now because his book came out on Tuesday. The people who are doing interviews with him are being told — and it’s not WWE sending him on this media tour, it’s ECW Press — that they cannot ask any questions regarding his contract situation or WWE. In his interviews, he talks about his life, not the WWE part of his life all that much.
The belief in WWE is that he’s going to be back, but we’ll see. They’re not telling anyone anything, and everyone’s pretty skeptical. Are they working the boys on this if he comes back? You could say yes, but it’s not like anyone is being fooled. Nobody is saying, ‘Oh no, he’s really gone.’ They’re just like, ‘We don’t know, whatever.’ We figure he’s going to be back, and we kind of figure it’s an angle — but we don’t really know. So that’s kind of where it stands.”
Meltzer said the following about Kross taking bookings…
“If they’re doing a work, they’ll do bookings. You know what I mean? If they’re doing it, you would do bookings — you would do stuff to make it look real. If it’s an angle, which is what most people think this is, then you still have to take bookings. If you don’t, and you just go to TNA, everyone’s going to go, ‘Ah, you’re going to TNA, that’s bullshit.’ So they have to do some indies. Now, if they go to AEW, then it’s real.”
“Look at what Heyman said on the Ariel Helwani show just the other day. There was a comparison to Steve Austin — you don’t say that about a guy who [WWE President] Nick Khan is just going to give a bad offer to and not really try to sign. Those two things don’t add up.”