AJ Francis Weighs In On Killer Kross & Ashante Thee Adonis’ WWE Departures

Killer Kross and Ashante The Adonis both exited WWE earlier this month, fellow alumni AJ Francis shared his thoughts on the departures. As noted, both Ashante and Kross had their WWE contracts expire on August 10th. Franchis was on Busted Open Radio and spoke about both exits; you can see highlights below (per Wrestling Inc):

On Ashante’s WWE exit: “You know, there’s a million people that are talking about Karrion Kross. I’d rather talk about Ashante ‘Thee’ Adonis, Tehuti Miles. He is the most underrated, underappreciated performer, I think, that I’ve ever been around.”

On Kross’ contract expiring: “He also was just told they were going to bring him back. They didn’t really offer him. They didn’t really say, you got 24 hours. That is a crazy business tactic. You can’t even negotiate or do anything about that because it’s like, ‘Okay, alright, you take this or you can leave.’

“But I feel like we’re just at a point where, in this business, for some reason, and I don’t know why, but for some reason, you can’t have the people support you when it’s not your time. And I felt like the same thing happened when I was in Hit Row. When we were in Hit Row, especially on NXT, we were the hottest thing on the show. And I think, for some reason, getting over when it’s not your time rubs people the wrong way.”