Karrion Kross Explains His Decision To Sign With WWE over AEW, Talks Working With Drew McIntyre

In an interview with The Mirror, Karrion Kross spoke about his decision to return to WWE instead of going to AEW as other former WWE stars did. Here are highlights:

On deciding not to go to AEW: “There was there was an idea that was proposed to me to come and do something there [at AEW]. But it was just so abundantly clear to me from dealing with fans face to face, that a WWE return was what people wanted to see. It was always flattering. We were grateful we were receiving offers to do things but at the end of the day we knew we really should not tie ourselves down contractually somewhere else. We’d be in airports, we’d be in restaurants, in gyms, meet and greets, you name it anywhere, and we would have people come up to just pour their hearts out and express a lot of admiration and regret that things did not play out the way that they wanted them to, telling us how heartbroken they were that they never got to see the continuity of what we created in NXT come up to the main roster. So in the back of our minds every single time we got an offer that was a deciding factor.”

On working with Drew McIntyre: “It’s been an excellent experience. Yes, he’s a giant human being and punching him feels like trying to punch a truck. But because he’s been around for so long he’s very knowledgeable and he’s a perfect person for me to be in the ring with.”

On who he wants to face next: “Of course it’s Bray Wyatt. If you don’t want to work with him you’re crazy. I’ve always had a very strong admiration for his creativity. I feel like he opens doors, not only for fans, literally, but he opens up new avenues for us to create for everyone as performers. When he dares to do something different it just brings more possibilities. One of my favorite quotes, especially growing up, was the old saying ‘anything can happen in the WWE’ and when he’s around it’s totally true.”