Killer Kross Says People Shouldn’t Be Offended By Intergender Wrestling

In an interview with Wrestling Inc, Killer Kross spoke about some wrestling fans who are offended at the thought of intergender matches and said it’s no different than a man and a woman fighting on film or television. Here are highlights:

On those who are bothered by intergender wrestling: “I laugh at this subject maniacally and hysterically. We are living in a common era right now where hypocrasy, double standards, and social non-issues seem to really rule the issues people choose to discuss. And they choose to discuss these things from a very absurd emotional state rather than a critical thinking point. The fact of the matter is professional wrestling is a performance art and in the year 2019, no one is going to be convincing anyone that this is “real” in comparison to Mixed Martial Arts and any other contact sport. A lot of people in our industry get offended when you discuss it like this because we get hurt all the time and the life of it is very real. I wouldn’t go as far as to use the word “fake” because the word “fake” is really a very broad stroke that takes a piss on everything that we are doing. It’s a show! It’s a show! We have a lot of characters! We have writers! People know these things!”

On how it’s no different than other forms of media: “When you go watch The Terminator – this is one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. Maybe not a movie for everybody, but for the most part, it is iconic. The script, the delivery, the execution of this film spawned a lot of different underdog stories for women. You can look at Terminator as a masochistic, horrible, pro masculine leaving the woman as the underdog. Or, you could look at it as Linda Hamilton had an excellent opportunity to showcase that a woman could carry a movie. She did that in Terminator 2 as well. There is a giant robot bodybuilder trying to kill a woman for two hours. Everyone went and watched it and enjoyed it. It’s a performance art! It is not exactly “real”, okay?”

On women getting the same opportunities as men in wrestling: “The way I observe this is men and women belong in the ring together. It is not a problem. It is not something that there has to be a broad, mass abundance of. But, I think it is time for people to relax. And, quite honestly, it is more or less a back-handed compliment to tell a woman that they can’t be in the ring with a man. If we want to preach equality and we want everyone to have an equal opportunity, allow a woman to have an equal opportunity to be in the ring with a man. It is a performance art! We’re not actually going to try and kill each other! This is a TV show. People need to calm down! [Laughs] I appreciate the emotional investment that people have in our program and in wrestling – I really do. I’m not trying to take anything away from that. But, enjoy the show. It is meant to elicit an emotional response. Allow us to take you on a ride.”