Karrion Kross Says AEW Hasn’t Contacted Him, Wants To Explore Conversation More With WWE

Karrion Kross is officially a free agent after his WWE contract expired on August 10th.

Speaking to Ariel Helwani on the Ariel Helwani Show, Kross was asked if he’s been contacted by other promotions.

“Yeah, of course,” he said.

Kross confirmed “big promotions” have contacted him.

Asked if AEW contacted him, Kross said, “No.” 

Asked if he was surprised that AEW hasn’t contacted him, Kross said, “No. A lot of people think it’s a work.”

Helwani presented the common theory regarding Kross is that if he shows up in TNA then people will say his WWE departure is a work due to the WWE-TNA relationship.

“Yeah, that’s what everyone is thinking. I’ve read it and seen it. Everyone is thinking I’m just going to pop up under some other company in the WWE umbrella. They are hoping I do because this seems to nonsensical to people. People are following the course of events to get to here and are going, ‘How did this happen? This must not be real because this makes no sense.’ Believe me, I also think this makes no sense either. This is baffling to me too. It drives me nuts that I have to admit that. It is baffling,” said Kross.

Asked if he’s open to talking to other companies, Kross said, “I’ve talked to many people across the board about doing a lot of different things. I have things that we’re lining up, my wife and I, we just haven’t announced dates. Nothing so far that we have taken on would necessarily interfere with coming back home to WWE. I’m not trying to turn this into a game, I know that can be advantageous for a lot of people. I don’t like to proceed like that. I will resent myself for proceeding that way, even if it’s monetarily beneficial to do that. I don’t want to do that. I’m still waiting at the table to finish discussing things we never got a chance to discuss. I think there is still a lot to talk about.”

Kross gave more clarity on what there is to talk about with WWE, saying, “From attempting to recover the issue with WWE. I’m not fishing for any major television wrestling companies to call me. I have been contacted by several, but I’m not looking for that. I would like to explore the conversation more with WWE.”

Elsewhere during the interview, Kross gave more insight into his WWE departure and WWE’s contract offer to him. You can find his full comments here.

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