Karrion Kross says he’s not disgruntled in WWE: ‘I’m just really hungry’
Karrion Kross doesn’t want people to misunderstand the comments he made following WrestleMania.
Kross appeared on Sam Roberts’ WrestleMania recap show after the event and vented some frustration about being left off the card. On Wednesday’s episode of The Ariel Helwani Show, he clarified that he’s not disgruntled, he’s just “very hungry.”
“The biggest misconception anyone can take from what I said on WrestleMania was that I’m disgruntled. I’m not. I’m just really, really, really hungry, man. I’m really hungry. All of this is coming from a place of passion. It’s all about the grand scheme of things. People are paying to come watch the greatest show in the world. I want to be a reason on the show where they felt like they got every single cent worth of that. I want to be more than just an Easter egg.”
Later in the interview, Kross was asked if he feels people have misconstrued his comments.
“It’s not complaining. It’s using your voice. Speaking up and saying, ‘I’m here. I want to be here. I want to give you the best of what I have,’” he said.
Kross said he’s noticed a change in how fans are responding to him in WWE. While people used to bring up his NXT run and wish he could go back to that, now fans are telling him they enjoy his current character.
“Over the last, I don’t know, 365 days backwards from today, the interactions that I’m having with people that the audience doesn’t see on TV, they’re really different than the way they used to be,” Kross said.
“(Fans) were always talking about NXT, what I did in NXT. They wish we could go back to that. It’s a difficult conversation to have with people.”
“But now the conversations have changed, ‘I love what you’re currently doing and we want to see more and more and more.'”
I’d be lying if I said I haven’t felt a major shift in the way a lot of fans feel towards me over the last year, more so recently.
— Kevin Robert Kesar (@realKILLERkross) February 23, 2025
Just putting it out there that I see you and appreciate you.
🙏🏼⏳👊🏼
Karrion Kross since WWE WrestleMania 41
Kross did wrestle twice over WrestleMania weekend in Las Vegas. He defeated JR Kratos at GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII and also took part in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on SmackDown the Friday night. Since Mania, he’s wrestled twice on Main Event, losing to Dragon Lee on April 28 and beating Tyler Bate on May 12.
Kross’ full appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show is available below: