And Summerslam 2025, Karrion Kross lost his fight against Sami Zayn, and many realized that this would be his last in WWE, taking into account that his contract was about to expire. After what happened on the second night of the event, the former champion Nxt got angry with his boss, the creative director of WWE content, Triple H, for his sarcastic response in the post show when the public chanted “we want Kross”, to which The Game replied: “Do we want Brock? Yes. We gave it to him, there they have it back ».
► Karrion Kross will have a impulse similar to Steve Austin?
During a recent appearance in The Ariel Helwani ShowPaul Heyman approached Karrion Kross's growing support wave, qualifying it as “organic” and even comparing it to the legendary rise of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, and did not hesitate that her impulse is only due to a phenomenon of the internet, but rather that They have made him popular, with the public live also acclaiming him.
«They have made it popular. And it's not just the Internet. It is the Internet, it is the public liveIt is the people who buy merchandise. He is a tremendous artist, and often show he has with Scarlett!
«Let me ask this: if I were the intercontinental champion or the United States champion right now, would this public support level have? No. They love to support someone … the disadvantaged, so to speak«.
According to Heyman, WWE's creative team is allowing fans energy to grow organically, instead of forcing a impulse that might seem artificial, and emphasized that everything is thanks to fans, Comparing this support with that received by Steve Austin in its beginnings.
«It is working. It is working, okay? It is organic. The public is asking him to be a bigger star … and that is what is making him a bigger star ».
«We are not imposing anyone or Scarlett to anyone. The audience itself is making it a star. It reminds me of someone else, by the way … The public felt: 'This is our man. We will demand that they make him a bigger star '. That guy was called Steve Austin ».
Heyman also mentioned Daniel Bryan and CM Punk as examples of WWE stars whose ascent was driven by the passion and patience of fans, an approach that WWE seems to be replicating with Kross. The problem is that neither Kross nor his wife Scarlett were present at the recent Monday Night Raw, While rumors about their free agency continue to increase.
