From April 2021 until August, Karrion Kross reigned as NXT Champion. He lost the title to Samoa Joe at TakeOver 36.
Before that match, Kross had a feud with Kyle O’Reilly. Kross sat down with Highspots Wrestling Network for a virtual signing and during it, he noted that he felt he should’ve dropped the title to Kyle while they were feuding and he was on his way to the main roster.
“No, I don’t think Kyle O’Reilly’s underrated. I was actually — I don’t know. We [Kross & Scarlett Bordeaux] were always talking about — it’s not up to us but like ideally, if we wanted to lose the belt to anyone, we actually were hoping it was gonna be Kyle O’Reilly because it would have complemented his story arc. He was supposed to be the one that kind of broke out of Undisputed [ERA] and he was — you know what I mean? And we were building in that direction. We just would’ve been cool [with that happening]. They had me undefeated for, you know, over a year and to put him over clean to pass off all the momentum I think would have been the best-case scenario in our opinion.”
H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription
