Karrion Kross expressed his frustration during the WrestleMania 41 Recap show, criticizing AJ Styles for not using brass knuckles during his match with Logan Paul.
Kross pointed out that being a “good soldier” in WWE often leads to being overlooked, as he was not chosen to replace Kevin Owens against Randy Orton, who instead faced Joe Hendry.
Kross suggested that WWE favored Hendry to create a “viral moment,” highlighting his feelings of being undervalued in the company.
You can check out some highlights from the wild rant below:
On AJ Styles losing to Logan Paul: “Let’s talk about how awesome it is to that Logan Paul just won. And let’s talk about, Sam [Roberts], let’s talk about what Logan Paul represents, the shortcut. Feels so good to be here, feels so good to be in the business. Thinking about all of the funerals that I wasn’t able to attend for the last 11 years in this business. All the holidays I missed. I could have just started a YouTube channel. Could have just jumped in there with AJ Styles. Feels really good, right? It’s awesome, it’s really good.”
On how he and Scarlett have 25 years of combined experience in wrestling, and AJ Styles throwing his opportunity to win against Logan Paul: “They know because they’re normal human beings, and they actually love professional wrestling. But apparently that doesn’t mean s*** anymore. That doesn’t mean s***. All I asked Allen to do was for once to not think about just himself. Think about everybody in the back and think about the professional wrestling fans. That’s all I wanted him to do. Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to do the wrong thing. But he’s a narcissist and he had to do it his way. Hey, Allen, how many more WrestleManias do you have in your system? Probably, I don’t know, one. Maybe it’s just the last one. And you just pissed that away, for what? For your way, thanks a lot, bud, I really appreciate it.”
On advice Bill Goldberg gave him once about being “a good soldier”: “You wanna know what the best advice I ever got? It was from Bill Goldberg, 2021, back when I was in the Twilight Zone, you know what I mean? I’m wrestling for gasoline. It was awesome, let me tell you all about it. Bill goes, hey, Kross, you know what? You remind me a lot of me. I go, I think we have different styles, Bill, but I really appreciate that. Do you have any advice for me? He goes, you know what? You just got to be a good soldier. A good soldier is what he said.”
On how being a good soldier got him released from WWE: “So I decided to be a good soldier, you know what happened? They released me. And then I come back. You know what being a good soldier gets you everybody here? Just so in case you’re wondering, you want the back scoop here. Being a good soldier gets your times cut. Being a good soldier means that people come up to you and say, hey, you got any great ideas? Yeah, here it is from Scarlett. No, no, no, that’s a little too great. We’re looking just for good ideas. That’s for those guys over there. That’s what being a good soldier is, okay? Being a good soldier is coming to your hometown where you cut your teeth. We got started and not being on the card.”
On how he was told it’s about going viral and being “undeniable” now: “It’s all about viral moments now. That’s what it’s all about, viral moments. Well, guy, everybody’s been telling me that I got to become undeniable. And as soon as it happens, they ignore it and they shut it down. I never asked to wrestle Randy [Orton], I never asked. That happened organically, and you ignored it for a viral moment. And good on Joe [Hendry]. Nothing against him, but you ignored it. And the crowd told you exactly how they felt about me on SmackDown when I was eliminated and you ignored it. Become undeniable, my a*s. My a*s, you want a viral moment? On behalf of all of the true fans of professional wrestling, guy with the suit and tie, in the truck, go f*** yourself. That’s from Killer Kross, no, f*** it.”
Following his rant, Kross knocked down the microphone while Scarlett tried to calm him down.
Kross told Scarlett, “They leak my contract information online! I have no privacy, nothing!”
Karrion Kross was GOING OFF here. If they run with this, they’ve got something. pic.twitter.com/BFBicKjYwp
— Jason Solomon ⚡️ (@solomonster) April 21, 2025
