Karrion Kross says he was told by ‘certain people’ not to acknowledge fan support

Karrion Kross at one point was told to ignore the crowd’s reception to him.

During his “The Killer: Part Two” documentary, Kross revealed that people in WWE were telling him that they weren’t ready to embrace the reactions he was getting, and was eventually told not to acknowledge the response.

“I remember in the beginning people were saying hey, I wouldn’t take it seriously, it’s not going to last or hey, let’s see if it’s for real when you go out there tonight or if it’s still there when we’re in a different city or a different state,” he recalled. “Then when it was still there and it got louder and louder and louder every week, that went away and it was kinda like “Well, we’re not really ready to fully embrace that.” I was being told by certain people, ‘Don’t acknowledge it,” which felt really wrong because having a connection with the audience, especially one that is like this, this doesn’t just come around for everybody. It wasn’t something that was constructed or thought of. This happened organically through a series of events and I wouldn’t even say it’s something that happened recently this year. This is something that is happening because of what has happened over the last three years.”

“I don’t feel like we are all collectively going in the direction that the audience would like us to go in. And that part doesn’t feel good,” he added.

Towards the end of the documentary, an audio clip was presented of Triple H addressing Karrion Kross chants during the SummerSlam pre-show. The CCO of WWE seemingly confused those chants with chants for the returning Brock Lesnar.

“You can’t ignore the crowd in this business,” Kross said. “You can try. It’s not going to be good in the end. You don’t want to make your audience feel they aren’t a part of this. You can’t tell them they are part of this and they are the universe and they are so heavily involved in every aspect of it and then on a whim tell them certain subsections don’t matter, we can’t do that. That pisses people off and turns people away.”

Kross confirmed during the documentary that his contract expired on August 10. Both he and Scarlett thanked fans on social media and said they were now accepting bookings.