10 Gimmicks WWE Wrestlers Will Want You To Forget In 5 Years
6. Karrion Kross
In a wonderful break from the norm, an NXT 'call-up' has finally been placed where they rightfully belong: the main event! Okay, in truth, it was on the show Main Event, and not the show-closing match of Wrestlemania, but come on! Baby steps, people.
Like his partner, Scarlett, rumour and innuendo has Karrion Kross set to make the jump to the main roster soon, and if his appearance on Main Event against Shelton Benjamin is anything to go by, he might be in for a rocky time. Though winning the exhibition, notably absent in his Main Event appearance was his showcase entrance, the mystique of the unique lighting and titantron video, and of course, Scarlett herself. The NXT Champion has seemingly been wrenched from his valet, and thrust, blank-faced and bleary-eyed into the bright lights of the main roster, where so many former NXT champions have absolutely flourished and definitely not faded into obscurity.
Whether or not this rumoured solo run on RAW or Smackdown is a prospect for right now or the near future remains to be seen. With a lot of the more exciting aspects of his character seemingly left behind on NXT, Kross may soon be falling and praying in the hope that the main roster audience doesn't remember how frightening his NXT persona was in comparison to his possible new, 'large sweaty man' gimmick on Main Event.