10 Huge Signings WWE Must Make In 2020

3. Killer Kross

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There's a certain irony to this pitch - Killer Kross currently works for a company in which he's dissatisfied and cannot escape - but that company cannot pay him the same sort of money WWE is able to offer.

Cynically, Kross is likely on WWE's radar purely because he's on a radar. His ability to generate buzz within Impact Wrestling is enough to alert WWE under this new paradigm of warehousing all talent that is talented and considered remotely marketable.

Less cynically, Kross boasts skills that could see him excel in New Japan Pro Wrestling - his is a very believable, clinical, mat-based throwback style - but his cachet and searing intensity seems to belong to the NXT aesthetic. Recent whispers suggest that the impasse is coming to an end, and moreover, his partner Scarlett Bordeaux has also signed with the black-and-gold brand this year. NXT offers Kross a far healthier life/work balance than that which he endures at present.

More cynically, AEW might want him, and Vince isn't yet sure whether or not he can pull off a southern accent.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!