10 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About Killer Kross

10. WrestleMania VI Was The Beginning

The Ultimate Warrior WrestleMania VI
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We all need to start somewhere. The wrestling landscape is filled with competitors who grew up in the WrestleMania era, performers who cite Austin, Rock, Michaels and Hart as their childhood favourites. A common thread runs through the influences of the modern performer, with classic moments and modern matches creating a connection between wrestlers and a fanbase that isn’t getting any younger.

Where did the infatuation with professional wrestling begin for Killer Kross? WrestleMania VI, Toronto Skydome, Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior. Kross has mentioned in interviews that this is his first specific pro wrestling memory, and what a memory it is. The main event remains one of the most iconic matches in the history of the Shows of Shows, a colourful clash between two titans that grabbed an entire generation of fans.

Kross has admitted to being a manic child, and it was high energy characters like the Warrior that initially got him hooked on wrestling. Pro wrestling in the ‘80s and ‘90s was a world of colour and energy, of loud noises and even louder personalities, and it was these that lit the spark within a young boy from Colorado.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.