10 Wrestlers Even AEW Couldn’t Sign
2. Karrion Kross
A crazy one this, considering the existing problem with roster bloat, but AEW couldn’t use Karrion Kross because Karrion Kross politely declined the opportunity to be used.
That was the story emerging out of the usual backstage channels anyway - Kross was supposed to eat a loss to Wardlow during the ‘War Dog’s match to MJF via various foes, but the former NXT Champion elected to sit on his WWE release a little longer rather than eat a Dynamite defeat.
The move, evidently, proved quite shrewd. When Triple H rose to power, Kross’ main roster return was one of the first statement booking moments to reflect the change. Buried and buried under Vince McMahon, this was a redebut, relaunch and complete reset.
He decked drew McIntyre, eyeballed Roman Reigns and - as of writing at least - hasn’t yet lost. Such a rapid fire trajectory is barely offered to AEW regulars, let alone the one-and-dones hoping to turn an opportunity into something more.