10 Wrestlers Who MUST Switch Brands In The 2021 WWE Draft

5. Karrion Kross (NXT To SmackDown)

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Careful now.

That'd be this fan's advice to WWE if they were handling a Karrion Kross switch from NXT to SmackDown. He's the reigning NXT Champion, and they don't want to leave Tuesday nights without a linchpin. Basically, big Karrion would need to drop the belt before the upcoming Draft.

There's also the not-so-small matter of Scarlett. Does she come with her real-life man? Or, do WWE try something different with the blonde bombshell elsewhere? It's a conundrum, but it shouldn't be. WWE should've learned lessons from their bid to break up Andrade and Zelina Vega previously; some packages just work, and that's the case for Kross and Scarlett.

Karrion seems like the sort of intense, well-muscled worker that Vince McMahon would love too. It's not inconceivable that he'd be pushed to the moon as a secondary heel (behind Roman Reigns) on SmackDown immediately, and there's nothing to suggest Kross wouldn't thrive in bouts opposite guys like Big E or Cesaro.

Unless, of course...

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