4 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Aug 23)

6. Karrion Kross' Warrior Cosplay

Karrion Kross
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WWE's main roster writers seem hell-bent on making Karrion Kross look as goofy as possible. Having stripped away much of his act's bombast by eliminating Scarlett and toning his entrance down, creating a generic create-a-wrestler in the process, they have now dressed the former NXT Champion up like a 300 cosplayer at a convention.

Stomping down like a Demolition gimp (h/t Michael Sidgwick) with his new mask and crisscrossing leather straps, Kross beat Ricochet in around 90 seconds. His straps fell away before he could finish the high-flyer off.

The match itself wasn't particularly effective, as Kross isn't intimidating or impactful enough to come off as dominant in situations like this. That he is now playing dress-up makes his situation even worse. If he wasn't dead on arrival on the main roster, he is surely hopeless now.

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