6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (17 Mar - Results & Review)

5. Kross Stirs The Pot

Karrion Kross has been a great devil’s advocate in recent months, appearing backstage and putting thoughts in wrestlers’ heads that mess with their judgment.

Kross continued that trend Monday night when he sidled up to AJ Styles and asked him whether he was mad at himself rather than mad at Logan Paul. Karrion suggested that Styles might be jealous because it took him 17 years to reach WWE and Paul basically fell into it right away and accomplished many of the goals that AJ had in a fraction of the time.

To his credit, Styles observed that he saw what Kross was trying to do, but it wasn’t going to work. As soon as he left, Karrion maintained that his tactics are indeed having the desired effect.

Really, that’s true to a large extent. Placing doubt in someone’s mind, playing to their deepest fears or hidden jealousy works, even if only partially. All it takes is instilling a bit of doubt or change in thinking and you’ve succeeded. And Kross has been fun in this role. It would be great to see it lead somewhere, but for now, professional sh**-stirrer will work just fine.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.