On a recent edition of the “Insight” podcast, Karrion Kross discussed the possibility of wrestling John Cena, a match the WWE Universe has been heavily looking forward to since his NXT tenure.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On returning to WWE: “When Hunter reached out to Scarlett and I and basically just asked us, Do you guys want to come home? We were like, absolutely. So he had just said to us, I would like to kind of reprise, you know, what we had created in NXT and translate that to the main roster. And so without needing to have much more of a conversation beyond that, because we had worked together, he doesn’t have to over-explain himself, I get the idea and the vision. So did she. We were like well, let’s give the audience what they wanted that they never got when we came up. Like I can’t even, it was inescapable. When I was released, everywhere her and I went, fans were saying we just wanted to see you guys together and get that murder run on the main roster that you had on NXT, we wanted to see that translate. They wanted to see the guy, you know, come out of the ground and start fighting people on the mountain of the main rosters. It’s like, that whole thing. And we were just like, this is exactly what they want to see. It’s what we want to do, it was a no-brainer.”
On calling out Batista in 2019: “So it’s crazy how it can either happen immediately, or it can happen over time how people will attach like a crazy context to something that might not totally be accurate. So like when I called Dave out. My intention was, first of all, he was in the hotel, we were wrestling and it was a GCW event. He was filming a zombie film. Someone told me right before I walked through the curtain that Batista was here, and I was like, I want to meet him. They’re like, No, no, not here, he’s in the building. I went, Where? Oh, he’s in the building filming a movie of course, he’s filming a movie. And at that time, I was bummed to hear that he retired, I was a huge fan of his growing up. And just even being at the, you know, the smaller level that I was at the time. I love that. Like, I still love this. It’s hard for me to imagine not being in love with this anymore to the point where I would be comfortable and okay to retire. So I was thinking in that context at the time, like, there’s no way he doesn’t love this anymore. Maybe he just needs something creative that he would be really interested in. Because that’s all of us. You can hook us back into wrestling when we’re retired if there’s something you’re genuinely interested in doing creatively, and Dave has like a shoot background. He’s like a legit brown belt in jujitsu. So I go out there and I do the match with Nick Gage, choke him, get up. And yeah, call Batista out with the intention hoping that if he really didn’t want to be retired, and he wanted to do something that he’s never done before that would be in his wheelhouse that people have never seen him do, which would be like the shoot work stuff, I would have been happy.”
Did Batista respond to Karrion Kross? “I doubt it, but Josh [Barnett] knows him. Maybe Josh may have told him but it was never in a way where it was like, you know, screw Dave Batista. No. Like you heard the reaction from people they really right away were like, it would be awesome to have Dave Batista on Bloodsport, it would be awesome. And like for people to see him move, legit. You know what I mean on the ground and free roll and flow with people that I think it would have been awesome.”
On a future match with John Cena: “I can’t say it’s not impossible. So during the lockdowns, fans were fantasy-booking tonnes of stuff. They started fantasy-booking me versus John Cena. That blew my mind. I was still in NXT. I was expecting maybe ideas and concepts like that would come at a later time one day when I’m on main roster, they were already saying they wanted to see that. Then I think one day John posted a picture of me on his Instagram with no caption, no context, and people went crazy over it. You know, unfortunately, some things happened from that point to where we are now where I was no longer with the company. And now I’m back and he’s here as well. Just thought I’d put it out there and see if people still felt about it.”
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The possibility of a match between Karrion Kross and John Cena has been a topic of discussion among wrestling fans. Kross recently spoke about this potential matchup on the “Insight” podcast, shedding some light on the situation.
Kross expressed his excitement about returning to WWE after being released and mentioned how Triple H reached out to him and Scarlett to bring them back. He revealed that the idea was to recreate what they had achieved in NXT and bring it to the main roster. Kross and Scarlett were eager to give the audience what they had been wanting since their NXT days. The fans had expressed their desire to see them together and witness their dominant run on the main roster.
The conversation then shifted to Kross calling out Batista in 2019. Kross clarified that his intention was not to disrespect Batista but rather to express his admiration for him and his desire to see him return to wrestling. Kross believed that if Batista had something creatively interesting to do in the wrestling world, he would be open to coming back. However, there was no response from Batista, although Kross mentioned that Josh Barnett, who knows Batista, might have informed him about the call-out.
The highlight of the podcast was when Kross addressed the possibility of a future match with John Cena. He mentioned that during the lockdowns, fans were already fantasy-booking a match between him and Cena, which surprised him since he was still in NXT at the time. Kross recalled that Cena had once posted a picture of him on Instagram without any caption or context, which drove fans crazy. Unfortunately, circumstances changed, and Kross was released from the company. However, now that he is back in WWE and Cena has also returned, Kross wanted to gauge if fans still felt the same way about the potential matchup.
While nothing is confirmed yet, Kross’s comments have sparked excitement among wrestling fans who are eagerly awaiting a possible showdown between him and Cena. The match would undoubtedly be a clash of two dominant forces in the ring, and fans are hopeful that it will eventually happen.
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