Karrion Kross Confirms Talks With AEW Prior To WWE Return

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Karrion Kross has confirmed that he had talks with AEW before returning to WWE earlier this year.

Kross and Scarlett were some of the first stars to re-join WWE following Triple H taking over creative, with the duo making their first appearances back on the August 5 edition of SmackDown.

Prior to this, there had been speculation that Kross was going to appear for AEW, with Tony Khan indicating that he had spoken with the former NXT Champion.

Speaking with Mirror Sport, Kross confirmed that he had considered a potential AEW run, but chose to return to WWE instead.

Explaining his decision, Kross noted:

“There was there was an idea that was proposed to me to come and do something there (at AEW). But it was just so abundantly clear to me from dealing with fans face to face, that a WWE return was what people wanted to see.

“It was always flattering. We were grateful we were receiving offers to do things but at the end of the day we knew we really should not tie ourselves down contractually somewhere else.

“We’d be in airports, we’d be in restaurants, in gyms, meet and greets, you name it anywhere, and we would have people come up to just pour their hearts out and express a lot of admiration and regret that things did not play out the way that they wanted them to, telling us how heartbroken they were that they never got to see the continuity of what we created in NXT come up to the main roster.

“In the back of our minds every single time we got an offer that was a deciding factor.”

Kross has also previously revealed that he almost signed a multi-fight deal with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship prior to his WWE return, which you can read more about right here.

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