Killer Kross Books New Japan Debut With Minoru Suzuki Challenge

Former WWE Superstar Killer Kross (Karrion Kross) will make his NJPW Strong debut at Lonestar Shootout on April 1.

Killer Kross is heading to New Japan! Although he won’t actually be traveling to Japan … not yet, at least. The former WWE Superstar will make his NJPW debut at the promotion’s upcoming Lonestar Shootout event in Texas on April 1.

Kross imminent New Japan debut was announced via a video package shared on social media on Tuesday, March 15. In the video, Kross can be seen attacking trainee wrestlers in a gym. In a promo, Kross said that he earned the “Killer” monicker thanks to his accomplishments in and out of the ring. He then said that his “new beginning” begins in Texas and called out NJPW veteran Minoru Suzuki. The former NXT Champion signed off with his chilling catchphrase: tick-tock.

https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1503898845620580352

Source: TheSportster

Killer Kross Set For MLW Return

Former WWE Superstar Killer Kross (Karrion Kross) will return to MLW for the first time since 2020.

The Killer Kross comeback will continue in MLW! A vignette promoting Kross’ imminent return to promotion aired during the most recent edition of MLW Fusion.

Kross will perform in an MLW ring for the first time since 2020 at the company’s Super Fight event, which takes place at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on February 26.

Tick tock. https://t.co/V9tcpBigyn
— Karrion Kross ⏳ (@realKILLERkross) February 11, 2022

Shortly after making his MLW debut in February 2020, Kross signed for WWE and reported for duty on the company’s developmental brand NXT. Kross debuted for NXT in April 2020 and had the proverbial rocket strapped to him. He went on a dominant streak that culminated at NXT TakeOver: XXX with a win over Keith Lee for the NXT Championship. Kross relinquished the title a few days later due to a shoulder injury he sustained in the TakeOver: XXX main event, but won it back from Finn Balor upon his return in April of this year.

The 36-year-old was still NXT champ when he was called up to Raw, but he lost the title to Samoa Joe at NXT TakeOver 36 back in August. Kross was released by WWE along with several of his now-former colleagues on November 4.

“Everything felt wrong and I felt something bad coming, like four months before it happened,” Kross said of his doomed main roster tenure during a recent chat with Renee Paquette on her The Sessions podcast, on which he was interviewed alongside his real-life partner and fellow-former WWE Superstar, Scarlett Bordeaux. “But everyone I would talk to was like ‘oh no. Everybody loves you. It’s good. You have no problems, yada, yada, yada.’ But I felt it coming. I tried to, as professionally, politely as I could, talk to people in the chain of command about that. And I just tried to be a good sport about everything,” he added.

Source: TheSportster

MLW Fusion Preview 3/14/20 – Tom Lawlor vs. Killer Kross

What happens when WWE’s newest signee Killer Kross invades Major League Wrestling looking for a fight with 10-year UFC veteran and former MLW World Champion “Filthy” Tom Lawlor? Tick tock… viewers are about to find out on this week’s FUSION.

Tom Lawlor has been on a tear in 2020. Now he clashes with Killer Kross in a bout that has become an inter-promotional dream match. With high stakes, Lawlor vs. Kross promises to be a historic fight and main event that you don’t want to miss.

Where is CIMA? What has CONTRA Unit done with the decorated wrestler? There’s chatter that CONTRA will release a video that will shock the wrestling world while hopefully providing critical information on CIMA’s whereabouts. Tune in to learn more!

The World Middleweight Championship will be contested as the reigning and self-proclaimed “GOAT” Myron Reed looks to continue his outspoken and unrivaled run as he faces off against the Laredo Kid in a highly anticipated title fight.

Reed, who was unofficially pinned by the popular AAA luchador after a tag team bout a few weeks back, looks for revenge against the man who embarrassed him.

Laredo Kid’s quest for MLW gold comes under the watchful eye of AAA co-founder Konnan, who has had his own problematic run-ins with the outspoken trio known as Injustice.

Weeks after his Uncle Moonman was attacked by Dynasty, Mance Warner gets his hands on one of their members for the first time in a one-on-one fight, as he faces off against Gino Medina.

Will the Southern Fried fighter be able to stifle the Dynasty’s newest edition, or will the numbers game come into play and put Ole Mancer out of commission?

Back in Hawaii, Kevin Von Erich drops some knowledge on his sons as they ready for their continued war against Team Filthy.

PLUS! Pro Wrestling Illustrated honors Brian Pillman Jr.

Join Rich Bocchini, AJ Kirsch and Alicia Atout from Philadelphia for a night of top ranked action.

Matches:

Interpromotional Fight: Killer Kross vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor
MLW World Middleweight Title Fight: Myron Reed (c) vs. Laredo Kid
Mance Warner vs. “El Intocable” Gino Medina

WWE Confirms Signings Of Killer Kross And Timothy Thatcher

WWE has confirmed the two latest signings to join the company, independent wrestler Timothy Thatcher and former Impact star Killer Kross.

The confirmation from WWE on the signings were first reported Wednesday night by Pro Wrestling Sheet Editor-in-Chief Ryan Satin on WWE Backstage. News of Thatcher’s signing was first reported this morning by Casey Michael of Squared Circle Sirens.

Kross is arguably one of the hottest free agents in wrestling at the moment. As you’ll recall … Killer Kross was on an impressive run at Impact, but had a falling out with the company and sat on the sidelines for months while waiting for his release.

Thatcher has wrestled all over the world on the independent scene and is a former member of Ringkamp, now known as Imperium in NXT UK, with WALTER and Marcel Barthel.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Killer Kross To Receive Significant Contract Offer From WWE?

WWE officials are reportedly interested in bringing in former Impact Wrestling star Killer Kross.

WWE’s interest level in Kross is said to be significantly high, according to a new report from @Wrestlevotes. It was noted that Kross should receive a similar offer to what WWE offered current AEW star “Hangman” Adam Page last year. Word then was that Triple H offered “main roster money” for Page to work WWE NXT as one of the top stars of the brand.

There’s no word yet on if Kross is interested in signing with WWE, but the company is reportedly pursuing him heavily, more than they usually do with other free agents.

As noted earlier this week, Impact announced that Kross has been released from his contract. There was talk in September 2018 of WWE having interest in Kross, but that was the last we heard of it. His girlfriend, Scarlett Bordeaux, recently signed with WWE.

It was announced yesterday that Kross will make his debut for MLW on February 1, 2020.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Killer Kross To Make MLW Debut In February

MLW announced yesterday on Twitter that Killer Kross will be making his MLW debut on February 1, 2020.

Killer Kross will make his debut during MLW’s FIGHTLAND. The event marks MLW’s return to the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

As noted yesterday, Kross was released from Impact Wrestling. It was back in May when he asked for his release from Impact.

Below is MLW’s announcement:

https://twitter.com/MLW/status/1207835272647467008

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling Announces Release Of Killer Kross

Impact Wrestling has released Killer Kross.

The company announced this afternoon that Kross has been released from the company.

Kross debuted with Impact in June 2018. It’s been reported that the two sides have been in contract talks for a while now as his deal was to expire this month, but Impact had the option to roll-over the contract for 1 more year. Kross wanted out of the deal at one point.

Kross is in a relationship with Scarlett Bordeaux, who recently signed with WWE. It was reported in September 2018 that Kross had interest from WWE, but there have been no updates on if there’s still interest from WWE or AEW.

Below is the full release announcement from the Impact website:

Killer Kross ReleasedIMPACT Wrestling has come to terms on the release of Kevin Kesar (Killer Kross).

As seen below, Kross posted a “Chapter Zero” teaser to his YouTube channel, which includes clips from various promotions, including AEW, WWE and NJPW.

https://twitter.com/realKILLERkross/status/1207419524628275200

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Latest Update On Killer Kross-Impact Contract Situation, Kross Hires An Attorney

It was recently reported that Killer Kross was considering hiring a lawyer to deal with his contractual standoff with Impact Wrestling. According to PWInsider, Kross has indeed hired an attorney who is handling all of the communication between Kross and Impact.

Kross and Impact have been at a standstill regarding his existing contract since May. It was then when he requested his release as he believes he is worth more than what Impact is paying him but Kross maintained his professionalism and continued working for the promotion. Per PWInsider, Impact recently offered Kross a new three-year contract worth $40,000, $60,000 and $80,000 over the life of the deal.

A source says that those numbers are outdated and the final figures were much higher, but either way, Kross declined and is still on his existing contract which has 18 months remaining on it.

Kross is not booked for this weekend’s Impact tapings and his last appearance for the promotion came at Slammiversay on July 7. Adding to the complexity of Kross’ issues with Impact was that he participated in a First Blood match at the event, however Kross, who took the loss, did not want to blade for the match. That prompted Impact to secure fake blood hours before the event to which Kross agreed to use during the defeat.

Kross was also upset that there were no doctor on hand for Slammiversary considering that he was involved in such a match which required blood. Impact conceded that no doctors were present but there were emergency medical technicians (EMTs) at the facility.

Impact is holding tapings on Sep. 5-6 from Las Vegas which also happens to be where Killer Kross lives. But despite the tapings practically taking part in his back yard, Kross will not be present and there is still no timetable for when or if he will return to the ring with Impact Wrestling.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Reportedly Pulling Killer Kross From Upcoming Event Due To Concerns Of Lawsuit

When Impact fans last saw Killer Kross, he was defeated by Eddie Edwards in a First Blood Match at Slammiversary XVII. Kross had a kendo stick jammed into his mouth during the match which resulted in blood and the loss, however, it turns out it was not his blood.

According to PWInsider, Kross refused to blade during the match because there was no outside medical personnel in attendance. Impact was forced to track down fake blood hours before the show to book the match and the finish as planned.

Kross hasn’t been booked since then and Impact is reportedly planning to remove him from their September 15 AAA event in New York amid concerns that Kross will soon be suing Impact.

Kross’ problems with the promotion precede Slammiversary as he’s been in a contract standoff with Impact for months. He doesn’t feel as though he’s being compensated fairly and he made that clear during a July interview on Wrestling Inc.’s WINCLY podcast.

“I don’t have anything disparaging to say about the company and I made that clear,” Kross said. “The bottom line is that I’m a human being. Killer Kross might not be a human being but I am. The guy behind the glass coat is and personal circumstances change in life. I felt I was contributing to a greater degree than I was being compensated and I tried to find a common ground with them but we weren’t able to find one. But I’m a professional through and through.”

“My status with them: hard to say. But I’m going out there and giving everybody my best,” Kross said before adding that he should’t say anything about getting a better deal from Impact because “hypothetically they could use it against me.”

Kross also noted that he would like to stay with Impact if everything can be worked out but it’s of best interest to him and his family to be compensated what he feels that he’s worth.

Kross does have the ability to wrestle for independents and he did just that recently. On September 1 he defeated Tom Lawlor at a Warrior Wrestling event which was highlighted by Impact and Warrior Wrestling World Champion Brian Cage defeating Michael Elgin.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Jon Moxley Makes Surprise Indie Appearance To Answer Killer Kross’ Challenge

Killer Kross got what he was looking for last night in Las Vegas after Jon Moxley answered his recent challenge at an indie event.

Future Stars of Wrestling’s “Natural Born Killers” event took place Friday night in Las Vegas and Moxley made a surprise appearance to wrestle Killer Kross, who was there with Scarlett Bordeaux.

Kross made a video last month calling Mox out.

Unfortunately, the match ended in a no contest. Both wrestlers then beat up security guards afterward who were trying to break them apart. Moxley also got on the microphone and said Kross has now earned his respect, so he’d like to finish this in the future.

Watch some of the clips from social media below.

https://twitter.com/AndreasHale/status/1147381393548173312

https://twitter.com/marc_raimondi/status/1147381327940816902

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