Logan Paul scored a controversial victory against AJ Styles at Wrestlemania 41 and one member of the WWE roster unleashed a furious rant against him.
Paul improved his record at WWE’s flagship event to 3-1 by defeating Styles on night two of Wrestlemania despite intervention from another superstar.
During their match, one of Paul’s associates attempted to provide the social media star with brass knuckles to cement his victory only for superstar Karrion Kross to get involved and ultimately try to get Styles to use the weapon against Paul.
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The former TNA star refused which allowed Paul to hit his finishing move and snatch the victory.
After the dust had settled on the event in Las Vegas, Kross would gatecrash the WWE’s Wrestlemania recap show on YouTube to unleash a furious rant against the company and Paul, completely blurring the lines between character and reality with some fans suggesting the rant was 100% real.
Kross took aim at Paul for taking a ‘shortcut’ to the WWE and lamented the fact he was not given a booking on Wrestlemania.
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“Let’s talk about how awesome it is that Logan Paul just won and let’s talk about Sam, let’s talk about what Logan Paul represents,” he began as per WrestleTalk. “The short cut, it feels so good to be here, it feels so good to be in the business, thinking about all the funerals that I wasn’t able to attend for the last 11 years in this business, all the holidays I missed.
“You know I could have just started a YouTube channel and could have just jumped in there with AJ Styles, it feels really good right? It’s awesome. It’s really good.”
Kross’ wife Scarlett, also a superstar on the WWE roster, added: “You know we have 25 years combined experience and what are we doing on Mania?”
Kross finished with his rant and also took aim at Styles for not taking the opportunity to hand Paul the defeat by using the brass knuckles.
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He continued: “They know because they’re normal human beings and they actually love professional wrestling but apparently that doesn’t mean s**t anymore, it doesn’t mean s***. All I asked, all I asked Allen [Styles] to do for once, was to not just think about himself.
“Think about everybody in the back and think about the professional wrestling fans, that’s all I wanted him to do.
“Sometimes to do the right thing you have to do the wrong thing, but he’s a narcissist and he had to things his way.
“Hey Allen, how many more WrestleManias do you have in your system? Probably one? Maybe this is the last one and you just pissed it away for what? For your way? Thanks a lot bud, I really appreciate it.”
He ended on a bombshell statement that has led to fans thinking he could face punishment from the WWE.
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Kross signed off: “I never asked to wrestle Randy Orton, I never asked. That happened organically and you ignored it for a viral moment, and good on Joe. Nothing against him but you ignored it. And the crowd told you exactly how they felt about me on SmackDown when I was eliminated and you ignored it.
“Become undeniable? My ass. My ass. You want a viral moment? On behalf of all the true fans of professional wrestling, guy with the suit and tie in the truck go f**k yourself. That’s from Killer Kross.”
One fan reacting to the clip said: “Do we think was real?”
Another said: “Hopefully he gets re-signed because he just cooked the guys who signed his paycheck.”
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A third added: “I feel like Scarlett had no idea he was doing this. She seems legit shocked/worried”
Kross is out of contract with the WWE this year as reported by Fightful Select and his wife reacted to the clip going viral on social media.
She wrote: “Whatever happens next, we did it our way. Proud to stand beside a man who never plays it safe.”
WWE are yet to officially comment on Kross’ outburst which could turn out to be the piece of promotional content that gets him a new contract.
Topics: WWE, WrestleMania, Logan Paul, AJ Styles, Wrestling
Marcus Banks