As noted earlier this week, Karrion Kross was the latest guest this week on Chris Van Vliet’s “INSIGHT” podcast. Here are some more interview highlights (scroll down to watch the entire interview):
Karrion Kross talking about his current character in WWE:
“This rendition of the character that we’re doing right now, for me personally, is the most repulsive to bring to life, because it’s a bit of Sean O’Haire, who was one of my favorites, and also Kevin Sullivan as well, who doesn’t get the love and credit he deserves. A lot of what I’m doing with this character is like the opposite of a love letter. It’s kind of a hate letter to all of the terrible things people just kind of say to each other, the way they behave. Being a deceptive person is probably the most rotten thing you could possibly be in life, and if you’re looking to create a heel that can play off of anyone and do anything and functionally in a television format, someone who can reward the viewer for watching the show episodically and paying attention to the stories that they’ve told for 10, 20, 30 years, this is the perfect character as a heel because I can talk about Woods’ past, I can talk about Kofi’s past, and at the same time, I can also bring up vile things that maybe toxic fans have to say about, you know, this guy’s better than the other.”
If his heat with Bobby Lashley is legit:
“I hate that I’m saying this, but zero (heat). It was a work. He knows I feel this way about him. It’s not the first time I’m saying it, and unless you would have asked me about this, I would have never said it. I love that dude to death. I wanted to tell him afterwards so he didn’t think I was trying to butter him up before we went out. I told him after the match was done, expressed how much I love him, how much I’ve looked up to him and what an honor it was to work with him. I remember when they brought ECW back, WWE did. People can say whatever they want about it. I thought his section of being ECW Champion was awesome. I loved it. I was a bit of an ECW snob growing up. I was a bit of a snob fan. I was like, oh, ECW originals. I didn’t care. I was like, no, he’s awesome. He looks like the f*cking Hulk and he’s diving out of the ring and doing crazy stuff. He’s putting people through tables and stuff. Then, for me personally, fast forward now I’m working Mania with him. I told him all that at the end of the match.”
“On the way to that Mania match, Bobby and I were constantly trying to find ways to intensify the conflict. Respectfully, we just felt like there were certain things on the way there that felt redundant. It’s not me being salty about anything, it’s just him and I wanted to make this as intense and as crazy as possible. He had an idea to try to blur the lines on the way there to make it feel as real as possible.”
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article please credit Chris Van Vliet with a h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
