Scarlett On Why WWE Passed On Her Luchadora Persona: They Were Pushing The Women’s Revolution And My Character Was The Exact Opposite Of That

Killer Kross and Scarlett comment on their WWE run.

Both of them had multiple runs in WWE. Their initial run saw Kross win the NXT Championship before debuting on the main roster. Kross and Scarlett were released in 2021. They later returned next year and had a 3-year stint with the company before leaving again.

Speaking with D-Von Dudley recently, Kross and Scarlett were asked if their WWE runs were like what they expected.

“(Kross) At times, yes, and at times, no. What about you? 

(Scarlett) A lot of it, yes. I had a lot of friends that were producers and wrestlers that came in and out of there. I rode in the car with a lot of people from Ring of Honor. We would keep in touch afterwards, so they would tell me what was going on for years. I started Ring of Honor in 2012, so when people were starting to get signed, they would kind of relay back what’s going on. So I knew what to expect, but I did think that I was going to get a shot to wrestle on my own, just because the character I was doing right before that was very over. 

(Kross) It was huge. I’m gonna say it, because she won’t say it that way, it was huge. The viewership that it was getting online with her clips and the viewership converts to monetization, she was making so much money for companies on the back end of their socials, people don’t even realize. 

(Scarlett) I’m still the highest-viewed luchadora on AAA to this day. 

(Kross) Millions upon millions of views. Like for people who don’t have a point of reference, this is with a regular YouTube deal. If you were to get a million views on YouTube and your account is verified, that’s $10,000 that goes into the account. So she had millions of views. She was watched all over Latin America. 

(Scarlett) They didn’t want to run with it. 

(Kross) They didn’t want to run with it, which is very strange. Even to this day, I don’t know why.”

Scarlett thinks the reason WWE didn’t want to go in this direction was that they were pushing the women’s revolution. 

“(Scarlett) I think they were pushing the women’s revolution in the way they were, and my character was the exact opposite of that. It was a throwback. It was a parody of bringing sexy back to wrestling. Because all the girls are trying to be serious. I’m like, ‘No, no. Let’s just be a hot chick. Like, bring back bra and panties matches.’ No one was doing that at the time. No one had their asses out. It pissed a lot of people off, including women in the business. But it’s funny, because now look it was a great heel character. 

(Kross) She was working as a heel, and she worked as a diva. No one was really doing it, so it worked. 

(Scarlett) But it was very much the opposite of what they were pushing. I remember they were like, ‘Women’s Evolution.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, bra and panties match.’ 

(Kross) They’re like, ‘Are you sure? This is what you wanna do?’ 

(Scarlett) I’m like, it’s pissing people off. It’s great. 

(Kross) For her, it was about at the time, owning her sexuality rather than being told you’re not going to be sexual. That actually was sort of like… I don’t know, how would you put it? Is that fair to say? 

(Scarlett) It’s equivalent. Telling a woman to take her clothes off is equivalent to saying cover up, basically. Just let me do what the hell I wanna do. It’s just as bad. It’s a different form of objectification.” 

Elsewhere in the interview, Kross revealed the origin of his gladiator mask in WWE. Fans can check his comments here. 

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