It was a bittersweet NXT TakeOver XXX for Karrion Kross, who won the NXT Championship, but suffered a shoulder injury in the process.
WWE confirmed the shoulder injury after the event, saying Kross would get an MRI on Monday.
Speaking to Marc Raimondi of ESPN, Kross gave his own diagnosis.
"I will get the professional, educated opinion on what the severity of it is," Kross said. "But it's definitely separated. I won't beat around the bush about that. As the saying goes, it's not ballet. I feel mixed emotions right now. The whole situation is very bittersweet. I think from a natural place, I'm always a very motivated individual. I'm a solution-based thinker, rather than a pity-based thinker."
When asked if he would miss much time, Kross said, "From my point of view, no. [Due to] how I feel and what I've heard, I don't know. I'm very intuitive with my body. And the range of emotion that I have right now, while it's not what I would like it to be, for me personally it would indicate to me that I'm going to get be able to get through this without any sort of extreme measures, so to speak. In my opinion, today."
Discussing his victory and working through the injury, Kross said, "Whatever is going on with my shoulder is not as important to me as proving right now to every single person that I work with, every single person that's taken time or equity out of their careers to elevate me that I'm worth a s---. I'm gonna finish this strong, no matter how severe this is. This is the time where people see who you really are. Because nobody could do anything for you right now. You have to stand up on your own two feet and show your worth. There are times in life where something happens and now it's time to prove all of those things that you said. That was my calling [Saturday] night. That moment for me was [Saturday] night. It didn't happen at a time where it was convenient. It happened in literally the most important match of my career on probably the most important day of my life occupationally."
It is currently unknown how much time Kross will miss.
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