Killer Kross Says WWE Told Him That Sales From His Book Were Irrelevant In Determining His Value

Killer Kross (Karrion Kross in WWE) departed WWE in August after his contract expired and wasn’t renewed.

Kross has spoken at length about contract negotiations, and how they never got off the ground as WWE made an offer, but didn’t negotiate when Kross wanted more insight as to how WWE came up with their figures.

On his latest One Big Work documentary, Kross invoked Moby Dick to give more details on his talks with WWE.

“When talent relations told Ahab [Kross] that the sale of his book, something they get a cut of and make a profit from, was irrelevant to the conversation in terms of determining his value, a book that is literally about a fucking kid standing at port watching them bring the whales back, growing up, going out to sea, and becoming a whaler himself, that’s all he wanted to do his whole fucking life. When you tell that kid that his story doesn’t matter and you’re taking money from him and you’re telling him that stuff is irrelevant to the conversation, there is no deal to be made and there is nothing to agree to. They said they would rescind their offer in 24 hours. He wanted to keep the dialogue open and really wanted to work things out. They rescinded the offer. Nobody contacted Ahab. Sometimes, when somebody makes you an offer and there are red flags all over it, you should pay attention to that,” he said.

Kross’ book “Life is Fighting” was released just prior to his WWE departure.

Kross has returned to the independent scene since leaving WWE, working for HOG Wrestling, DEFY, and more. He will be part of MLW on November 20.

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