{"id":68591,"date":"2020-02-05T09:25:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=68591"},"modified":"2020-02-05T09:25:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:25:02","slug":"wwe-announces-the-signing-of-killer-kross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/02\/05\/wwe-announces-the-signing-of-killer-kross\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces the signing of Killer Kross"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-732693293\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE has announced the signing of Killer Kross (Kevin Kesar). Kross had been a free agent since his departure from Impact Wrestling. Read the official announcement at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/article\/killer-kross-timothy-thatcher-wwe-performance-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> This was the expected landing spot for Kross given that his girlfriend Scarlett Bordeaux previously signed with the company. It&#8217;s a good signing for WWE, as Kross showed total package potential during his run with Impact. Kross worked the MLW Fightland event on Saturday. Going into the show, MLW COO Court Bauer told me on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/prowrestlingdotnet\/20200129pwboom\">Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast<\/a> that Kross was not under MLW contract.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2529641589\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[2203,37,128,101],"class_list":["post-68591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-killer-kross","tag-nxt","tag-pro-wrestling","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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