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Paul Heyman croit que Karrion Kross, qui est adoré des fans mais sous-estimé par la WWE, vit la même situation que Stone Cold Steve Austin à ses débuts au sein de la compagnie.
En entrevue pour The Ariel Helwani Show, Heyman rappelle que lors du “post-show” de SummerSlam, les fans se sont mis à scander “We Want Cross”, ce qui a été ignoré par la WWE.
Il ajoute que Cross forme un excellent duo avec sa femme Scarlett.
“Well, they’ve made it a thing. Okay. And it’s not just the internet. It’s the internet. It’s the live crowd. It’s it’s it’s it’s the people that buy merchandise. He’s a He’s a tremendous performer. And what an act he has with Scarlet. I mean, they are great together.”
Heyman compare la situation à ce qui est arrivé à Kofi Kingston et Bryan Danielson, deux “underdogs” qui ont été propulsés par les fans. Il faut donc y aller selon lui progressivement avec Kross.
Selon lui, ce sont les fans qui feront (ou non) de Kross une star et la WWE n’aura pas le choix de les écouter.
“Should he be getting more opportunities? Should he be How do you know? Well, let me ask you this. If he were getting great opportunities, if he were the intercontinental champion or the the US champion right now, would he have this level of support from the crowd? No. They love to get behind, you know, Kofi, Daniel Bryan. They love to get behind someone, the underdog, so to speak. So, it’s working.”
“Yeah, it’s working. Yeah, it’s working. Yeah. I It It’s organic. The By the way, I’m not hating on it. It’s fun. I like him. I’m rooting for him. It’s just fun to see these things sort of like, you know, the the the audience is calling for him to be a bigger star.”
“And if and if we don’t deliver it on a timetable that an impatient audience, an impassioned audience is going to like, they’re going to get behind him even more, which is great. They’re making him a star. We’re not shoving him and Scarlet down anybody’s throats. The audience itself is making him a star and indeed perhaps a top star and he’s talented enough and so is she to carry it.”
Heyman fait donc un parallèle avec Stone Cold Steve Austin, qui a exactement vécu ce même genre de réactions avant de devenir une grande vedette à la WWE. CM Punk peut également faire partie du jeu des comparaisons.
“It reminds me of someone else by the way that was in WWE that the audience felt this is our guy. We like this act. We like him to be a bigger star. Why aren’t you making him a bigger star? Damn it. Make him a bigger star. We’re going to chant his name. We’re going to bring his signs. We’re going to buy his t-shirts. We’re going to demand that you make him a bigger star. That guy’s name was Steve Austin.”
“Daniel Bryan, too. CM Punk as well. My god. Yes. I thought that’s actually what you were going to say. Yeah. But but but yes, CM Punk. But yeah. Yeah. Point taken as well. I I concede that point to you.”
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