After WWE, All Elite Wrestling is largely recognized as the second biggest professional wrestling promotion in the world. In the eyes of Kross and Scarlett, though, status is irrelevant if creative opportunities are lacking.

“Wherever we go, whether it’s an independent or it’s a televised company or streaming, whatever have it, we want to be out there performing at our best,” Kross said when asked about the possibility of debuting in AEW. “We don’t want to show up, collect a paycheck, and just leave. We’re making an excellent living. We’re in a very unique situation, man. It doesn’t always work out this way for everybody independently, but we’re in an excellent situation where we’re able to work all over the world. To put it as plainly as possible, it’s not about clearing a particular amount of money. It’s about the purpose of the performance.”

Scarlett echoed Kross’ sentiments, noting that proper long-term storyline plans would put AEW in serious contention for their next landing spot. What exact ideas that plan might have to contain was not specified.

“We want to do meaningful performances with purpose and have fun,” Kross added. “Since we’ve been independent, we’ve been able to do that. It’s feeding our soul.”

Regardless of audience size, whether it be 40,000 or 2,000, Kross and Scarlett made it clear that they intend to perform at their highest level. Should they join AEW, which regularly attracts thousands of fans to its event, they would wrestle amongst a roster full of other ex-WWE stars such as Jon Moxley, Toni Storm, Chris Jericho, and Adam “Edge” Copeland.

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