It turned out there was a problem though, as when Kross went over to discuss the promo with creative, none of them expressed issues with him, and some even admitted they hadn’t even seen the promo. After taking a walk around the arena and interacting with other WWE personnel, Kross found that no one seemed to have any particular problem with his promo, leading to him calling back the person from talent relations to straighten things out.

“I call him back, no answer,” Kross said. “The next day, no answer. I think it was like the third day he finally picks up. He’s like ‘Yeah, I shouldn’t have said it that way. I apologize. It was actually Hunter.’ And I was like ‘Man. So since we’ve spoke, have you talked to Hunter and explained everything to him that I explained to you?’ And he’s like ‘No.’ 

“And I was like ‘So you’re letting our boss just sit there and fume for how many days now? You could’ve just told me this on Monday. He was down the hall. I could go talk to him and just explain all of this. This is like a misunderstanding.’ So I eventually did speak with Hunter and cleared the air with him…He was super cool about it once we spoke to him. He understood where I was coming from, what I was trying to do.”

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