Killer Kross says SummerSlam Raw angle canceled 24 hours before air

Former WWE star Killer Kross said this week that a major storyline slated to begin the Monday after SummerSlam was abruptly canceled just 24 hours before it was to air, a decision he and others say helps explain the rapid collapse of his contract talks with the company and his subsequent exit. Kross and his wife, Scarlett, were written off television after his SummerSlam loss to Sami Zayn, and within a week Kross declined a reported 24 hour offer to re-sign, opting instead to enter free agency.

"The creative we were supposed to have on Monday Night Raw got killed on Sunday," Kross told Denise Salcedo in an interview for Instinct Culture, describing plans that he called "really big" and which involved other performers. He said he would not name those performers to avoid jeopardizing their own creative directions, but suggested the idea could be revisited. The cancellation, he said, left him without a clear direction coming out of the premium live event.

Kross has repeatedly said the decision to cut the storyline and the terms of the contract offer were central to negotiations. In appearances on other programs he has indicated WWE offered him a contract but not Scarlett, and that...