5 reasons why Killer Kross signed with WWE

#1 Money and freedom

Time's up.

As mentioned on a previous slide, the two companies around that would be able to offer any potential free agent the most money were AEW and WWE. A lot more promotions had interest in Kross, like ROH, MLW and NJPW, but the top two companies in terms of offering the most lucrative deals are the first two mentioned above.

WWE has even been recently offering significantly more money to many different stars just in order to keep them from going elsewhere. If you want to make the most money possible in the professional wrestling industry, you should strive to join either AEW or the WWE.

Some wrestlers like Joey Ryan feel that they have enough freedom in their lives and feel they don't have to be with a huge promotion. Others just want to be happy and chose quality of their life over money. It's a reason why The Revival have rejected new offers.

While some people want to make the most money possible, others get to the point where creative freedom is the ultimate goal. It's a big part why Jon Moxley departed and why certain acts opt to sign with one promotion over another.

In the case of Killer Kross, he was the most prominent free agent once Marty Scrull chose to re-sign with ROH. He had the option to pick his next home and likely had the ability to dictate some terms due to his spot as a coveted free agent. How that translates into his new home is obviously still months away but he had the freedom to pick and choose how and where he would wrestle.

He didn't have that freedom during the latter half of his stint in Impact Wrestling. Now he does and because he was so sought after, it would be crazy not to push him heavily whenever he debuts. Some might argue that WWE doesn't offer everyone creative freedom, but for Kross, the pieces fell into place and he made his choice.