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Karrion Kross

While Karrion Kross has been booked as an unstoppable monster during his time in WWE NXT, things did not go that way for the NXT Champion during his main roster debut against Jeff Hardy on RAW last week. Kross surprisingly lost the match in short order and this caused quite a stir among both fans and critics alike.

One person with a slightly different take on Kross losing to Jeff Hardy was former WCW executive Eric Bischoff. The WWE Hall of Famer felt that having Kross lose to Hardy may be a way for Vince McMahon to test the NXT Champion and his professionalism:

I'm with you. You've got to let these things play out. And I don't know what the rationale or psychology is before having a guy lose, especially someone coming out of WWE NXT and being his first shot at the roster and coming out and losing. There may be a reason for it. It may be Vince's way of testing. He may want to see how a talent reacts in that situation. Is he a pro? Is she a pro? You get boo-boo faces, as they say. You know, you get to see a lot in someone when you look them in the eye when they come through that curtain after they've had their first match, and it was a loss. Maybe that's it. But I'm with you, man. Let the story play out. Let's see where it goes. H/T: Sportskeeda

During the latest WWE NXT tapings, a segment with Karrion Kross had to be re-shot because of the amount of Jeff Hardy chants from the crowd. The segment saw Kross cut a promo on Samoa Joe before Joe did a run-in, and had to be re-shot at the end of the taping.