At WrestleMania 40 – Night 2, The Pride (Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits) (with B-Fab) defeated The Final Testament (Karrion Kross & Authors of Pain) (with Scarlett and Paul Ellering) in a Philadelphia Street Fight, with Bubba Ray Dudley as the special guest referee.
There were rumors that there was real-life heat between Kross and Lashley on the road to WrestleMania XL.
Kross was asked about this during an interview with Chris Van Vliet. Here’s what the former NXT Champion said:
“I hate that I’m saying this, but zero (heat). It was a work. He knows I feel this way about him. It’s not the first time I’m saying it, and unless you would have asked me about this, I would have never said it; I love that dude to death.
I wanted to tell him afterwards so he didn’t think I was trying to butter him up before we went out; I told him after the match was done, expressed how much I love him, how much I’ve looked up to him and what an honor it was to work with him.
I remember when they brought ECW back, WWE did. People can say whatever they want about it. I thought his section of being ECW Champion was awesome; I loved it; I was a bit of an ECW snob growing up; I was a bit of a snob fan.
I was like, oh, ECW Originals; I didn’t care; I was like, no, he’s awesome. He looks like the f**king Hulk and he’s diving out of the ring and doing crazy stuff. He’s putting people through tables and stuff.
Then, for me personally, fast forward now I’m working Mania with him. I told him all that at the end of the match.
On the way to that Mania match, Bobby and I were constantly trying to find ways to intensify the conflict. Respectfully, we just felt like there were certain things on the way there that felt redundant.
It’s not me being salty about anything, it’s just him and I wanted to make this as intense and as crazy as possible. He had an idea to try to blur the lines on the way there to make it feel as real as possible.”
WATCH: Scarlett Bordeaux (Karrion Kross’ Girlfriend) Shows Off Her Super Sexy Buns:
