Select Answers: AllOutAPalooza Surprises, Seth Rollins Changing How Works...Work, Kross-wwe

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Can you see any big surprises at All Out or WWE Wrestlepalooza

I don't know what they'll be, but yeah, I could see some happening. I know WWE wanted to load up that show. Obviously they want to do something to drown out the buzz that AEW All Out could possibly get. But they also want to make a big impression for the new ESPN deal. They traditionally have done that-- they start out with something really huge to establish their new product. They've done that with things like Main Event, Saturday Night's Main Event and the like.

Have you found since Seth's fake injury now more then ever everyone thinks everything is a work now?

I just think it's the way a lot of kayfabe will be kept moving forward, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Obviously I make my living with getting scoops and finding out what is going on, but there are more people who have occasional access to such a thing than ever. Think of it this way. WWE did so much crazy shit from 1998-2001 that they had to scale it back and took it almost completely away. There wasn't the same insane level of stunts and violence. It's hard to top Mick Foley falling off a cage, Droz falling off the Titantron and Shane McMahon falling off of anything that is bolted down. Prior to the 2000s, it wasn't out of the ordinary to see people go to the lengths that Seth Rollins did to protect an angle. I think we will see more people do it, and they should. If they fool people like us, we'll tip our cap and try to figure it out next time.

Any word on any movement or new communication between Kross and WWE? Or any other major company?

I've not heard of any subsequent contact between WWE and Kross. I have also not heard of any discussion between AEW and Kross, but it's not like he'd never been considered there. He was considered for a spot where he was one of MJF's hired guns to take on Wardlow. However, the role was only for Kross and Scarlett wasn't offered to be brought in, so he politely declined from what I remembered. Big Bill ended up taking the role and ended up landing a full time job with AEW.