{"id":67727,"date":"2020-04-30T11:57:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=67727"},"modified":"2020-05-24T21:47:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T01:47:28","slug":"killer-kross-scarlett-nxt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/04\/30\/killer-kross-scarlett-nxt\/","title":{"rendered":"A Love Story With A Body Count: Killer Kross &#038; Scarlett Bourdeaux Set for NXT Live Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For weeks now, NXT has been releasing vignettes and teasers to signal the impending arrival of former <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> stars <strong>Killer Kross<\/strong> and <strong>Scarlett Bourdeaux<\/strong>. On Wednesday, a date was finally set and next Wednesday, Killer Kross &#8211; now known as <strong>Karrion Kross<\/strong> in NXT &#8211; and Scarlett Bourdeaux will be debuting together in NXT.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The end arrives next week: WWE NXT, April 29, 2020\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/80k_2lav_UU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Scarlett Bourdeaux signed with WWE first, announced as part of the November 2019 class of new recruits, following her release from IMPACT that previous June. Kross was finally released from IMPACT in December of 2019 and was announced as part of the February 2020 class of new recruits, which also included recently debuted <strong>Timothy Thatcher<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A love story with a body count. <\/p>\n<p>See you next week.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TickTock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TickTock<\/a> \u23f3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWENXT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreNXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WeAreNXT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTonUSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTonUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hcZanUBwQy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/hcZanUBwQy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scarlett Bordeaux (@Lady_Scarlett13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lady_Scarlett13\/status\/1255684760883597312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that all the vignettes have shown that the real-life couple will indeed be paired together in NXT, something that never happened while both were members of the IMPACT Wrestling roster. But it&#8217;s not something foreign to the couple, as they worked together in Mexico with <strong>AAA Lucha Libre<\/strong> and in various indies, such as <strong>Bar Wrestling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67733\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67733\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/46516701_2447345271959876_6611939849672851456_n-e1588262105681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: AAA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scarlett Bourdeaux got her start in 2011 with\u00a0<strong>Ohio Valley Wrestling<\/strong>, where she was trained by former WWE Superstars\u00a0<strong>Al Snow<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Nick \u201cEugene\u201d Dinsmore<\/strong>\u00a0and by 2013 was making appearances for\u00a0<strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong>\u00a0in the revamped Women of Honor division. Scarlett Bourdeaux got her first taste of WWE in 2016, working in an enhancement capacity on Raw against\u00a0<strong>Nia Jax<\/strong>, as well as making her\u00a0<strong>SHIMMER<\/strong> debut that same year. In 2017, she had her first tour with\u00a0<strong>Stardom<\/strong>\u00a0in Japan, teaming with UK star Chardonnay in the Goddesses of Stardom Tournament, working from October through December. She also became a regular with\u00a0<strong>AAW<\/strong>, where she was the valet for\u00a0<strong>The Besties in the World<\/strong>, and in 2018 made her debut with\u00a0<strong>AAA<\/strong>\u00a0in Mexico and signing with\u00a0IMPACT Wrestling, where she would debut as \u201cThe Smoke Show\u201d, portraying a strong woman comfortable with her sensuality. While it would take some time before she\u2019d make her in-ring debut with IMPACT, she eventually partnered up with\u00a0<strong>Fallah Bah<\/strong>\u00a0and later faced\u00a0<strong>Disco Inferno<\/strong>, before getting her release this past June.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66904\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-15-at-10.28.08-PM-e1587004366992.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/p>\n<p>Killer Kross came out of his hometown Las Vegas indie scene, as a star with\u00a0<strong>Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW)<\/strong>\u00a0in 2014. In 2015 and 2016, he joined\u00a0<strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong>\u00a0and became the\u00a0<strong>White Rabbit<\/strong>, part of\u00a0<strong>Paul London<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0<strong>Rabbit Tribe<\/strong>\u00a0in 2018. He maintained a strong presence in the West Coast indie scene, working for\u00a0<strong>Bar Wrestling, Maverick Pro, West Coast Wrestling Connection (WCWC)<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>DEFY Wrestling<\/strong>. In 2017, he debuted with Mexico\u2019s AAA and soon joined the\u00a0<strong>MAD<\/strong>\u00a0faction with\u00a0<strong>Jeff Jarrett<\/strong>, Konnan,\u00a0<strong>Teddy Hart, Juventud Guerrera, Jack Evans, El Zoro, El Divo<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Sexy Dulce<\/strong> (Sexy Star). His stock increased when he signed with\u00a0<strong>IMPACT Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>in 2018, bringing his lethal personality to national attention, becoming one of IMPACT\u2019s biggest stars in a short time. Sadly, the relationship soured a year later, with his last IMPACT match at\u00a0<em><strong>Slammiversary<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0against\u00a0<strong>Eddie Edwards\u00a0<\/strong>last July 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 Catch NXT every Wednesday night on USA Network at 8pm EST and you can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE and NXT content on the <a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For weeks now, NXT has been releasing vignettes and teasers to signal the impending arrival of former IMPACT Wrestling stars Killer Kross and Scarlett Bourdeaux. On Wednesday, a date was finally set and next Wednesday, Killer Kross &#8211; now known as Karrion Kross in NXT &#8211; and Scarlett Bourdeaux will be debuting together in NXT. 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