Karrion Kross Addresses the Real Reason WWE Veterans Are Frustrated with Logan Paul’s Rise

Logan Paul’s rapid rise in WWE has stirred up plenty of discussion backstage—and now Karrion Kross is stepping into the conversation.

After Logan called out his critics in a recent vlog, claiming some WWE Superstars are upset about how quickly he’s climbed the ranks, Kross fired back with a powerful response that reframes the issue entirely.

On May 29, 2025, Kross posted a video on Twitter addressing Logan Paul directly. While Kross made it clear he has no personal issue with Paul, he explained that the real frustration isn’t about Logan—it’s about a broken system. Kross opened by clarifying what many longtime veterans in the locker room are actually thinking.

“It’s been brought to my attention that somebody in WWE thinks that his peers have a problem with his position in the company. He still doesn’t get it. No one has a problem with his position.”

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The problem, Kross explained, runs far deeper. For decades, wrestlers were led to believe that putting in time and developing a very specific set of in-ring and character-building skills would eventually lead to top-tier opportunities. That reality has changed—and not everyone was allowed to evolve with it.

“The problem is that for some people who have put 20, even 30 years in, they were told that there was a certain skill set that they had to acquire. Putting time in was going to equate to having very particular opportunities.”

Kross didn’t sugarcoat the shift. He called out how branding outside of WWE—something once discouraged or even prohibited—is now considered essential.

“Those opportunities don’t seem to be available for those people now because they did not build a brand outside of the company. And for an extended period of time, no one was allowed to build a brand outside of a company. That’s the issue. That’s the problem.”

To Kross, Logan Paul isn’t the villain. He’s just the latest example of a new formula for success.

“This person who believes that everyone has a problem with him—it’s not about him. Anyone could be him, and people would have a problem with that.”

He then posed a pointed hypothetical: what if the rules had been different for veterans trying to make it today?

“If people were told when they went to professional wrestling schools that they had to build a brand outside of the company in order to position them better to have the opportunities that they could knock out of the park, that’s exactly what they would have done.”

Kross made it clear he respects the work ethic of his peers and believes they were simply playing by the rules they were given.

“Professional wrestlers, in my opinion, have the strongest and greatest work ethic in the world. And if someone would have told them that this is what they had to do, that’s what they would have done.”

Now, he says, it may be too late for some of those performers to catch up—and that’s where the frustration truly lies.

Despite the emotional weight of his message, Kross maintained respect for Logan and even credited him as someone he’s learning from.

“So I ask that person: What are we supposed to do? What are we supposed to do? Are we just going to wipe out an entire group of performers that have been doing this for an extended period of time because it’s impossible for them to catch up to that advantage?”

“Me personally, I’m actually learning from that person. I see how the business is responding to that person. I don’t dislike that person. I think that person’s great, which I’ve been on record to say. I like that person. I do. They’re very cunning.”

In fact, he compared Paul to another veteran who could benefit from adopting a similar mentality.

“I think that they do the things that I wish Sami Zayn would do and then he’d be world champion.”

Still, Kross was surprised at how shaken Logan seemed by the criticism.

“I just don’t think he still gets it. And I’m actually shocked that he’s rattled in the way that he is about this, because he doesn’t have to be. But here we are.”

He closed the message by turning to the audience, confident that fans understand the deeper meaning behind what he’s saying. “I think you guys get it though.”

Kross didn’t lash out—he laid out a thoughtful and honest take on a wrestling landscape that has dramatically shifted. Logan Paul may have the spotlight now, but Kross just delivered a reminder that not everyone had the chance to adapt to new rules.