Karrion Kross reveals that everyone who worked the Benefit For Bey did so for free.
On March 23rd, FSW held their Benefit For Bey event in aid of professional wrestler Chris Bey, who is currently out of action with a broken neck. Bey would appear at the event, walking to and cutting a promo in the ring. Several big names featured at the event, including WWE's Karrion Kross, who faced Alex Hammerstone at the event.
While speaking on the latest episode of Unlikely with Adrian Hernandez, Kross was asked about wrestling at the event.
"Walking into the building and seeing who showed up, from the boys in the back to everybody on tech, to the fans, I recognize them from 11 years ago. People that were in the front row were back in the front row. You're going to get me emotional on this thing. I'm going to flip this table over right now. I'm going to throw it right through the wall."
Adrian then would ask Kross about getting permission from WWE to appear on the show, revealing that everyone who worked the show did so for free so all money raised could go directly to Bey.
"I say this with all respect, but there was no way I was not going to be a part of this event. I was there for Chris's first day of wrestling practice. I was teaching a character promo and business class, basically just trying to prepare all the young kids coming in for what could be ahead. I was there for his first day. I've known him since the very beginning. This happening, I knew I needed to help. What better way to help than being on Netflix, being watched all over the world and telling everybody, hey, I know you guys are watching me for this particular reason, but there's this other thing going on right now. It's very serious. To put it out there for anyone who's not familiar with it, we all showed up and worked for free. Every single cent, including the streaming services, people can watch it on Triller, it all went to Chris. So I just explained it very personally and they were receptive to it and I showed up and we rocked the house."
For the full results from the Benefit For Bey event, you can find them here.
Fans can donate to the GoFundMe that has been set up to help Bey as he recovers here.
FSW promoter Joe DeFalco was on Fightful Overbooked's In The Weeds on March 25th, and he gave more insight into the show. You can check out the interview here.
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