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Full Night of Champions card, it's not a bad card but not on theme.






Jade Vs. Roxanne in the battle of who’s more green… Jade is the winner, more green and of the match..
Seth with a solid promo but this faction is losing steam already… Seth and his bodyguards… Need to give them something to do besides stand behind him and jump people… Giving Steiner a decent match with Penta is a good start.. Steiner is fun to watch…
Cody Vs. Jey in the battle of who’s the most mediocre main eventer… Fell asleep half way through… Unsurprisingly Cody won.. The obvious plan for him to rematch Cena at Summerslam is so extremely boring… Hopefully I’m wrong and Seth cashes in..
Most interesting thing of the night was definitely Kross/Sami getting the call for Night of Champions… They both deserve some spotlight..
It's more ridiculous holding this event in Saudi Arabia.When I made that comment they hadn’t confirmed Rhea vs Raquel was for Night of Champions, which is ridiculous when there's 2 actual women's title matches on Smackdown the night before.
This is per Wade Keller, who, on a recent PWTorch post-Raw podcast (dated 16 June), claimed that wrestlers had told him as much when discussing why the former NXT Champion may not become a big main roster star.
“I talked about this when he was all the rage in NXT and coming out of TNA," said Keller. "I was like, 'wrestlers are telling me when he gets to the main roster, nobody’s gonna put up with the fact that he doesn’t take bumps.’ He’s scared to bump. He doesn’t flat back bump. I don’t know if he’s got an injury or a concern."
Kross, 39, has experienced a swell of support from (largely online) wrestling fans in 2025, stemming largely from an explosive post-WrestleMania worked shoot promo on his lack of push. While he has enjoyed regular screentime in backstage segments with the likes of Sami Zayn and AJ Styles, Karrion's perceived 2025 popularity has not translated into a regular in-ring role on Raw.
"[Kross] favours one side, which can cause an injury, so I don’t know if he has a pre-existing condition or he’s just not comfortable taking bumps." Keller explained further. "I don’t know, I don’t have the inside story on that. But I know wrestlers who I chat with about things when I want wrestlers’ insight are like: 'Oh right Wader you’re right when you say Karrion Kross won’t be a big star on the main roster, but one of the reasons you are missing out is just watch his next match. He just doesn’t really take bumps."
Keller concluded: "It’s not that he’s slow or plodding, or he’s not that tall compared to the rosters in TNA and NXT, where his gimmick kinda he needs to be taller than his opponent to make up for the fact that he’s not creating movement. Lot of things are working against him. But, all that said, I find this current character delightful."