Details on creative for Keith Lee, Karrion Kross, Mia Yim, Scarlett, others before release. (Patreon)
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Katrina Cortez- Katrina was brought up to the WWE main roster in late 2019 to pair with Sin Cara, however, Sin Cara outright told Fightful there were never any real plans for the duo, and it just happened to put over Andrade and Zelina. Shortly after, Sin Cara asked for his release when he was told his character was "dead" and Katrina was sent back to NXT. We were told there were never any major plans for her.
It was stressed to us internally that the reboots of Keith "Bearcat" Lee and Karrion Kross were not their ideas. Also, we were told that WWE had looked at Scarlett as a wrestler on Raw or Smackown but she was quickly "sidelined." There were several that pushed for Scarlett to be a part of the Karrion Kross act, but obviously it never came to fruition. Almost immediately backstage rumors swirled of Kross getting heat within the company, but even then several tried to plead about the direction of his booking and character. There were plans to adjust his character yet again, but most within the company pointed to the booking as the issue, not the characters.
Mia Yim was drafted, not used, and hadn't wrestled at all in 2021. Fightful learned there were several tentative plans to have her on shows before the draft, and she'd quietly changed brands multiple times. However, those plans all ended up getting nixed and never got off the ground.