Karrion Kross book coming next summer

Greg Oliver

Life Is Fighting book by Karrion Kross
Life Is Fighting book by Karrion Kross

WWE star Karrion Kross announced that he has finished writing his book, and that it will be out in August 2025.

It’s called Life Is Fighting and will be released by ECW Press, under his real name of Kevin Robert Kesar.

“Thank you to every single person who encouraged me write this book. It’s helped me just as much as I hope it helps others. Everyone has a fighter in them and if you haven’t found it yet, I hope this will help,” he posted on X.

“It’s not all about my victories,” he noted in a video. The book covers just as many downs as ups.

“I had no interest in sharing my personal life,” noted the self-confessed homebody. “People sold me on the idea that people reading about my life and how I had to overcome very specific and also very general issues, it could help people. On that idea, I was really sold on it.”

The 280-page book is described by the publisher:

Karrion Kross’s physique — a hulking 6’4″, 265 pounds — and the unbridled intensity in his eyes is enough on its own to inspire fear in opponents. Factor in his unique combination of precision and abject ruthlessness, and it becomes clear that anyone stepping in the ring with Kross is in immediate danger. A master of catch wrestling and sambo, Kross has done battle around the world. He boasts an array of devastating suplexes, including his dreaded Doomsday Saito. And if that’s not enough, he’s more than happy to put opponents to sleep with the Kross Jacket.

For all his menacing exterior, the human being behind the character — whose real name is Kevin Kesar — is a soft-spoken, highly thoughtful individual with a powerful story. Recognized by peers for his exceptional love for his profession, Kesar endured numerous setbacks on the way to achieving his dream. Along with his wife, Elizabeth — known in WWE as Scarlett — he has repeatedly found the fortitude to bounce back stronger, personally and professionally. This book is full of fascinating stories, heartache, humor, and even some advice for those with similar aspirations. Readers will be immersed into Kesar’s unique mindset as he pulls back the curtain on what the journey (and the fight) to the top of sports entertainment is really like.

The author bio notes that he is a WWE star, but also a “performer, actor, martial artist, and producer of the short film Blue Evening.”

Though published by a Toronto-based company, it makes no mention of Kesar’s years living in Toronto. “Although he resides in Orlando, he’s seen many worlds and offers very intimate and personal stories through his multicultural background as a proud New York–born traveler,” reads the author bio.

“I felt really naked writing the book,” confessed Kross, “terrified” that it will be soon available to the public.

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