American professional wrestler. [106] That same night, he was defeated by Ambrose. [53] Uhaa started working NXT house shows the following month, retaining the Uhaa Nation ring name. Sesugh Uhaa veya bilinen adyla Apollo Crews (d. 22 Austos 1987), Amerikal profesyonel grei. Apollo Crews is the latest name to have joined the list of positive COVID-19 cases in WWE. He didn't say specifically that Crews had tested positive, but alluded to that being the case. [11][12] He went to a military high school and began practicing various sports, including amateur wrestling, soccer, football, and track and field,[14][15] as both an outlet and a way to "get away from the military life". Wrestling has always been the love of his life. [18] Uhaa made his pay-per-view debut the following day at Untouchable 2011, where he answered Brodie Lee's open challenge and dominated him, before Lee left the ringside area. Now, with another shot at the belt at WrestleMania 37, Crews has challenged Big E to a Nigerian Drum Fight. 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(Arik Cannon, Pinkie Sanchez, and Sami Callihan) in a three-way trios match. [12] He began training at the age of 21 under Mr. Hughes at his World Wrestling Alliance 4 (WWA4) promotion's training school in Atlanta. Standing at 6ft 1in (1.85m) and weighing 240lb (110kg), Uhaa is known both as a high-flyer and a power wrestler.[11][12][13]. [97] On February 19, his ring name was shortened to simply "Apollo". October 25, 2019 Friday Night SmackDown: Apollo Crews defeated Drake Maverick in a dark match. 11/11: Ronin vs. What started out as friendly competition has morphed into a genuine rivalry for both men and a scenario that has allowed both to show new elements of their personality. [103], On the October 15 episode of Raw, Crews returned as a singles competitor when he interrupted Elias during his performance, thus disbanding Titus Worldwide. [145] Uhaa's sister is in the United States Army and stationed in San Antonio, Texas.[146]. [77] On the Backlash pre-show on September 11, Crews was defeated Corbin. 2,190 talking about this. Apollo Crews is an American professional wrestler. [25][26] At the end of 2011, Dragon Gate USA named Uhaa the Best Newcomer of the year. [42] On January 12, 2014, Uhaa received his first shot at Dragon Gate USA's top title, the Open the Freedom Gate Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Johnny Gargano. Apollo Crews was set to compete in the biggest match of his life at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, but after injuring his knee in a United States Championship match against Andrade on The following week, after losing to Nakamura, Crews attacked Nakamura and Big E again, confirming his turn. [48] Uhaa worked his final Evolve events later that month during WWNLive's WrestleMania week. [6] Uhaa made his first appearance representing Mad Blankey at a DGUSA event on March 29, when he and stablemates Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk defeated Ronin (Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann) and D.U.F. On August 5, it was announced that Uhaa would make his televised NXT debut on August 22 at the NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn event. He is American by natinoanliy. [85], As part of the Superstar Shake-up, Crews was moved to the Raw brand. After finishing college, Uhaa quickly got a job in order to pay for his professional wrestling training. [6][12] After making his wrestling debut under the ring name Uhaa Nation on August 17, 2009,[9] he spent over a year working mainly for small promotions on the Georgian independent circuit, but also made trips to Houston, Texas-based Pro Wrestling Alliance (PWA) and Phenix City, Alabama-based Great Championship Wrestling (GCW),[9][16] often working with fellow WWA4 trainee AR Fox. Crews was scheduled to defend the US title against MVP at Extreme Rules. In his debut match on NXT, he defeated Tye Dillinger and again defeated Martin Stone in the following match. [122][123] A title defense was set up between Crews and The Hurt Business' leader MVP at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules; however, Crews was absent at the event, due to supposedly testing positive for COVID-19. [124] Crews would face off against MVP on several title matches,[125][126] until he lost the belt against fellow The Hurt Business member Bobby Lashley at Payback. He performs on the Smackdown brand of WWE. [65] The two would subsequently have a match on the April 6 episode of NXT, which was won by Crews. [84] At WrestleMania 33, Crews competed in the Andr the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which was won by Mojo Rawley. 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Apollo Crews Age: This talented athlete was born on 22 nd of August in 1987. Earlier this month, Meltzer reported that Mysterio was working without a contract. [75] On the August 2 episode of SmackDown, Crews defeated Kalisto and Baron Corbin in a triple threat match to become the number one contender to the Intercontinental Championship. [76] Crews received his title shot on August 21 at SummerSlam, but was defeated by The Miz. [93] During this time, Dana Brooke joined Titus Worldwide as their manager, and Tozawa quietly left the faction. [80] Crews then teamed up with Kalisto to feud with Dolph Ziggler, after Ziggler attacked Kalisto. [27], Upon his return to the United States, Uhaa made his debut for Evolve on January 14, 2012, with a win over Pinkie Sanchez. WWE Raw results as Apollo Crews gets taken out of Money In The Bank due to injury, Jinder Mahal returns and Drew McIntyre stands tall. [117][118] Shortly after his return, off the back of a winning streak, on the May 25 episode of Raw, Crews would defeat Andrade to win the United States Championship and would defeat him again at Backlash to retain the title. 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Apollo Crews has always been one of WWEs best in-ring talents since he joined the industry seven years back. Apollo Crews was signed by a free agent with Friday Night Smackdown as he got un-drafted. [35] On May 11, Uhaa was pinned for the first time in a Dragon Gate ring, when he was eliminated by Jimmy Susumu in the first round of the 2013 King of Gate tournament. As he prepares for his NXT Championship Match with Finn Blor, Apollo Crews looks back on the sacrifices his mother made that helped get him to where he is. He is currently associated with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). [89] At Extreme Rules, Crews was defeated by Kalisto. [22] Uhaa then entered a storyline, where different Dragon Gate USA stables tried to recruit him to join them. At WrestleMania 37, Big E and Apollo Crews faxed off in the first-ever Nigerian Drum Fight in WWE history. As part of Superstar Shake-up, Crews was drafted back to the SmackDown brand. [110] At Super ShowDown on June 7, Crews unsuccessfully competed in the 51-man battle royal. [129] As part of the 2020 Draft in October, Crews was drafted back to the SmackDown brand. Uhaa then formed a new partnership with Tozawa and Shingo Takagi. Uhaa attended Auburn University, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. Meltzer said that Mysterio still hasn't signed a new deal which was the reason for the finish. He started his career in 2009, originally working under the ring name Uhaa Nation,[6] and made his breakthrough in 2011, when he was signed by the Dragon Gate USA promotion, which also led to him making his first trip to Japan to work for Dragon Gate. With Big E out injured, Apollo embraced his Nigerian roots, revealing that his ancestors were royalty. [31][32] Uhaa returned to the ring on February 1, 2013, at Full Impact Pro's Everything Burns iPPV, where he successfully defended the FIP Florida Heritage Championship against Chasyn Rance. [82] Following the match, Ziggler attacked the two, injuring Crews' ankle, which was trapped in a chair. He didn't say specifically that Crews had tested positive, but alluded to that being the case. [10] His father is originally from Vandeikya, Benue State in the middle belt region of Nigeria. Uhaa is of Nigerian descent. He didn't have a a timeline of when Crews is expected to return. Despite their rivalry, Big E enjoys that Apollo Crews has stepped up his game. [30] However, during the match Uhaa suffered a knee injury, which sidelined him for a year. He is Sports Persons (Wrestler) by Curt Hawkins, The Vaudevillains & The Ascension", "Keller's WWE Royal Rumble report 1/29: Ongoing results updated throughout evening including Owens-Reigns, Styles-Cena, Rumble match", "Apollo Crews & Kalisto vs. Dolph Ziggler (2-on-1 Handicap Match)", "Kalisto & Apollo Crews def. Winner: Big E retains his Intercontinental championship by defeating Apollo Crews via pinfall. [104] The following week, he lost to Elias. [19][20] The following day at the Way of the Ronin 2011 pay-per-view, Uhaa defeated Facade, Flip Kendrick and Sugar Dunkerton in a four-way match. [24] For the rest of the tour, which lasted until December 25, Uhaa worked alongside the Blood Warriors stable, winning every one of his matches. On Night Two of WrestleMania 37, Apollo Crews challenged Big E for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. [74], As part of the draft on July 19, Crews was drafted to the SmackDown brand. It wasnt long before he was snapped up with a developmental contract. - After the match Apollo attacks E and lays him out with an Olympic slam before standing over [6] He also finished second behind Daichi Hashimoto in Wrestling Observer Newsletter's award category for Rookie of the Year. [95][96] At Royal Rumble, Crews entered the Royal Rumble as the thirteenth entrant, being eliminated by Cesaro. However, his gut is that Mysterio will re-sign with WWE which is the reason they left his status open ended after the show. [45], On February 5, 2015, Uhaa made his return to Dragon Gate as Akira Tozawa's surprise partner in a tag team match, where they defeated Cyber Kong and Don Fujii. AS-512: Apollo 18: Richard Gordon: Vance Brand: Harrison Schmitt: Feb 1972 [2] Mission cancelled 2 Sep 1970 due to budget cuts. [43] On March 6, Uhaa also received his first shot at Dragon Gate's top title, the Open the Dream Gate Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Monster Express stablemate Ricochet. Crews has appeared in the video games as a playable character in WWE 2K17 (as a downloadable character),[141] WWE 2K18,[142] WWE 2K19,[143] WWE 2K20,[144] and WWE 2K Battlegrounds. [100] On the April 16 episode of Raw, his ring name was reverted to Apollo Crews. He was promoted to WWE's main roster in April 2016, where he won the United States Championship in 2020 and later won the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 37. Apollo Crews secured the biggest victory of his career last night on WWE Raw, defeating Andrade to become the new United States Champion. 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[38] Back in Dragon Gate, Mad Blankey turned on Uhaa Nation on August 30, after he refused to wrestle Akira Tozawa, who had recently been kicked out of the group. [52] WWE officially announced Uhaa as part of a new class of NXT recruits in an April 13 press release. [71] He suffered his first loss in WWE on the May 23 episode of Raw, when he was defeated by Chris Jericho in a Money in the Bank qualifying match, after Sheamus attacked Crews before the match. For crews of U.S. NASA Apollo program missions, see, "Apollo Crews reflects on his NXT debut: WWE.com Exclusive, August 22, 2015 (0:58)", "APOLLO CREWS LOSES HIS LAST NAME ON WWE ROSTER PAGE", "My Interview with the One Man Nation Uhaa Nation! 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This was a unique match-up, to say the least. [113] In August, Crews competed in the King of the Ring tournament, where was defeated by Andrade in the first round. The feud ended when Crews lost to Sheamus on the March 6 episode of SmackDown. [83] This led to a chairs match on the February 28 episode of SmackDown, where Ziggler was victorious. [47] On March 1, Uhaa failed in his title challenge against Hulk, after which he announced he had wrestled his final match for Dragon Gate. ", "Keller's WWE Extreme Rules PPV report 6/4: Balor vs. Joe vs. Rollins vs. Reigns vs. Wyatt for Universal Title shot", "WWE Raw live results: Brock Lesnar returns to Los Angeles", "KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 9/25: Reigns on Miz TV in opening segment, Miz vs. Reigns booked, Matt Hardy & Jordan vs. Miztourage", "Is Dana Brooke the next member of Titus Worldwide? [63] The rivalry between Crews and Corbin led to a match at NXT TakeOver: London, which Corbin won. [139] On the April 2 episode of Smackdown, Crews would challenge Big E at Wrestlemania 37 in a Nigerian Drum Fight for the Intercontinental title and Big E would accept. [127][128] At Clash of Champions, Crews failed to regain the title from Lashley. Uhaa is married to Linda Palonen. Granted, Crews and Big E have fought each other multiple times in the past. WWE Smackdown Preview is all set for an interesting night as Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns hold their contract signing for the WWE Championship at Fastlane on March 21. Uhaa made his first television appearance on the May 6 episode of NXT and signed his NXT contract during a segment with William Regal. [60] On the October 14 episode of NXT, Crews won a battle royal to become the number one contender to the NXT Championship. He was born on August 22, 1987 at Sacramento, California, United States. 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WWE RAW HITS & MISSES 6/29: Drew-Dolph and Asuka-Sasha contract signing, MVP vs. Apollo Crews, Big Show promo, Andrade & Garza vs. Viking Raiders, Horror Show branding By Jon Mezzera, PWTorch contributor [6] He made his wrestling debut for Dragon Gate USA later that same day, defeating Aaron Draven in a squash match. [64] Crews then started a feud with Elias Samson, after Crews saved Johnny Gargano from Samson's assault on the March 23, 2016 episode of NXT. Apollo Crews by Disqualification after Rowan interrupted", "8/20 WWE Smackdown Live results: Powell's review of Daniel Bryan vs. However, people recognize him as Apollo Crews, his ring name. He began fighting under his new name, Apollo Crews, and in August 2015 made his debut on televised NXT in-ring match against Martin Stone, securing a win. Hell continue whats been an entertaining feud with Big E, and an intriguing side storyline with Paul Heyman (Roman Reigns special counsel again heaped praise on Apollo on todays Talking Smack). Apollo Crews And Killian Dain Return To WWE NXT (Photos) By Marc Middleton | June 13, 2019 Tonights WWE NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University saw the returns of Killian Dain and Apollo Crews. The official WWE Facebook page for WWE Superstar Apollo. Sesugh Uhaa was born on August 22, 1987 in Sacramento, California and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and early on fell in love with professional wrestling,[9] becoming a fan of performers such as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Rock, and Kurt Angle. In early 2020, Crews reignited his feud with Sheamus, and Crews lost to Sheamus in singles action on the February 7, 2020 episode of SmackDown and again the following week this time in a handicap match with Crews teaming with Shorty G unsuccessfully. [135], Crews would then debut a new character where he declared himself Nigerian royalty,[136] began to speak with a Nigerian accent in his promos in order to "embrace who he really is" and began coming to the ring with a spear. [34] They lost the title to Shingo Takagi and Yamato on May 5. He is 29 year old and going to turn 30 th in 2017. [130], On the December 25 episode of SmackDown, Crews helped Big E win the Intercontinental Championship in a lumberjack match by preventing then-holder Sami Zayn from escaping the arena. March 26, 2021. [21] On October 29, Uhaa made his first appearance for Full Impact Pro, when he defeated Jake Manning for FIP Florida Heritage Championship. They have a daughter Sade (born June 22, 2017)[147] and son Kai (born February 9, 2019). Bryan has followed the path blazed by Kevin Owens by having Reigns use the rules to gain advantage in a title match, fight through Jey Uso to get a rematch, and now a contract signing. WWE said at the top of the show that Crews had failed a pre-match physical and was not cleared to compete in his match against MVP. Crews won the battle royal on October 14, to become the number one contender for the NXT Championship. [11] While weight training in high school, he was given the nickname "Uhaa Nation", when his coach noted that he was "as strong as a single nation". Blood Warriors, Tozawa sings, Yamato-Hulk No Rope match", "11/30 Blood Warriors Independent Performance 1st Blood. Apollo Crews is on our screens, getting a chance to flex new performance muscles. His real name is Sesugh Uhaa. This marks the first title he has won in his WWE career and is something that WWE has been pushing him towards with an impressive run of performances since WWE WrestleMania 36. Moreover he has also perfect weight according to his ideal height. [23] On November 30, Uhaa made his Japanese debut for Dragon Gate, during an event produced by the villainous Blood Warriors stable. Apollo Crews takes pride in wearing the WWE United States championship. Apollo Crews didn't just level the playing field with the stipulation he chose for his Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania 37. It was also announced that his new ring name would be Apollo Crews. [57] At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Crews defeated Tye Dillinger in his debut. When asked about some of his wrestling inspirations, [111][112] At SummerSlam, Crews faced Buddy Murphy, but the match quickly ended in a disqualification loss for Crews after interference from Erick Rowan. He is also famous from other names as Apollo Crews, Apollo, Nation, Uhaa Nation. [99] At WrestleMania 34, Apollo competed in the Andr the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, in which he was unsuccessful. [28][29] When the following March, Akira Tozawa took over the leadership of Blood Warriors from Cima and renamed the group Mad Blankey, Uhaa Nation followed along to the renamed stable. Apollo Crews signed a developmental contract with WWE in October 2014 and was assigned to NXT developmental brand. [90] During that period, Akira Tozawa joined the Titus Brand, turning it into "Titus Worldwide". He signed with WWE in 2015 and was assigned to the NXT brand, where he was given his current ring name. Grace. [66], On April 4, 2016 episode of Raw, Crews made his main roster debut by defeating Tyler Breeze. Apollo Crews real name is Sesugh Uhaa. Sesugh Uhaa[1][10] (born August 22, 1987)[2] is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Apollo Crews, and is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion in his first reign. Apollo Crews Height: He is 6.1 feet tall which is a good height for a wrestler in America. [36] On July 28 at Enter the Dragon 2013, Dragon Gate USA's fourth anniversary event, Uhaa suffered his first pinfall loss in the promotion, when he was defeated by Anthony Nese. He was last seen on the June 29th Raw when he was pinned by MVP. For the majority of 2021, Big E has been fighting Apollo Crews. [61] Crews received his title shot against Finn Blor on the November 4 episode of NXT,[62] winning the match by disqualification, when he was attacked by Baron Corbin, who held a grudge against Crews for eliminating him from the number one contender's battle royal. Uhaa defeated Kotoka in a match that lasted 99 seconds, establishing himself as the newest member of Blood Warriors in the process. 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[108] At WrestleMania 35, Crews competed in the Andr the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but was eliminated by Andrade.[109]. [81] At Elimination Chamber, Crews and Kalisto defeated Ziggler in a two-on-one handicap match. October 18, 2019 Friday Night SmackDown: Apollo Crews defeated Kalisto in a dark match. Apollo decided to take part in a WWE tryout camp in October 2014, and secured a developmental contract, before in April 2015, WWE officially announced Uhaa as part of a new class of NXT recruits. He Was Inspired by Stone Cold and The Rock. ", "WWE Performance Center welcomes new class of recruits", "WWE welcomes new NXT recruits: Introducing Sesugh Uhaa", "Exclusive Q&A with Sesugh 'Uhaa Nation' Uhaa: Why he's 'here for the long run, "June 12 Dr. Keith Presents: One Nation Under Uhaa!!! Born in Sacramento, California, Uhaa was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and early on fell in love with professional wrestling, becoming a fan of performers such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and especially Kurt Angle. Being offered a WWE contract must be a surreal experience for any wrestler, and when Crews was offered his, he was pretty sure someone was playing a practical joke on him.It didnt help that, as Crews explained, he got the call on April Fools Day.I thought it was a joke, Crews said. On the January 8, 2021 episode of SmackDown, Big E issued an open challenge for the title, which Crews immediately accepted, and Big E won. [119][120][121] In June, he began a feud with The Hurt Business after Crews rejected an offer to join the stable. [148], This article is about the. Wrestling Contract Expiration Dates: WWE, AEW, NJPW, ROH, IMPACT. 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