Some fans are excited to see their culture depicted on WWE television for the first time. Wrestling has always been the love of his life. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and weighing 240 lb (110 kg), Uhaa is known both as a high-flyer and a power wrestler.[11][12][13]. For the majority of 2021, Big E has been fighting Apollo Crews. It was also announced that his new ring name would be Apollo Crews. Blood Warriors, Tozawa sings, Yamato-Hulk No Rope match", "11/30 Blood Warriors Independent Performance – 1st Blood. [46] At the end of the event, Uhaa confronted BxB Hulk, challenging him to a match for the Open the Dream Gate Championship. Uhaa is of Nigerian descent. As he prepares for his NXT Championship Match with Finn Bálor, Apollo Crews looks back on the sacrifices his mother made that helped get him to where he is. He’ll continue what’s 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 today’s Talking Smack). [145] Uhaa's sister is in the United States Army and stationed in San Antonio, Texas.[146]. [148], This article is about the. [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. 11/11: Ronin vs. [22] Uhaa then entered a storyline, where different Dragon Gate USA stables tried to recruit him to join them. [90] During that period, Akira Tozawa joined the Titus Brand, turning it into "Titus Worldwide". He also had a big backup plan. 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. He was born on August 22, 1987 at Sacramento, California, United States. [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. At WrestleMania 37, he defeated Big E with the help of Commander Azeez to win the Intercontinental Championship.[140]. When asked about some of his wrestling inspirations, … 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 … October 18, 2019 – Friday Night SmackDown: Apollo Crews defeated Kalisto in a dark match. [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. (Arik Cannon, Pinkie Sanchez, and Sami Callihan) in a three-way trios match. [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. AS-512: Apollo 18: Richard Gordon: Vance Brand: Harrison Schmitt: Feb 1972 [2] Mission cancelled 2 Sep 1970 due to budget cuts. [83] This led to a chairs match on the February 28 episode of SmackDown, where Ziggler was victorious. 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[54][55][56], On August 5, it was announced that Uhaa, now working under the new ring name Apollo Crews, would be making his televised NXT in-ring debut on August 22 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn. 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! Apollo Crews signed a developmental contract with WWE in October 2014 and was assigned to NXT developmental brand. American professional wrestler. Apollo Crews And Killian Dain Return To WWE NXT (Photos) By Marc Middleton | June 13, 2019 Tonight’s WWE NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University saw the returns of Killian Dain and Apollo Crews. 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. [101] On April 27 at the Greatest Royal Rumble, Crews entered the Royal Rumble match at number 33, eliminating Chad Gable before eliminated by Randy Orton. [27], Upon his return to the United States, Uhaa made his debut for Evolve on January 14, 2012, with a win over Pinkie Sanchez. 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[23] On November 30, Uhaa made his Japanese debut for Dragon Gate, during an event produced by the villainous Blood Warriors stable. Apollo Crews secured the biggest victory of his career last night on WWE Raw, defeating Andrade to become the new United States Champion. [67] Crews remained undefeated over the following weeks, defeating the likes of Curtis Axel,[68] Adam Rose,[69] Heath Slater[70] and Stardust. [6] He made his wrestling debut for Dragon Gate USA later that same day, defeating Aaron Draven in a squash match. Apollo Crews has always been one of WWE’s best in-ring talents since he joined the industry seven years back. 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He is also famous from other names as Apollo Crews, Apollo, Nation, Uhaa Nation. [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. 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[85], As part of the Superstar Shake-up, Crews was moved to the Raw brand. [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. Apollo 19: Fred Haise: William Pogue: Gerald Carr: July 1972 [2] Günümüzde WWE güreşçisidir. Meltzer said the reason U.S. Champion Apollo Crews wasn't on the show was due to COVID-19. [102] On the September 3 episode of Raw, Dana Brooke parted ways with Titus Worldwide after mid-match coaching backfired, causing Brooke to lose her match. [12][49], In October 2014, Uhaa took part in a WWE tryout camp, resulting in a developmental contract offer. [87] After becoming affiliated with "The Titus Brand", Crews started displaying attitude and cockiness. [33] On March 2, Uhaa returned to Japan and Dragon Gate, when he and BxB Hulk defeated Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki for the Open the Twin Gate Championship. He performs on the Smackdown brand of WWE. [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. Apollo Crews didn't just level the playing field with the stipulation he chose for his Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania 37. 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[77] On the Backlash pre-show on September 11, Crews was defeated Corbin. Moreover he has also perfect weight according to his ideal height. In his debut match on NXT, he defeated Tye Dillinger and again defeated Martin Stone in the following match. Despite their rivalry, Big E enjoys that Apollo Crews has stepped up his game. [66], On April 4, 2016 episode of Raw, Crews made his main roster debut by defeating Tyler Breeze. [63] The rivalry between Crews and Corbin led to a match at NXT TakeOver: London, which Corbin won. He didn't have a a timeline of when Crews is expected to return. 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 Apollo Crews Height: He is 6.1 feet tall which is a good height for a wrestler in America. With Big E out injured, Apollo embraced his Nigerian roots, revealing that his ancestors were royalty. Ember Moon & Dana Brooke", "Apollo Crews won a Fresh Start Battle Royal to earn an Intercontinental Championship Match against Dean Ambrose", "Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose def. Meltzer said the reason U.S. Champion Apollo Crews wasn't on the show was due to COVID-19. He is currently associated with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). [78] At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December, Crews teamed with American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) and The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder) in a win over Curt Hawkins, The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch), and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) in a 10-man tag team match. 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. His mother is also from Benue State, Nigeria. [129] As part of the 2020 Draft in October, Crews was drafted back to the SmackDown brand. On August 5, it was announced that Uhaa would make his televised NXT debut on August 22 at the NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn event. [59] At NXT TakeOver: Respect, Crews defeated Tyler Breeze. They have a daughter Sade (born June 22, 2017)[147] and son Kai (born February 9, 2019). Apollo Crews is currently on a very interesting run as a heel, and the Nigerian Prince is scheduled to face Big E at WrestleMania 37. He didn't have a a timeline of when Crews is expected to return. 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. [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. [111][112] At SummerSlam, Crews faced Buddy Murphy, but the match quickly ended in a disqualification loss for Crews after interference from Erick Rowan. However, people recognize him as Apollo Crews, his ring name. [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. [48] Uhaa worked his final Evolve events later that month during WWNLive's WrestleMania week. ", "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!!! [11][50] Starting on December 31, 2014, multiple sources reported that Uhaa had come to terms on a contract with WWE. [108] At WrestleMania 35, Crews competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but was eliminated by Andrade.[109]. March 26, 2021. Winner: Big E retains his Intercontinental championship by defeating Apollo Crews via pinfall. It's possible this is all part of a storyline, but if the injury if real, it will represent his greatest setback. 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. [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. 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. [1][51] Uhaa reported to the WWE Performance Center, the home of its NXT developmental brand, on April 6, 2015. On the April 6 episode of Raw, Crews was traded to the Raw brand, and lost to Aleister Black in his first match back as a Raw superstar. [74], As part of the draft on July 19, Crews was drafted to the SmackDown brand. Apollo 17 CM America splashdown was on 19 December 1972 in the Pacific Ocean, retrieved by USS Ticonderoga. [100] On the April 16 episode of Raw, his ring name was reverted to Apollo Crews. Earlier this month, Meltzer reported that Mysterio was working without a contract. [93] During this time, Dana Brooke joined Titus Worldwide as their manager, and Tozawa quietly left the faction. ", "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? 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. Meltzer said that Mysterio still hasn't signed a new deal which was the reason for the finish. The official WWE Facebook page for WWE Superstar Apollo. 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. [115] On the April 20 episode of Raw, Crews defeated MVP to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match,[116] However, he injured his knee in a United States Championship match against Andrade the following week, ruling him out of the ladder match. [65] The two would subsequently have a match on the April 6 episode of NXT, which was won by Crews. Apollo Crews is the latest name to have joined the list of positive COVID-19 cases in WWE. [34] They lost the title to Shingo Takagi and Yamato on May 5. 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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. [79], At the Royal Rumble on January 29, 2017, Crews took part in his first Royal Rumble match, entering as number 22 and being eliminated by Luke Harper. It wasn’t long before he was snapped up with a developmental contract. On Night Two of WrestleMania 37, Apollo Crews challenged Big E for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. [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. [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. 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. [37] On August 9, Uhaa lost the FIP Florida Heritage Championship to Gran Akuma. He is Sports Persons (Wrestler) by … 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. 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