Apollo Crews will be the WWE name of standout independent wrestler Uhaa Nation. The name was announced during this week's WWE NXT broadcast. It was also announced that he'll make his WWE TV debut at the NXT Takeover Brooklyn event on August 22. The inspiration for the name appears to be from the fictional boxer Apollo Creed from the Rocky movies and Crews is the same last name as actor Terry Crews, who has the look of a professional wrestler. He isn't the first wrestler to do something like that since Christian (Cage) got his name from actors Christian Slater and Nicolas C age. Tyson Kidd got his name from boxer Mike Tyson and basketball player Jason Kidd, so getting names off famous people is more common than you might think. The reason WWE makes their performers change their names is because they want to trademark everything. If a performer leaves then they don't get the name back. Crews is likely going to be pushed strongly once he starts on television because he's an experienced wrestler that will definitely impress the crowd if he's given the opportunity to do so. There's no word on who his opponent will be at NXT Takeover Brooklyn, but it's very likely that he'll win the match in dominant fashion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aeEDicEqVo
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