10 Most Disappointing Wrestlers Of 2016
7. Apollo Crews
2016 saw WWE call a number of NXT wrestlers up to the main roster ahead of time, and while Apollo Crews was considerably more developed than the likes of Carmella and Mojo Rawley, he came with huge holes in his game. Crews is supremely athletic and a guy who usually pieces a decent match together, but his charisma is almost non-existent, and he has never been given a chance to develop his character.
Apollo would certainly have benefited from another 6-12 months honing his skills at the Performance Center, but he made his way to Raw and SmackDown in April. Since then, Crews has established a reputation as somebody who is really, really good at precisely two things: smiles and flips.
That’s about the extent of Crews’ character at this point. Feud-wise, he has been given nothing more than a few brief spats with Sheamus, Baron Corbin, and the Social Outcasts since his call-up. He’s never given any microphone time, his matches rarely break the 5-minute mark, and he misses weeks of television at a time. Apollo’s stuck in purgatory, and WWE have made no effort to rescue him.
Crews still has bags of potential, but there’s no point on him being on SmackDown if WWE won’t let him harness it.