10 WWE Stars Who Have Gone AWOL

7. Apollo Crews

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The days of being pushed as Intercontinental Champion (horrible, put-on accent and all) are very-much over for Apollo Crews. He'll always be regarded as one of those 'untapped potential' workers on the roster - Apollo is great in-ring, but WWE has often struggled to get the best out of him on the main roster.

Has Crews burned through his last chance?

Apollo did reveal via socials that he took some time away to treat an undisclosed injury, but it's fair to say that creative wasn't actually doing anything with him before that sabbatical. He'd been off TV for a while, and hadn't worked a match on Raw since July.

It looks like Crews could be considered another useless Draft pick from WWE's decision makers. There's a slight chance Triple H sees something in the guy and will try again with him, but that's a long shot heading into 2024 when 'The Game' has so many other moving parts to think about.

Apollo looks likely to be on Main Event.

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