10 WWE Wrestlers Vince McMahon Loved At First Sight

4. Apollo Crews

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Apollo Crews, with his body and his in-ring arsenal, should be in main events by now. Unfortunately for the promising young star, Vince McMahon loves pushing giant muscular men and then just stops thinking.

Rather than being pushed for the things he's got, he instead struggled because of the things he lacks. What he lacks are things unfortunately never given to him - good teaching on how to turn his gifts into skills that would set him away as a headliner. There wasn't a chance for Matt Bloom or Terry Taylor or even Triple H to instil some extra knowledge because he never got said teaching is because Vince McMahon loves pushing giant muscular men and then just stops thinking.

Crews didn't really spend long enough figuring out how to work larger crowds before he was in front of them all the time. Why he didn't experience too many of those larger crowds is because NXT predominantly hosted their shows from Full Sail University rather than major arenas and he was called up from NXT far too soon into his development. Will this latest daring gimmick change transform his fortunes longterm despite renewed interest.

But then why would that happen?

BECAUSE VINCE MCMAHON LOVES PUSHING GIANT MUSCULAR MEN AND THEN JUST STOPS THINKING.

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