All 21 NXT-To-WWE Call-Ups - Ranked From Worst to Best
12. Apollo Crews
Apollo Crews is the easiest wrestler in the world to sell.
All a promoter has to do is make sure people are paying attention while he looks the way he looks and moves the way he moves, and you're gold. What you should not do is have someone who looks and moves like Crews trapped in a Tie Dillinger wrist lock for five minutes.
Maybe that's why Crews didn't really blow up like we all expected him to: no one in NXT (except Samoa Joe) could really be a believable match for him.
He got a surprise debut on the Raw following WrestleMania, squashing his old rival Tyler Breeze. He looked great (as he is bound to, as discussed earlier), but would have looked a hundred times better if he'd decisively beaten an opponent who wasn't on a terribly sad losing streak.
A surefire future star like Crews should be beating guys of a Miz/Stardust/League of Nations caliber right out of the gate. Crews should be able to pin the main roster version of Tyler Breeze from the entrance ramp.
His next match was a squash of Curtis Axel, which is like following up walking and chewing gum at the same time by adding 'farting' to the mix.