Apollo Crews' push comes to an abrupt end? (SPOILERS?)

[Joe Neglia]

EDIT: I don't really keep up, I'm assuming this is legit and not storyline? Give a guy an insane amount of screen time for two weeks after years of nothing and then do this. Why? What's the point?

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

I don’t know if it’s legit or not (leaning towards work... I wasn’t watching). All I can think of now is how someone’s gonna replace him in this match, it’ll probably be someone everyone hates and they’ll probably win, as some kind of monkey paw thing for those saying Crews was getting pushed too hard too quickly after doing nothing for so long.

[cabbageboy]

I dunno, it felt pretty angle-riffic tonight on Raw. As in the U.S. title match with him and Andrade was stopped with him selling the leg. But it seemed to be worked into the storyline of that match.

[Deleted]

Looked like a work to me.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Total work. He "tweaked" his knee doing a moonsault landing on his feet, continued working, landed on his feet on a Frogsplash attempt, and the ref stopped the match.

This is likely the backdoor that Triple H uses to get in the MITB, which has been rumored.

[Facetious]

Apr 27, 2020 22:30:20 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

Total work. He "tweaked" his knee doing a moonsault landing on his feet, continued working, landed on his feet on a Frogsplash attempt, and the ref stopped the match.

This is likely the backdoor that Triple H uses to get in the MITB, which has been rumored.

Uh... what??? 😐😐

[Joe Neglia]

If it's a work...I mean, what the everliving f***? Haven't they given him over an hour's worth of screen time on just two shows to suddenly do a bait and switch angle?

[Instant Classic]

Hope it’s just a storyline injury but dude is so boring I’m glad he didn’t win the us title.

[polarbearpete]

Seemed to be a work, they’re building Crews some sympathy and I think it’s working. He’s trending on Twitter and he had more character development tonight than he did in his entire run so far.

[Deleted]

I thought it would have been perfect to give him the title. Then if they want to take him out of MITB have somebody jump him before the match. Now he just looks has lame as he did before all of this started.

[polarbearpete]

Apr 27, 2020 22:36:07 GMT -5 @uppitynerd said:

I thought it would have been perfect to give him the title. Then if they want to take him out of MITB have somebody jump him before the match. Now he just looks has lame as he did before all of this started.

I’d imagine it’s building to him beating Andrade for the belt.

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

Apr 27, 2020 22:30:20 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

Total work. He "tweaked" his knee doing a moonsault landing on his feet, continued working, landed on his feet on a Frogsplash attempt, and the ref stopped the match.

This is likely the backdoor that Triple H uses to get in the MITB, which has been rumored.

I like Triple H but there's zero reason for him to be in the match.

[Susan "Poison" Candy]

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Apr 27, 2020 22:30:20 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

Total work. He "tweaked" his knee doing a moonsault landing on his feet, continued working, landed on his feet on a Frogsplash attempt, and the ref stopped the match.

This is likely the backdoor that Triple H uses to get in the MITB, which has been rumored.

Triple H picking up his 14th WWE Championship at age 50-51 is exactly what this business needs.

[Dub H]

Apr 27, 2020 22:51:59 GMT -5 Susan "Poison" Candy said:

Hey,dat Anime Op is da bomb.

[Shark]

Apr 27, 2020 22:32:04 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

If it's a work...I mean, what the everliving f***? Haven't they given him over an hour's worth of screen time on just two shows to suddenly do a bait and switch angle?

Big picture, Andrade most likely takes his place and when Apollo comes back, he goes after Andrade and likely wins the title, which does him more good in the long run.

[Joe Neglia]

Apr 27, 2020 23:10:55 GMT -5 Shark said:

Apr 27, 2020 22:32:04 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

If it's a work...I mean, what the everliving f***? Haven't they given him over an hour's worth of screen time on just two shows to suddenly do a bait and switch angle?

Big picture, Andrade most likely takes his place and when Apollo comes back, he goes after Andrade and likely wins the title, which does him more good in the long run.

"Big picture" and "long run" don't really apply to anything in WWE's booking anymore.

[Shark]

Apr 27, 2020 23:12:10 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Apr 27, 2020 23:10:55 GMT -5 Shark said:

Big picture, Andrade most likely takes his place and when Apollo comes back, he goes after Andrade and likely wins the title, which does him more good in the long run.

"Big picture" and "long run" don't really apply to anything in WWE's booking anymore.

They kind of need to now because they have limited options.

[Deleted]

Apr 27, 2020 23:10:55 GMT -5 Shark said:

Apr 27, 2020 22:32:04 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

If it's a work...I mean, what the everliving f***? Haven't they given him over an hour's worth of screen time on just two shows to suddenly do a bait and switch angle?

Big picture, Andrade most likely takes his place and when Apollo comes back, he goes after Andrade and likely wins the title, which does him more good in the long run.

Big picture, Apollo disappears for months and is forgotten about, except for the random appearances where commentary reminds us how he's THIS CLOSE to being a breakout star, don't you know?

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

It definitely seemed like a work to me. If it was legit they wouldn't have filmed that backstage segment with him on crutches in the training room and Charley trying to interview him.