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Post by Hunch back of Notredomus on Dec 1, 2023 7:52:55 GMT -5
He went from intercontinental Champ to working main event tapings. What happened?
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Post by mj0mn0m on Dec 1, 2023 7:55:11 GMT -5
He stole Liv Morgan's make up set!
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Post by Nosnorb on Dec 1, 2023 7:58:31 GMT -5
He went from intercontinental Champ to working main event tapings. What happened? Not being able to make his heel gimmick work and not being able to show much charisma happened. It was inenvitable considering he was taken out of NXT far too early and never had much chance to develop a face persona nor work on wrestling psychology in prep for the main roster.
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Post by Hunch back of Notredomus on Dec 1, 2023 8:07:25 GMT -5
He stole Liv Morgan's make up set! 😂😂
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Post by Hunch back of Notredomus on Dec 1, 2023 8:10:00 GMT -5
He went from intercontinental Champ to working main event tapings. What happened? Not being able to make his heel gimmick work and not being able to show much charisma happened. It was inenvitable considering he was taken out of NXT far too early and never had much chance to develop a face persona nor work on wrestling psychology in prep for the main roster. yep. He’s a good worker also. Just goes to show charisma and being able to talk on the mic is most important.
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Post by pinja on Dec 1, 2023 8:10:52 GMT -5
Apollo decided chasing the bass was his destiny. In the end, the bass chased Apollo. Chased him away from the big fish.
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Post by Nosnorb on Dec 1, 2023 8:22:15 GMT -5
There was a period in 2017 where Titus O'Neil was managing Apollo, Dana Brooke and Akira Tozawa in Titus Worldwide in what could, and should, have been a solid Midcard stable and a very good tag team in Crews and Tozawa, but it just ended. Which is a shame, as you had Titus as the mouthpiece for both Akira and Apollo, and the combined charisma of both O'Neill and Tozawa could easily cover for Crews.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 1, 2023 8:27:44 GMT -5
There was a period in 2017 where Titus O'Neil was managing Apollo, Dana Brooke and Akira Tozawa in Titus Worldwide in what could, and should, have been a solid Midcard stable and a very good tag team in Crews and Tozawa, but it just ended. Which is a shame, as you had Titus as the mouthpiece for both Akira and Apollo, and the combined charisma of both O'Neill and Tozawa could easily cover for Crews. I remember the stable being feature and pushed heavily to mixed results Then they got tozawa,everything clicked,they got over huge and at that EXACT moment...Vince decided to remove then from TV.It baffles me to this day
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Post by clc on Dec 1, 2023 8:44:04 GMT -5
They failed him when they didn't shell out the money for his theme song. Seth Rollins, Cody Rhodes, Nakamura, etc. have shown us how important entrance music can be to getting a star over. When WWE signed Uhaa Nation, they should have bought the rights to "Dschinghis Khan", or even better, upgrade and buy the Berryz Koubou cover of the song.
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Post by Hunch back of Notredomus on Dec 1, 2023 8:52:41 GMT -5
Apollo decided chasing the bass was his destiny. In the end, the bass chased Apollo. Chased him away from the big fish. not gonna lie I read it as bass. The instrument 😂
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 1, 2023 9:09:01 GMT -5
He was only ever at all interesting as the weird magic guy in NXT and they just kind of neglected to bring that up with him when he came back to the main roster for some reason.
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Post by J is Justice on Dec 1, 2023 9:53:54 GMT -5
I always liked him so it's a shame it hasn't worked out.
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Post by floundertime on Dec 1, 2023 11:34:15 GMT -5
Commander Azeez got called back to his home planet to lead the planet’s army. Without the Commander’s leadership Apollo has been lost. Please pray for the Commander to return to Earth one day.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Dec 1, 2023 12:03:20 GMT -5
Commander Azeez got called back to his home planet to lead the planet’s army. Without the Commander’s leadership Apollo has been lost. Please pray for the Commander to return to Earth one day. Having a charisma black hole (Crews) have a charisma black hole (Azeez) as his tough didn't help him at all.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Dec 1, 2023 12:08:25 GMT -5
He just seems to be in that gatekeeper role now where NXT talent will work with him on Main Event to get ready for main roster stuff and tbh, it could be worse for him.
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Post by Hunch back of Notredomus on Dec 1, 2023 17:25:01 GMT -5
He just seems to be in that gatekeeper role now where NXT talent will work with him on Main Event to get ready for main roster stuff and tbh, it could be worse for him. right.
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Post by Ozman on Dec 2, 2023 11:23:07 GMT -5
Apollo is my pick for “surreal star is still with the company moment” for WWE current.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 2, 2023 11:27:30 GMT -5
I don't think they know what to do with him. I was surprised he survived the last round of cuts as he's a veteran who isn't really doing anything of note.
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 2, 2023 11:40:46 GMT -5
I don't think they know what to do with him. I was surprised he survived the last round of cuts as he's a veteran who isn't really doing anything of note. Lumis still being around surprises me too with how little he's been used this year.
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Post by City Duck on Dec 2, 2023 13:00:03 GMT -5
It's okay he saw it coming
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