Jim Varsallone of The Miami Herald has published a new piece covering Apollo Crews in WWE NXT, and the piece includes thoughts from numerous media personalities in the South Florida area, as well as EVOLVE’s Gabe Sapolsky. When asked to describe Crews in one word, below are some of the media responses:
Christian Abbate: “Charisma”
Victor Baloy: “Freakish (Ability)”
Larry Conatser: “Starpower”
Thomas Estes: “Ineffability”
Scott Fishman: “Athleticism”
Alexa Glazier: “Breathtaking”
On how rapper Wale helped Crews get signed to NXT:
“A hip hop artist by the name of Wale, very well known, found me on Twitter,” Crews said. “I was like, ‘This can’t be the real Wale following me.’ It was, and after I followed him, he sent me a direct message saying, ‘How can we get you in WWE?’ I said, ‘I honestly don’t even know if they have a clue of who I am…I don’t even know if I’m on their radar.’”
“It was cool because Wale got in contact with [WWE superstar] Mark Henry, who got me into one of WWE’s camps/tryouts in October 2014,” Crews noted. “Once I had that opportunity, I wasn’t going to let it pass me by, and then the rest just kind of fell into place.”
Gabe Sapolsky on how Crews first came to him in Dragon Gate USA:
“He came to us as a complete unknown..we didn’t know who he was,” Sapolsky said.
“We were so impressed with what he did at the tryout that we put him on the show [Chasing the Dragon] that night, and we immediately put him on every show after.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
