10 Current WWE Stars Once Saddled With Terrible Gimmicks
These are 10 WWE stars who were given awful gimmicks
3. Apollo Crews
Apollo Crews is the sort of professional wrestler whose talent really should speak for itself.
A high-flying powerhouse able to do just about anything with ease, Crews is an exciting and dynamic performer who, perhaps, hasn’t always been given the opportunity to show his abundant abilities.
In the run-up to WrestleMania 37, Crews began doing a new gimmick where he embraced his Nigerian heritage.
Which is all well and good, of course, but this was WWE in 2021and Apollo acknowledging his roots was handled with all the subtlety of Saba Simba.
Speaking in an exaggerated accent (which he later admitted to having difficulty doing), Crews was flanked by military men, carried a spear to the ring and claimed to be a member of Nigerian royalty.
It wasn’t great, to be honest, though clearly some people were fans of the shift because Apollo was booked to beat Big E for the Intercontinental Championship – in a ‘Nigerian Drum Fight’, naturally – when they clashed at the Showcase of the Immortals.
Once his 124-day reign came to an end, however, so too did the enthusiasm for pushing the character.
