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Apollo Crews Biography
Apollo Crews is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on August 22, 1987 in Sacramento, California, United States.
Sesugh Uhaa (born August 22, 1987) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Apollo Crews, and is the current WWE United States Champion in his first reign.
After finishing college, Uhaa quickly got a job in order to pay for his professional wrestling training. He began training at the age of 21 under Mr. Hughes at his World Wrestling Alliance 4 (WWA4) promotion’s training school in Atlanta. After making his wrestling debut under the ring name Uhaa Nation on August 17, 2009, he spent over a year working mainly for small promotions on the Georgian independent circuit, but also made trips to Houston, Texas-based Pro Wrestling Alliance (PWA) and Phenix City, Alabama-based Great Championship Wrestling (GCW), often working with fellow WWA4 trainee AR Fox.
Name | Apollo Crews |
First Name | Martin |
Last Name | Gaziev |
Occupation | Wrestler |
Birthday | August 22 |
Birth Year | 1987 |
Place of Birth | Sacramento |
Home Town | California |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Leo |
Full/Birth Name | Sesugh Uhaa |
Father | Not Available |
Mother | Not Available |
Siblings | Not Available |
Spouse | Not Known |
Children(s) | Sade Sofiya, Kai Isaac |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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On September 9, 2011, Uhaa took part in a tryout seminar held by the Dragon Gate USA promotion. He was immediately signed for appearances for not only Dragon Gate USA, but also its parent promotion, Dragon Gate, and close affiliates Evolve and Full Impact Pro (FIP). He made his wrestling debut for Dragon Gate USA later that same day, defeating Aaron Draven in a squash match. Uhaa made his pay-per-view debut the following day at Untouchable 2011, where he answered Brodie Lee’s open challenge and dominated him, before Lee left the ringside area. The following day at the Way of the Ronin 2011 pay-per-view, Uhaa defeated Facade, Flip Kendrick and Sugar Dunkerton in a four-way match. On October 29, Uhaa made his first appearance for Full Impact Pro, when he defeated Jake Manning for FIP Florida Heritage Championship. Uhaa then entered a storyline, where different Dragon Gate USA stables tried to recruit him to join them. On November 30, Uhaa made his Japanese debut for Dragon Gate, during an event produced by the villainous Blood Warriors stable. Uhaa defeated Kotoka in a match that lasted 99 seconds, establishing himself as the newest member of Blood Warriors in the process. For the rest of the tour, which lasted until December 25, Uhaa worked alongside the Blood Warriors stable, winning every one of his matches. At the end of 2011, Dragon Gate USA named Uhaa the Best Newcomer of the year. He also finished second behind Daichi Hashimoto in Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s award category for Rookie of the Year.
Apollo Crews Net Worth
Apollo Crews is one of the richest Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Apollo Crews's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Sesugh Uhaa was born on August 22, 1987 in Sacramento, California, and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and early on fell in love with professional wrestling, becoming a fan of performers such as “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, The Rock and especially Kurt Angle. He went to a military high school and began practicing various sports, including amateur wrestling, soccer, football and track and field, as both an outlet and a way to “get away from the military life”. While weight training in high school, he was given the nickname “Uhaa Nation”, when his coach noted that he was “as strong as a single nation”.
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Salary | Under Review |
Source of Income | Wrestler |
Cars | Not Available |
House | Living in own house. |
Upon his return to the United States, Uhaa made his debut for Evolve on January 14, 2012, with a win over Pinkie Sanchez. When the following March, Akira Tozawa took over the leadership of Blood Warriors from Cima and renamed the group Mad Blankey, Uhaa Nation followed along to the renamed stable. Uhaa made his first appearance representing Mad Blankey at a DGUSA event on March 29, when he and stablemates Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk defeated Ronin (Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann) and D.U.F. (Arik Cannon, Pinkie Sanchez and Sami Callihan) in a three-way trios match. However, during the match Uhaa suffered a knee injury, which sidelined him for a year. Uhaa returned to the ring on February 1, 2013, at Full Impact Pro’s Everything Burns iPPV, where he successfully defended the FIP Florida Heritage Championship against Chasyn Rance. On March 2, Uhaa returned to Japan and Dragon Gate, when he and BxB Hulk defeated Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki for the Open the Twin Gate Championship. They lost the title to Shingo Takagi and Yamato on May 5. On May 11, Uhaa was pinned for the first time in a Dragon Gate ring, when he was eliminated by Jimmy Susumu in the first round of the 2013 King of Gate tournament. On July 28 at Enter the Dragon 2013, Dragon Gate USA’s fourth anniversary event, Uhaa suffered his first pinfall loss in the promotion, when he was defeated by Anthony Nese. On August 9, Uhaa lost the FIP Florida Heritage Championship to Gran Akuma. Back in Dragon Gate, Mad Blankey turned on Uhaa Nation on August 30, after he refused to wrestle Akira Tozawa, who had recently been kicked out of the group. Uhaa then formed a new partnership with Tozawa and Shingo Takagi. On September 12, the three were joined by Masato Yoshino, Ricochet and Shachihoko Boy to form a new stable, which was on October 6 named Monster Express. On January 12, 2014, Uhaa received his first shot at Dragon Gate USA’s top title, the Open the Freedom Gate Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Johnny Gargano. On March 6, Uhaa also received his first shot at Dragon Gate’s top title, the Open the Dream Gate Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Monster Express stablemate Ricochet. On May 23, it was reported that Uhaa had signed a new contract with Dragon Gate USA.
In October 2014, Uhaa took part in a WWE tryout camp, resulting in him being offered a developmental contract. Starting on December 31, 2014, multiple sources reported that Uhaa had come to terms on a contract with WWE. Uhaa reported to the WWE Performance Center, the home of their NXT developmental brand, on April 6, 2015. WWE officially announced Uhaa as part of a new class of NXT recruits in a press release on April 13. Uhaa made his first televised appearance on the May 6 episode of NXT, signing an NXT contract in a segment with William Regal. Uhaa started working NXT house shows the following month, retaining the Uhaa Nation ring name.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Apollo Crews height 6 ft 1 in Martin weight 240 lbs & body measurements will update soon.
Height | 6 ft 1 in |
Weight | 240 lbs |
Body Measurements | Under Review |
Eye Color | Not Available |
Hair Color | Not Available |
Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
He started his career in 2009, originally working under the ring name Uhaa Nation, and made his breakthrough in 2011, when he was signed by the Dragon Gate USA promotion, which also led to him making his first trip to Japan to work for Dragon Gate. In 2014, Uhaa signed with WWE and was assigned to its developmental brand NXT, where he was given the ring name, Apollo Crews. He was promoted to WWE’s main roster in April 2016. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and weighing 240 lb (110 kg), Uhaa is known both as a high-flyer and a power wrestler.
On April 4, 2016 episode of Raw, Crews made his main roster debut by defeating Tyler Breeze. Crews then entered a feud with The Social Outcasts (Heath Slater, Adam Rose, Bo Dallas, and Curtis Axel), defeating three members of the stable. On the April 18 episode of Raw, Crews defeated Heath Slater to end the feud. On the May 23 episode of Raw, Crews suffered his first loss as part of main roster, losing to Chris Jericho in a Money in the Bank qualifying match, and the loss was blamed on Sheamus’ pre-match attack on Crews, starting a feud between the two. Crews and Sheamus faced off at Money in the Bank, where Crews was victorious.
Who is Apollo Crews Dating?
According to our records, Apollo Crews is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Apollo Crews’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Apollo Crews. You may help us to build the dating records for Apollo Crews!On February 5, 2015, Uhaa made returned to Dragon Gate as Akira Tozawa’s surprise partner in a tag team match, where they defeated Cyber Kong and Don Fujii. At the end of the event, Uhaa confronted BxB Hulk, challenging him to a match for the Open the Dream Gate Championship. On March 1, Uhaa failed in his title challenge against Hulk, after which he announced he had wrestled his final match for Dragon Gate. Uhaa worked his final Evolve events later that month during WWNLive’s WrestleMania week.
Top Facts about Apollo Crews
Facts & Trivia
Martin Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Apollo Crews celebrates birthday on August 22 of every year.
On August 5, it was announced that Uhaa, now working under the new ring name Apollo Crews, would be making his televised NXT in-ring debut on August 22 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Crews defeated Tye Dillinger in his debut. Crews made his NXT debut on the September 2 episode of NXT, defeating Martin Stone. At NXT TakeOver: Respect, Crews defeated Tyler Breeze. On the October 14 episode of NXT, Crews won a battle royal to become the number one contender to the NXT Championship. Crews received his title shot against Finn Bálor on the November 4 episode of NXT, winning the match by disqualification, when he was attacked by Baron Corbin, who held a grudge against Crews for eliminating him from the number one contender’s battle royal. The rivalry between Crews and Corbin led to a match at NXT TakeOver: London, which Corbin won. Crews then started a feud with Elias Samson, after Crews saved Johnny Gargano from Samson’s assault on the March 23, 2016 episode of NXT. The two would subsequently have a match on the April 6 episode of NXT, which was won by Crews.
Is Apollo Crews really a Nigerian?
Personal life. Uhaa is of Nigerian descent. His father is originally from Vandeikya, Benue State in the middle belt region of Nigeria. His mother is also from Benue State, Nigeria.
What country is Apollo Crews from?
American
What is Apollo Crews real name?
Sesugh Uhaa
What is the age of Apollo Crews?
34 years (August 22, 1987)
Where is Sesugh UHAA from?
Sacramento, CA
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