Apollo Crews has long been considered one of the more underutilized talents in the WWE, but that has certainly changed over the last few months. The new Intercontinental Champion was long considered a good worker that needed an opening. One WWE Hall of Famer pitched an idea to work with him, but it seems like that was rejected.
D-Von Dudley spoke with JOFO In The Ring where he talked about how back in 2016 when Apollo Crews had been told to step it up, D-Von Dudley felt he needed the right people to help him take that next step. He went on to say that he wanted to work with Apollo instead of retiring, but WWE constantly rejected his pitches to work with him, including the idea of forming a tag team with him like he once did with Batista in his early days. WWE wound up rejecting that pitch as well, and wound up putting Crews in Titus Worldwide.
“I wanted to work with Apollo. Bubba went his way and I stayed with WWE. I wasn’t ready to become a producer. I still wanted to wrestle. When I was told ‘no’ and they wanted me as a producer, not as talent, I took the job. I was hearing certain rumblings that Apollo needed to step it up and give it his all and give him that little push.”
“I remember that I volunteered. ‘let me tag with Apollo and help him out.’ I did the same thing with Batista and so many other guys over the years. I thought it would be a great thing to do. I was told ‘no.’ They put him with Titus O’Neil and Titus Worldwide. The opportunity was gone and I was like, ‘Damn.’ I think me and Apollo could’ve done great things, but they said ‘no.’”
D-Von wound up going into his producer role, and Apollo has had a great 12 months that has seen him win both the United States and the Intercontinental Title along with getting his WrestleMania moment. However, fans may now wonder just what a team with those two could have been like.
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