This article is about the Nigerian-American professional wrestler. For crews of U.S. NASA Apollo program missions, see List of Apollo missions.
Apollo Crews
Crews in 2016
Birth name
Sesugh Uhaa
Born
(1987-08-22) August 22, 1987 (age 36)[1] Sacramento, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Linda Palonen
Children
2
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Apollo[2] Apollo Crews[3] Uhaa Nation [3]
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Billed weight
240 lb (110 kg)[3]
Billed from
Benue State, Nigeria Stone Mountain, Georgia[3]
Trained by
Mr. Hughes[4][5]
Debut
August 17, 2009[6]
Sesugh Uhaa[7][8] (born August 22, 1987)[1] is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Apollo Crews.
He started his career in 2009, originally working under the ring name Uhaa Nation,[4] 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. 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.[9][10][11]
He signed with WWE in 2015 and was assigned to the NXT brand, where he was given his current ring name. He was promoted to WWE's main roster in April 2016, where he won the United States Championship in May 2020 and later won the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 37.
^ ab"Apollo Crews reflects on his NXT debut: WWE.com Exclusive, August 22, 2015 (0:58)". WWE. August 22, 2015. Archived from the original on September 8, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2015. Apollo Crews comments on what it was like debuting in NXT, before more than 15,000 NXT fans, on his 28th birthday.
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^ ab"Uhaa Nation". Dragon Gate USA. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
^"Apollo Crews". WWE. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
^Dobson, Jamie (July 16, 2012). "My Interview with the One Man Nation – Uhaa Nation!". 911 Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
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^Counihan, Alan (June 12, 2012). "June 12 – Dr. Keith Presents: One Nation Under Uhaa!!!". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name ApolloCrews. He started his career in 2009, originally working under the ring name...
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Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, the American undertaking to land the first man...
the LM, Apollo 8 and Apollo 9 swapped prime and backup crews, and Armstrong's crew became the backup for Apollo 8. Based on the normal crew rotation...
Apollo 13 (April 11–17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched...
spaceflights. For the backup crews of Apollo 16 and 17, the final Apollo lunar missions, NASA selected astronauts who had already flown Apollo lunar missions, to...
and four crewed flights beginning in October 1968 demonstrated the ability of the spacecraft to carry out a lunar landing mission. Apollo achieved the...
States' Apollo program. It was the first crewed spacecraft to operate exclusively in the airless vacuum of space, and remains the only crewed vehicle...
Apollo 15 (July 26 – August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to land on the Moon. It was the first...
Apollo 9, while Borman's crew would fly the CSM lunar orbit mission on Apollo 8, and the E mission was canceled. The swap of crews was also decisive in who...
the crew of Apollo 15. For Apollo, a third crew of astronauts, known as the support crew, was designated in addition to the prime and backup crews used...
their activities. In June 1969, the crew would accept a special Emmy Award on behalf of the first four Apollocrews for their television broadcasts from...
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited...
when the crews for Apollo 8 and 9 were swapped, so were the backup crews. Since the rule of thumb was for backup crews to fly as prime crew three missions...
Apollo 7 (October 11–22, 1968) was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the...
functioned as a mother ship, which carried a crew of three astronauts and the second Apollo spacecraft, the Apollo Lunar Module, to lunar orbit, and brought...
landed. In addition, the three-person crews of Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 also entered lunar orbit, and the crew of Apollo 13 looped around the Moon on a free-return...
including both crewed and robotic missions. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959. In 1969 Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission...
Apollo 14 (January 31 – February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first...
created the support crews early in the Apollo Program on the advice of Apollocrew commander James McDivitt, who would lead Apollo 9. McDivitt believed...
for the NXT Championship, which saw Corbin being lastly eliminated by ApolloCrews, who Corbin attacked during his title match to cost him the title, thus...
first landings on Venus and on Mars. Meanwhile, the US landed five more Apollocrews on the Moon and continued exploration of other extraterrestrial bodies...
2022). "NXT Deadline results: Moore's live review of Bron Breakker vs. ApolloCrews for the NXT Championship, Pretty Deadly vs. Kofi Kingston and Xavier...
the United States Championship to ApolloCrews, ending his reign at 151 days. He failed to regain the title from Crews at Backlash, after failed interference...
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