The NXT curse: 10 wrestlers who were stars in NXT but floundered on the main roster.

Nakamura with the NXT championship.
Nakamura with the NXT championship.

4. Apollo Crews

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A man well over 250 pounds who can fly like a cruiserweight, Apollo Crews naturally turned heads in NXT. In fact, he was pushed to the main roster much more quickly than some more experienced wrestlers.

That may have proven to be his undoing. Since joining the main roster, Crews has struggled to be noticed. The most attention he's garnered was because of a lawsuit stemming from his faux last name. Crews seemed like he had huge potential in NXT, but now he's just being utterly unremarkable.

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Edited by Siddharth Ostwal
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