Sesugh Uhaa[7][8] (born August 22, 1987)[1] is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Apollo Crews.

[9][10] Sesugh Uhaa was born on August 22, 1987, in Sacramento, California, and was raised in the Atlanta suburb of Stone Mountain, Georgia.

[4] He made his wrestling debut for Dragon Gate USA later that same day, defeating Aaron Draven in a squash match.

[15] The following day at Way of the Ronin, Uhaa defeated Facade, Flip Kendrick and Sugar Dunkerton in a four-way match.

[16] On October 29, Uhaa made his first appearance for Full Impact Pro, when he defeated Jake Manning for FIP Florida Heritage Championship.

[18] 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.

[19] For the rest of the tour, which lasted through December 25, Uhaa worked alongside the Blood Warriors stable, winning every one of his matches.

[4] 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.

[25] 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.

[31] 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.

[32] On September 12, the three were joined by Masato Yoshino, Ricochet, and Shachihoko Boy to form a new stable,[33] which was on October 6 named Monster Express.

[37] On February 5, 2015, Uhaa made his return to Dragon Gate as Akira Tozawa's surprise partner in a tag team match, where they defeated Cyber Kong and Don Fujii.

[60] He remained undefeated over the following weeks, defeating the likes of Curtis Axel,[61] Adam Rose,[62] Heath Slater[63] and Stardust.

[68] On the August 2 episode of SmackDown, Crews defeated Kalisto and Baron Corbin in a triple threat match to become the number one contender to the Intercontinental Championship.

[72] At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 4, Crews teamed with American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) and The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder) in a win over Curt Hawkins, The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch), and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) in a 10-man tag team match.

[2] At Elimination Chamber on February 25, Apollo and O'Neil failed to capture the titles,[90] and were again unsuccessful in a rematch the following night on Raw.

[94] On the October 15 episode of Raw, Crews returned as a singles competitor when he interrupted Elias during his performance, thus disbanding Titus Worldwide.

[96] On the December 31 episode of Raw, Crews won a battle royal by eliminating eight wrestlers to become the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship against Dean Ambrose.

[117] On the December 25 episode of SmackDown, Crews helped Big E win the WWE Intercontinental Championship by preventing then-holder Sami Zayn from escaping the arena.

[118] On the January 8, 2021 episode of SmackDown, Big E issued an open challenge for the Intercontinental Championship, which Crews immediately accepted and lost.

On the February 19 episode of SmackDown, after losing to Shinsuke Nakamura, Crews attacked Big E, who was at ringside, turning heel for the first time in his WWE career.

[124][125] On the second night of the event on April 11, he defeated Big E with the help of Commander Azeez to win the Intercontinental Championship.

[126] On the August 13 episode of SmackDown, Crews lost the title to King Nakamura, ending his reign at 124 days.

[133] He made his in-ring return to the brand on the same night, where he and Solo Sikoa defeated Carmelo Hayes and Grayson Waller.

[134] On July 5 at The Great American Bash, Crews cut a promo on who he should face in NXT, but was interrupted by Giovanni Vinci.

[144] After the match, he was attacked by his former ally Dabba-Kato, originally Commander Azeez,[145] who defeated Crews on the March 14 episode of NXT.

Heading into 2025, Crews would begin a storyline where he became a witness in DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) causing trouble in the tag team division, most notably attacking the Street Profits backstage, and would subsequently tell Pretty Deadly on the January 17, 2025 episode of SmackDown that they are going nowhere by helping DIY, after which Gargano would attack Crews.

[151] Uhaa is of Nigerian descent,[8] with both his parents originally hailing from Benue State, in the middle belt region of Nigeria.