Apollo Crews details how Edge helped him and others with promos during the pandemic

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Current WWE NXT roster member Apollo Crews revealed during an interview that Edge would give him and others weekly help with promos via FaceTime conversations.

Talking on the Out of Character podcast, Crews said it began during the pandemic when Edge contacted several talents and direct messaged Crews.

"...While he was injured with his triceps injury, he was talking about helping some of the younger guys with promos. So I was like, man, here's an opportunity. Extremely uncomfortable. He's talking about FaceTiming him once a week. I'm like, Man, I hate FaceTime. I hate even talking on the phone, right? But I was like, here's a man who's taking his time to help me get better and advance in my career. So I have to do this, right? I have to do it," he said.

He said they talked weekly with Edge giving him advice on how to improve, sending him up to eight to ten promos a day which Edge watched and then commented on.

"He was literally breaking and watching each one and breaking them down and breaking them down," he explained.

Crews also said after he debuted his Nigerian character on the main roster, Edge embraced him after he came to the back and was "genuinely happy that I went out there and just did that."

"I have nothing but great things to say about him and I'm very grateful that he reached out and wanted to help not just me, but some of the other guys advance and just be better. You have someone like that who's done everything here and here he is reaching out to us to kind of pass some of the game along. How do you pass up on that opportunity?," he said.

 

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I don't think I've ever read a bad thing about Edge after the Lita/Matt Hardy stuff.
 

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And Apollo Crews promos has been better thanks to Edge.
 

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So Edge sucks at teaching.