In the last episode of RAW, Apollo Crews pinned Andrade in a tag team match and earned a United States title shot, where he came close to victory before the referee stopped the match due to a storyline knee injury. As a result of that, he was pulled from the Money in the Bank 2020 ladder match.
Tom Colohue told Korey Gunz on Dropkick DiSKussions that it was all planned and revealed a possible reason why Apollo Crews was pulled from the contest:
He explained that while it’s disappointing that Apollo Crews isn’t in the match, there may have been a few possible reasons as well for him being pulled out:
Will Apollo Crews benefit in the long run?
Apollo Crews will be expected to target Andrade and the United States Championship once he returns to WWE TV. We won’t be surprised to see him return after Money in the Bank to claim and possibly win his first title in WWE in nearly five years.
He’s certainly got all the tools - we just hope that he can start to develop on the character front. If he progresses well in that regard, then big things await him.
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