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Mr. Hughes Talks The Early Training And Career Growth Of Heath Slater, Moose And Apollo Crews
- Updated: September 19, 2016
Episode #205 of The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling welcomes a man who when he came to your promotion with his trademark sunglasses and hat brought about a new level of pain, as Mr. Curtis Hughes joins the show. John and Chad catch up with Mr. Hughes and learn all about the standout WWE talents he has helped bring into the wrestling business including WWE SmackDown Live tag team champion Heath Slater as well as Apollo Crews and TNA Impact Wrestling star Moose. TMPT also dives deep into the career of the Hughes himself as they discuss his stops in all three major promotions in the 1990s, his feud with the Undertaker and why is he not recognized as a full blown ECW original? The full episode can be downloaded at this link.
The training and growth of Apollo Crews:
“Anyone that teaches or trains anyone and they see them on television it’s a rush and also to a blessing because I am a believer in all (my) students that have passed through me and they’ve been blessed too. Of course a lot of hard work went into that on his (Crews) part. When he first came to me to be a professional wrestler he knew that everybody does their research and if you are smart and you really want to make it in this business, you have to do the research and try to find the right school and if it is the right place for you to get the things (the tools) you need to go further in the sport that we do and he did that. He came and saw me, he was determined from day one and I already knew he was going to be good because it didn’t take him long to learn. I would show him one time and he’d have it. I like training people like that (especially) big people because I can relate to that since I was a big guy. I like training good athletic people and he is one good athlete there is no doubt about it as you can see on …