• WWE / TNA Veteran Refused To Join The Spirit Squad
Mikey (Mike Mondo) of the 2006 WWE faction The Spirit Squad was recently interviewed on Rene Dupree’s ‘Cafe de Rene’ podcast, where he revealed that Elijah Burke rejected the idea of him joining the group.
Here’s what Mikey said about Burke refusing to join them:
“Yes. Yes, he did. And fortunately for him, he definitely made the right move because I think he had a really good and luscious career going forward after that. You know, he took a chance, he bet on himself, and I wanna say it worked out for him, you know.
He had a great run as The Pope, you know, TNA. He had a good run in WWE, the ECW brand. He was working like the main events with [CM] Punk. He was always in the mix and Elijah turned out to be a hell of a hand.
A great worker. A great Talker. So, good for Elijah, man.”
Elijah Burke wrestled on the WWE main roster from 2006 until 2007 and later made a name for himself in Dixie Carter’s Total Nonstop Action! (TNA) as ‘The Pope’ D’Angelo Dinero from 2009 till 2017.
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 2, 1994) – WWF Wrestling Challenge
On this day in 1994, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Wrestling Challenge’.
It was broadcasted from the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts and featured pre-taped matches, promos & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF Royal Rumble 1994’ PPV.
The card can be found right here:
Tatanka vs. Tony Devito
Royal Rumble Report
The Headshrinkers vs. John Chrystal & Russ Greenburg
Doink The Clown vs. Duane Gill
Jim Cornette/Yokozuna Interview
Men on a Mission vs. Chris Duffy & Reno Riggins
Thurman Sparky Plugg Vignette
I.R.S. vs. Mike Khoury
Royal Rumble Report
Shawn Michaels vs. Bert Centeno
