It's time to show some love for an old friend...

[Mooияakeя™]

This thread is dedicated to the "Paragon of Virtue" Elijah Burke :heart:

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m154/_-Gore-_/ElijahBurke.jpg

Post and rep at will all those who declare their love for the Elijah Express and all the magic he brought to our wrestling lives whilst he was sadly wasted in the annuls of WWE programming time.

I like him with Terkay, but thought the New Blood was a great stable too. ECW was better for me back then, felt more raw and different to the other two shows.


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[Exyle]

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[Dave Youell]

One of the most stupid cuts they ever made IMO, he was fucking great

[Mooияakeя™]

Good on the mic
Good entrance theme
Good charisma
Good ring work
Good move set
Good on the outside

Youell, I agree.

[Juan]

4 Knuckles Up

[Droford]

I think he would have gotten over more if the hadnt saddled him with the Turkeye dude.

[mike adamle]

His 4-Up on his taped wrists stands for 4 Upside the head.

[mike adamle]

But seriously, Burke was great, too bad they wasted him in WWE. Why hasn't he gone to TNA or ROH yet?

[CSL]

He'll most likely be back at some point if he wants to

[screech]

I always thought he was going to be a huge star. Ridiculous release, as Youell said

[Krimzon7]

I love burke. I loved him and Monty Brown. His release was a testament to the fact that we have some serious fucktards writing this shit.

[The Gold Standard]

I always thought he was going to be a huge star. Ridiculous release, as Youell said

I don't understand what happened

[Xero]

Maybe Michael Hayes called him a nigger.

[screech]

Maybe Michael Hayes called him a nigger.

Or called himself more of a nigger than Burke

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, I definitely agree that he is one of the stupidest releases they ever made. Good in the ring, a legitimate background, mic skills with an extra helping of charisma. Burke should have, and in time, would have been a major asset to the company.

But I have a feeling that he will one day be back.

[Ruien]

Remember when Vince brought him to ECW to destroy the old ECW crew. I figured he was on a quick rise to fame after that promo. Come on, how many people does Vince acually go to a show, stand in the middle of the ring, and say this is the future.

[Dorkchop]

He seemed promising. I don't know why he got released. He would have been a great guy to have in the mid card for a while and see where that goes after a couple of years.

[Xerzes]

Good on the mic
Good entrance theme
Good charisma
Good ring work
Good move set
Good on the outside

Youell, I agree.

[Sovereigntywillpr]

Maybe Michael Hayes called him a nigger.

isn't vinve kinda racist too...... i could see him thinking the fans weould be confused between R-Truth, Elijah, Benjamine and smackdowns ex highest paid athlete and Raws new MVP, MVP (they were all also on the same brand, if not the same brand the same tapings.)

[Sovereigntywillpr]

Not to mention it isn't easy for black people to gradually take over every pro-sport THAT quickly...It Can't just be an over-night thing...

[4 knuckles up]

Heh, about damn time someone made a topic like this! :D

Elijah Burke was great. And he's young enough to come back into the WWE, too. I hope he will, but there are so many great wrestlers out there unsigned... who knows.

Like Moonraker said, he was the complete package. His finisher was also great.

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I mean, DAMN! :)

I could go on and on. I wont say he was the black HBK, he wasn't the second coming or anything, but the guy showed so much promise! I remember one ECW episdoe when he took over the commentating for the night- I think few wrestlers are that relaxed and good at talking to do something like that.

He used to have his email address up on his WWE blogs. I sent him a message along the lines of "You're my favourite ECW wrestler! Get another shot against Punk, please!" and he replied back:

"Lol. Thanks alot dude. I will get that title soon enough! Keep supporting ya boy!"

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[Krimzon7]

the elijah express is the goods. That is actually my CAW's finisher!

[The Mackem]

He spoke out about the diva search didn't he? People under estimate the power the diva search has/had. Best not to talk bad about it.

[Damian Rey]

Elijah was the fucking shit. The guy was pissing charisma. I cannot understand why he was dumped. Considering what ECW is right now, can you imagine him in programs with the likes of Swagger, Christian, Bourne, and Morrison?

I actually saw an Elijah action figure at the target I work at, and it just made wonder what this guy did that got him canned.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Apparently the man played a fantastic babyface character. Considering everything awesome we remember about him was from his heel days, the WWE never even scratched the potential surface with Elijah Burke.

[Afterlife]

I have read nothing but the introductory post.

I was never impressed by Elijah Burke.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I love burke. I loved him and Monty Brown. His release was a testament to the fact that we have some serious fucktards writing this shit.


Yeah, even though Brown was clearly inferior between these 2 talents, I don't think he had NEARLY enough chance to prove himself before WWE just tossed him out like yesterday's garbage.

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[CSL]

He wasn't tossed, he jumped. Personal family stuff.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Elijah Burke was one of my favorites. I think if Cor Von would have stuck around, they'd both be up to much bigger things today.

[Mooияakeя™]

I hope that Burke will be back, I started this thread so we never forget him :'(

Turkay said he is hoping to get back to WWE. I'd prefer burke by like

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