Fightful Jun 9, 2025

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Elijah feels he can draw those types of reactions in arenas around the world. There have been two occasions in 2025 that Elijah f.k.a. Elias appeared for WWE on their weekly NXT show. Elijah was released from WWE in September 2023. His 2025 appearances on the program were discussed while he was on Busted Open. He was asked what it meant to him to return and he said the following: “That was awesome. It was really great. To work out there, talking about the first time when I came out, surprise, in the dark with the strum. The fans’ reaction was awesome and it was very much one of those, like, yeah, they’re for me kind of people and they began chanting ‘welcome home’ and all those things so it was a great feeling, and I love to do that. I am convinced that I can do that in any arena around the world at any point. So I think that kind of put it on notice on a worldwide stage like that too.” At TNA Against All Odds, Elijah challenged Trick Williams for the TNA World Championship. To read the result of that bout, head over to this link. If the quote in this article is used, please credit Busted Open with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.