{"id":101696,"date":"2021-11-24T14:15:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=101696"},"modified":"2021-11-24T14:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:03:26","slug":"the-pope-elijah-burke-recalls-turning-down-a-spot-in-wwes-spirit-squad-after-meeting-with-vince-mcmahon-being-the-last-opponent-of-chris-benoit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2021\/11\/24\/the-pope-elijah-burke-recalls-turning-down-a-spot-in-wwes-spirit-squad-after-meeting-with-vince-mcmahon-being-the-last-opponent-of-chris-benoit\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Pope&#8221; Elijah Burke recalls turning down a spot in WWE&#8217;s Spirit Squad after meeting with Vince McMahon, being the last opponent of Chris Benoit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3002067276\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b>The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast with &#8220;The Pope&#8221; Elijah Burke<br \/>\nHost: JP John Poz<br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwoManPowerTrip\">@TwoManPowerTrip<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmptempire.com\/\">www.tmptempire.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Interview available at <a href=\"https:\/\/tmptow.podomatic.com\/\">Tmptow.podomatic.com<\/a><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Being Chris Benoit\u2019s last ever match:<\/b> &#8220;Man, being Chris Benoit\u2019s last ever match is a blessing and a curse. In one instance, he was the same Chris that I\u2019ve always known since I\u2019ve been in the WWE and to have that honor of his last match is powerful. But I do think it depends on how you look at it. After the horrific murders that occurred, it\u2019s a curse being his last match. No one ever asks me how the match was, they just ask about the experience of being his last ever match. As far as wrestling him last, I certainly didn\u2019t want be known as the last guy to wrestle Chris Benoit. But I was and for me, it was just a great honor because I do consider him one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. I grew up watching him and became a huge fan of his when he was in WCW. I don\u2019t think you cannot deny his ability and everything that Chris Benoit was in the ring. He was definitely a hall of fame talent and that can\u2019t be taken away from him. As far as me and him, like I said it\u2019s a blessing and a curse being his last match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Rumors of his involvement in the original Spirit Squad in 2005:<\/b> &#8220;It\u2019s funny that after all these years, over a decade and only this year I believe I\u2019m answering questions about the Spirit Squad. It\u2019s very true. They wanted me to go up and be, in my opinion, the \u201cafro-haired chosen black guy\u201d during that time in the group and, trust me, it was a great opportunity. We sat there and we talked to Vince McMahon himself and Vince said, &#8216;I want you guys to understand that this is my idea and we are going to make a lot of money.&#8217; He said if you are uncomfortable, we will send you back down to OVW and we will wait until we get something else for you. I went to Vince and Johnny Ace and said I appreciated the opportunity, but with all due respect I don\u2019t feel like I should do anything that I could not live up to in your standards, and I don\u2019t want to be a failure and I don\u2019t believe this spot is for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was a little worried that I was about to tell the boss that I didn\u2019t want to do it. Either he was going to respect me for it or he was going to punish me for it. A lot of guys took it to heart that I said no, which I never understood because they weren\u2019t in my position or in my shoes, and the guys that were going out there were very, very talented and thus when I said no, they added Mike Mondo and they added Johnny Jeter and instead of it being four like it was originally going to be, it turned out to be five. There was no way that this &#8216;big black guy&#8217; and 225-230 pounds at the time was going to be running down a ramp, jumping on a trampoline and flipping over the top rope. It was just not going to happen without me screwing up and looking like a fool. I didn\u2019t want to take that chance, I didn\u2019t want to risk that chance and I am happy that I did and kudos to Dolph Ziggler. Just look at him. In my eyes, the guy is just a premier performer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Other topics include The NWA, becoming the &#8220;face of ECW&#8221;, being OVW Champion, teaming with Sylvester Turkay, The New Breed, WrestleMania 23, his first run with TNA, his boxing background, and more.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to other shows apart of the TMPT Empire including Shane Douglas\u2019 Triple Threat Podcast, Taking You to School with Dr. Tom Prichard, Talking Tough with Rick Bassman, Taskmaster Talks with Kevin Sullivan, Pro Wrestling 101 with Justin Credible and the University of Dutch with Dutch Mantell.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/10167109?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2077290530\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[433,35,4256,4255,2949,3205,56,101],"class_list":["post-101696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview_highlights","category-wwe_news","tag-chris-benoit","tag-dolph-ziggler","tag-elijah-burke","tag-johnny-jeter","tag-mike-mondo","tag-the-pope","tag-vince-mcmahon","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;The Pope&quot; 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