Elias was recently a guest on E & C’s Pod of Awesomeness. During the podcast, he spoke on a wide variety of topics about his career so far in WWE. One of the most interesting topics had to do with his “Walk With Elias” catchphrase. He explained how he came up with it and John Cena’s reaction backstage.
Here are some of the highlights [h/t to Wrestling INC]:
“The ‘walk with Elias” thing– it all started with The Drifter in NXT. So, it’s all kind of evolved, right? The Drifter was this guy where I’d put a guitar on my shoulder and walk from town to town, find my way however I can, whether it’s hitchhiking, on a bus, walking, whatever I’ve gotta do. So it just became a question, ‘Who wants to walk with The Drifter? Who wants to go with me on this journey?'”
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On John Cena’s reaction to “WWE stands for Walk With Elias”
“When I got to the main roster, Vince [McMahon] said ‘Let’s drop The Drifter stuff. You’re gonna be Elias and that’s it. So, ‘walk with Elias’ was the next question, right? And it just so happened to perfectly work out, ‘WWE’ and ‘walk with Elias’ are right in line there. I remember I said it backstage to John Cena. He was going off about the WWE Universe and the WWE this and that, and I said ‘Hey John, do you know WWE stands for? It stands for walk with Elias.’ He said, ‘My head just exploded in ten different ways, man. That is great!’ He said, ‘You got to make a thing out of that.”
Elias ended up testing it in front of a live audience in a promo with Cena on Christmas Day.
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