[53][54] The following night on Raw, Elias would gain revenge as he would attack Lashley with a guitar. "The Wrestler" is about a man who can do one thing well, and keeps on doing it because of need, weary skill and pride.
[57] The following night on Raw, Elias turned heel after insulting the crowd, proclaiming that they disappointed him for lackluster reactions towards him, and was subsequently interrupted by Jeff Jarrett and Road Dogg, who proceeded to sing "With My Baby Tonight" until Elias attacked both men, smashing a guitar over both Jarrett and Road Dogg. [59][60], During the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Elias was drafted to the SmackDown brand. After the match, Jarrett smashed Elias with his guitar as payback for the previous week. On the May 15 episode of SmackDown, Elias defeated Corbin again during the first round of the tournament for the vacant Intercontinental Championship. [31][32][33] This would lead to a match between the two at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, where Elias was defeated by Jordan. In 2018 the album WWE: Walk With Elias was released by the WWE Music Group featuring Sciullo. On August 27 at SmackDown Live, Drake Maverick defeated Elias for the title after the latter was attacked by Kevin Owens. [28] In the end of July, WWE shortened his ring name to Elias. As Elias, and previously Elias Samson, he portrays a musician who often uses music as a face, to mock his opponents or as a heel, the fans in attendance, although they do chant along when Elias states that "WWE stands for Walk With Elias". Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre (No Holds Barred Match)", "WWE Smackville live results: Kingston vs. Joe vs. Ziggler", "8/12 WWE Raw Results: Powell's review of Seth Rollins appearing after winning the championship at SummerSlam, Steve Austin checks in, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs.
[62] On the May 28 episode of SmackDown Live, Elias pinned R-Truth with the help of McMahon and Drew McIntyre, winning the 24/7 Championship, his first title in WWE. [36], On January 28, 2018, at the Royal Rumble, Elias entered his first Royal Rumble match at No. At the event, Elias was defeated by Reigns in 10 seconds. [34] On the November 6 episode of Raw, Elias was defeated by Jordan in a Guitar–on–a–Pole match, ending their feud. He is currently working for WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Elias (nicknamed "The Drifter").
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[61] The following week, Shane McMahon challenged Reigns to a fight for attacking his father. [49][50][51][52] This led to a match at the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event, where Elias defeated Lashley in a ladder match with a guitar hanging over the ring, after which Lashley would attack him with the guitar after the match. Jeffrey Sciullo (born November 22, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and musician. The Kabuki Warriors for the WWE Women's Tag Titles, The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre vs. Cederic Alexander", "8/20 WWE Smackdown Live results: Powell's review of Daniel Bryan vs. [47][48] Throughout November, Elias started a feud with Bobby Lashley, who would defeat him in different matches via count–out, disqualification or a distraction by his manager Lio Rush. [19][20][21] In his in–ring debut match on the May 22 episode of Raw, Samson defeated Dean Ambrose by disqualification after The Miz intentionally attacked him.
The following Friday on Smackdown, Elias interrupted Sami Zayn and Cesaro, and thwarted an attack by Cesaro.
Throughout the rest of the year, Samson would compete in different matches against competitors such as Shinsuke Nakamura and Finn Bálor, but he would be on the losing side. The Wrestler is a 2008 American sports drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Robert Siegel. The Wrestler (2008) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Elias (wrestler) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeffrey Sciullo (born November 22, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and musician.
[8], On the April 10, 2017, episode of Raw, Samson made his main roster debut, appearing on the stage briefly during an eight–man tag team match, as well as walking through the crowd during another match later that night. [46], In October, Elias turned face for the first time in his career, as he attacked Baron Corbin with his guitar.
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Elias then challenged Reigns to a match at Money in the Bank, and Reigns accepted. The next week, he cemented his face turn when he sang with Dana Brooke and attacked Maverick. Yes, but as an activity, it's pretty real.
Elias participated in the Royal Rumble match at the namesake pay-per-view and entered at #2 but was eliminated by the WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. 69 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, This page was last edited on 15 September 2020, at 13:51. [37] A month later, Elias competed for the first time in an Elimination Chamber match at the namesake pay–per–view, where he entered last, but was the second participant eliminated by Braun Strowman. [13] He made his NXT debut at the April 24, 2014, tapings, working as an enhancement talent and teaming with Buddy Murphy in a losing effort against The Ascension. He lost the title in the same night against R-Truth, after a tag team match that also involved Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre. Pro wrestling is a fake sport, right? R-Truth pinned him after the match with the help of Roman Reigns. In August 2015, Samson debuted a new drifter musician character in a match taped prior to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, approaching the ring with a guitar before defeating Bull Dempsey, and established himself as a Heel at the same time. [14] In the following weeks, Samson would rack up victories over various competitors such as Steve Cutler and Jesse Sorensen.