Elias releases post-WWE promo video, reveals new ring name

Elias is now Elijah. 

The 36-year-old was released from WWE in September and is now officially a free agent. He posted a video to social media today announcing his post-WWE ring name. 

The video features Elias walking through a valley and arriving at what appears to be his own grave. 

The video’s narrator says:

A man adorned with the trappings of fame, fortune, and glory found himself descending into the shadow valley. The resonance of his former triumphs echoed like a grand spectacle that once defined his journey. Yet, in the quiet humility of the valley’s embrace, he discovered a path less traveled. A modern day prodigal earnestly seeking a redemption from his mortal divide that transcended the fleeting acolades of earthly acclaim. The holy scriptures say that it is appointed once for man to die and then the judgment but this man needed to enter into death in order to be made righteous, renewed, and regenerated. The holy scriptures say that all of their lifetime through the fear of death men are subjected to bondage and need delivered.

But death could not hold him. Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory? He himself shall be saved as though through fire. 

Elias then emerges from a fiery grave as the name “Elijah” flashes on the screen. 

Before signing with WWE in 2014, Elijah wrestled for the International Wrestling Cartel out of Pennsylvania. Shortly after he released his video today, IWC Wrestling announced Elijah will be on their February 24 show.  

Elias was one of several wrestlers released from WWE in September. Other talents cut from the company at the same time as him include Emma, Dolph Ziggler, Mustafa Ali, Mace & Mansoor, Dana Brooke, Dolph Ziggler, Dabba Kato, Shanky, Quincy Ellito, and Yulisa Leon,