Elias’ last match for WWE took place back in July 2021 when he lost a Symphony of Destruction match to Jaxson Ryker. Then the following month, vignettes would air where Elias torched his guitar, seemingly to end his musician character. Since then, fans have been waiting to see his new character debut. Yet, there had been very little news, and every time a new batch of talents was released by the company, his name was always speculated.
Finally, though, Elias has returned to television during the post-WrestleMania episode of Raw, having shaved off his beard. However, he is no longer playing Elias but is now performing as his younger brother Ezekiel. Seemingly WWE realizes this is absurd, and Kevin Owens would call him out on this, but Ezekiel remained adamant he wasn’t pretending. Later, he took to Twitter, still in character, and said he was taking over his elder brother’s account.
Former WWE writer Vince Russo has previously divulged that he had been in contract with Elias and revealed he wasn’t very popular with the creative team. This was because he would regularly email them ideas for his character, which is frowned upon. So given this, it will be interesting to discover whether Elias was behind the bizarre gimmick or the company came up with it as some form of punishment. Yet, in the past, characters that initially appeared to have no potential have gotten over, and if given proper storylines, perhaps Elias can get Ezekiel over.
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