Elijah Samuel Burke was born on May 24,1981 and is an American professional wrestler known under the ring names "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero and Da Pope.
37 Facts About Elijah Burke
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Elijah Burke currently wrestles for the National Wrestling Alliance as "Da Pope" Elijah Burke, where he is a former World Television Champion.
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Elijah Burke started his pro-wrestling career in 2003, working for World Wrestling Entertainment, first competing in their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling and later on their main roster from 2006 to 2008.
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Elijah Burke has won the OVW Heavyweight Championship, OVW Television Championship, and OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, and was voted Most Improved Wrestler of the Year in 2010 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
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Elijah Burke was dual certified, and later gaining a degree in criminal justice.
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Elijah Burke trained as an amateur boxer, a background that influenced his pro-wrestling style.
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Elijah Burke is a former officer for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in Florida who started in corrections before crossing over to the street.
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Two weeks later, Elijah Burke returned to the ring; he and Terkay lost to The Hardys.
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Elijah Burke was then attacked by Tommy Dreamer, Rob Van Dam, Sabu, and The Sandman, who would later form the ECW Originals stable.
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Elijah Burke then became the official leader of The New Breed, a group of new ECW stars including Matt Striker, Marcus Cor Von and Kevin Thorn, who proceeded to feud with the ECW Originals.
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On June 19,2007, Elijah Burke lost to Chris Benoit in a match that would decide who would face either CM Punk or Marcus Cor Von for the vacant ECW World Championship at Vengeance: Night of Champions.
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Elijah Burke then lost to Punk in a two out of three falls match, which would see the winner becoming the number-one contender to Johnny Nitro's ECW World Championship.
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Elijah Burke was then named the number one contender for the ECW Championship and went on to face CM Punk at the Unforgiven pay-per-view where he was beaten after Punk cleanly pinned him.
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Estrada pitted four ECW wrestlers against each other in a fatal four-way that night, which Elijah Burke won, removing the loser of the match, Richards, from contention.
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Elijah Burke was then taken off television for several months but he later reappeared by participating in the 2008 Royal Rumble, entering as the 28th entrant but was eliminated by Triple H after having Mick Foley pushed into him, after which both Foley and Elijah Burke were eliminated.
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Elijah Burke later participated in a 24-man battle royal at WrestleMania XXIV to determine who would face ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero Jr.
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Elijah Burke was eliminated early in the match by Kane.
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Elijah Burke then reappeared again in a tag team match on SmackDown where he and Shelton Benjamin faced Kofi Kingston and then-United States Champion Matt Hardy in a losing effort.
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Elijah Burke faced Hardy the following week in what would be his final televised match, but was unsuccessful.
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Elijah Burke later resurfaced in 2008 with a new "Black Pope" gimmick defeating Stevie Richards, Kung Fu Naki and Jamie Noble in dark matches.
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On November 10,2008, Elijah Burke was released from his WWE contract after being absent from television since May 2008.
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On November 16,2008, One Pro Wrestling based in England announced that Elijah Burke would be appearing on their Friday the 13th show in February 2009, but was canceled.
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Elijah Burke appeared at the Blue Collar Wrestling Alliance show "Superslam 7" in Detroit, Michigan on April 12,2009, winning in a singles match against local indy wrestler "The Reason" Black Velvet.
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Elijah Burke made his return to the independent circuit on April 4,2013, at Pro Wrestling Syndicate Super Card where he was defeated by John Morrison.
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Elijah Burke made his return to Puerto Rico, but now in different promotion International Wrestling Association, defeating Gilbert.
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Elijah Burke was slated to take part in the Ultimate X match at Bound for Glory, but ended up missing the event due to a "family emergency".
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Three days later, on November 15,2009, Dixie Carter announced on her Twitter account that Elijah Burke had signed a new long-term deal with the company.
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On January 8,2013, Elijah Burke announced on Twitter that his TNA contract had expired on January 1, and he would not be re-signing with the company.
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On September 11,2013, Elijah Burke returned to Ohio Valley Wrestling and defeated Flash Flanagan to win the Television Championship.
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On October 9,2013, Elijah Burke teamed with Eddie Diamond to defeat The Marauders, then made a challenged to Jonze for a title rematch.
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On September 16,2015, Elijah Burke made his return under the ring name General Pope, teaming with Private Anthony defeating Adam Revolver and Reverend Stuart Miles in a number one contenders match for an opportunity at the Southern Tag Team Championship.
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Elijah Burke returned to TNA on the June 3,2015 episode of Impact Wrestling alongside Josh Mathews on commentary under the ring name Da Pope.
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On October 20,2020, on UWN Primetime Live, Elijah Burke defeated Zicky Dice to win the NWA World Television Championship.
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Elijah Burke was a guest on Sci-Fi Channel's Ghost Hunters, on the October 31,2007 Halloween live special episode.
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Elijah Burke would become the second WWE wrestler to appear on Ghost Hunters, with the first being CM Punk.
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Elijah Burke is a playable character in the video games WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2008 and WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009.
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In May 2011, it was announced on his official website that Elijah Burke had graduated and received his degree with high honors in criminal justice.