Elias Recalls the Original Plans for a Match With John Cena at WrestleMania 35

– During a recent interview with Monopoly Events’ For The Love of Wrestling, former WWE Superstar Elijah (aka Elias) discussed the original plans for a match with John Cena at WrestleMania 35 and what ended up happening. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Elias on how he was supposed to have a match with Cena: “That was actually originally supposed to be a match, which I was really excited about. But due to some things and movies and whatever going on it turned into this ‘Doctor of Thuganomics’ deal. Which is cool. To have his original character come out there, New York, 80,000 people whatever it was … To be able to say you did WrestleMania with John Cena, it’s really cool man.”

On not being sure what the inner workings of the planned match were: “I had found out maybe months before …  I think I’d have to go back and watch the TV but I’m thinking I might have even planted seeds in my promos leading up to WrestleMania … I know that there was also talks of it the year before but then it actually ended up being John and The Undertaker … As far as like what was going on in the inner workings of the creative mind of it all, not sure what the plan was there.”

You can see a clip of Cena and Elias’ WrestleMania 35 segment that aired on the show below.