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Elias: “John Cena Helped Me With My ‘WWE Stands For Walk With Elias’ Catchphrase!”

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During a recent appearance on Edge & Christian’s “Pod of Awesomeness” podcast, WWE Superstar Elias commented on his “Walk With Elias” catchphrase, his drifter gimmick and more. You can check out some highlights below:

On his “Walk With Elias” catchphrase: “The ‘walk with Elias” thing– it all started with The Drifter in NXT. So, it’s all kind of evolved, right? The Drifter was this guy where I’d put a guitar on my shoulder and walk from town to town, find my way however I can, whether it’s hitchhiking, on a bus, walking, whatever I’ve gotta do. So it just became a question, ‘Who wants to walk with The Drifter? Who wants to go with me on this journey?’”

On the fan reaction to his “Walk With Elias” catchphrase: “So, sure enough, the next week or whatever I said it against John [Cena], I believe in a promo on Christmas Day, no less. It seemed like right away the fans really reacted to it and the next week I started asking them, ‘What does WWE stand for?’ and they’ll fire back.”

On bringing his drifter gimmick from NXT to the main WWE roster: “When I got to the main roster, Vince [McMahon] said ‘Let’s drop The Drifter stuff. You’re gonna be Elias and that’s it.’ So ‘walk with Elias’ was the next question, right? And it just so happened to perfectly work out, ‘WWE’ and ‘walk with Elias’ are right in line there. I remember I said it backstage to John Cena. He was going off about the WWE Universe and the WWE this and that, and I said ‘Hey John, do you know WWE stands for? It stands for walk with Elias.’ He said, ‘My head just exploded in ten different ways, man. That is great!’ He said, ‘You got to make a thing out of that.’”

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