Back in 2006 The Spirit Squad made their debut on Monday Night Raw and they quickly found themselves involved in one of the company’s top storylines when they kicked off a feud with DX. The group consisted of male cheerleaders known as Kenny, Mikey, Johnny, Mitch, and Nicky, who of course now is Dolph Ziggler.
The lineup seemed to work well for what it was, but originally WWE wanted Elijah Burke in the group. However, Elijah Burke turned down the chance to be in the group and this was confirmed by Mikey on the Cafe De Rene podcast.
“Yes. Yes, he did. And fortunately for him, he made the right move because I think he had a really good and luscious career going forward after that. You know, he took a chance, he bet on himself, and I wanna say it worked out for him, you know.”
“He had a great run as The Pope, you know, TNA. He had a good run in WWE, the ECW brand. He was working like the main events with [CM] Punk. (…) He was always in the mix and Elijah turned out to be a hell of a hand. A great worker. A great Talker. So, good for Elijah man.”
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