Released WWE Star Claims The Company Gave His Gimmick To Seth Rollins

In the world of professional wrestling sometimes a new gimmick can go a long way. A few years ago Seth Rollins started calling himself the Monday Night Messiah, but it seems that the gimmick may have originally been pitched by a different superstar.

During a recent interview with Metro, Elijah (formerly known as Elias) claimed that he was the one who came up with the Monday Night Messiah character that was given to Seth Rollins.

“I was always coming up with different characters, ways to evolve Elias into the next thing. There was a character that I really thought could have been incredible myself, it was the Monday Might Messiah. And if you realise, Seth Rollins and AOP ended up – for lack of better terms, they just gave it to those guys.”

While talking about his vision for the character Elijah said, “I had a real vision of me being the Pied Piper of Monday Night Raw and controlling people, with kind of a cult like leader.”

The former WWE 24/7 Champion noted that the gimmick was “one of many” that he pitched, and he also explained why the company may have given it to Seth Rollins instead of him.

“There’s guys that just are getting paid more or getting put more in a spotlight, and they might want to put the resources into those guys. It’s no discredit to Seth, the guy’s absolutely incredible. But this is how that’s how the system works, you know what I mean? That’s the risk you take with giving these ideas.”