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Elias
Elias in April 2016
Birth nameJeffrey Logan Sciullo[1]
Born (1987-11-22) November 22, 1987 (age 36)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Elias[3]
Elias Samson[4]
El Vagabundo[5]
Logan Shulo[6]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[4]
Billed weight217 lb (98 kg)[4]
Billed fromPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[4]
Trained byShirley Doe
Super Hentai[2]
DebutJune 7, 2008[6]

Jeffrey Logan Sciullo (born November 22, 1987)[7] is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Elias (shortened from his previous ring name Elias Samson).

Early life

Sciullo was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He trained under Shirley Doe and Super Hentai.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2008–2013)

Sciullo wrestled extensively on the independent circuit for various promotions in the Northeastern USA, primarily for the International Wrestling Cartel (IWC) under the ring name Heavy Metal Jesus, Logan Shulo. While in the IWC, Shulo won the promotion's Super Indy Championship and World Heavyweight Championship.[8][9]

WWE

NXT (2014–2017)

In early 2014, Sciullo was signed to a developmental deal by WWE under the ring name Elias Samson.[10] He made his NXT debut at April 24, 2014 tapings, working as an enhancement talent and teaming with Buddy Murphy in a losing effort against The Ascension. Samson was then used sporadically on television throughout 2014 and early 2015, mostly appearing as enhancement talent to wrestlers such as Baron Corbin.

In August 2015, Samson debuted a new drifter musician character in a match taped prior to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, approaching the ring with a guitar before being defeated by a returning Bull Dempsey. Samson then entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, where he was paired with Tucker Knight, but the two were eliminated from the tournament by Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson. On the December 23, 2015 episode of NXT, taped before NXT TakeOver: London, Samson defeated Bull Dempsey with a diving elbow drop.[11] In the following weeks on NXT, Samson defeated John Skyler, Corey Hollis, Steve Cutler and Jesse Sorensen. On March 23, 2016 episode of NXT, Samson suffered a loss to Johnny Gargano. After the match Samson attacked Gargano, but Apollo Crews came in to make the save. On the April 6 episode of NXT, taped at NXT TakeOver: Dallas, Samson lost to Crews. Following this loss, Samson started a losing streak, first losing to Shinsuke Nakamura on the May 4 and to Finn Bálor on the May 11. On the November 16 episode of NXT, Samson defeated Nathan Cruz.[12][unreliable source]

On the March 15, 2017 episode, Samson appeared to gloat over Kassius Ohno, who had just lost a championship match against Bobby Roode. Ohno challenged Samson to a "Loser Leaves NXT" match, which Samson lost on the March 29 episode.[13] On April 1, Samson, wrestling as the masked "El Vagabundo" (Spanish for "The Drifter"), faced Oney Lorcan. Vagabundo lost after being unmasked.[5]

Walking with Elias (2017–present)

On April 10, 2017, Samson debuted on Raw, appearing on the stage briefly during an eight-man tag team match, as well as walking through the crowd during another match later that night.[14] Samson continued to appear in the background playing this guitar during backstage segments over the next few weeks. On the May 22 episode of Raw, Samson made his in-ring debut, defeating Dean Ambrose by disqualification after The Miz intentionally attacked him. On the June 19 episode of Raw, as Samson was performing a song in the ring, Finn Bálor, who was making his entrance for his scheduled match against Bo Dallas, interrupted him. Later that night, Samson attacked Bálor as he was being interviewed backstage, telling him to "never upstage him again", cementing his status as a heel. The following week on Raw, Samson teamed with Cesaro and Sheamus against Bálor and The Hardy Boyz in an six-man tag team match in a losing effort. On the July 10 episode of Raw, he lost to Finn Bálor. On the July 24 edition of Raw, Samson defeated Bálor in a no DQ match after interference by Bray Wyatt.[15] Later that week, WWE began referring to Samson only by his first name of Elias, thus becoming his new ring name.[16] On the July 31 episode of Raw, Elias defeated Kalisto and defeated him again on Main Event followed by another victory on the September 11 episode of Raw. At the No Mercy Kick-off show, Elias defeated Apollo Crews.[17] On the October 22 TLC pay-per-view, Elias lost in an impromptu match against Jason Jordan although cameras later showed he had his shoulders up before the three count.[18] The match was caused by Jordan interfering multiple times during an Elias concert by throwing vegetables at him. On October 23 edition of Raw, Elias lost to Jordan again in a rematch by disqualification, after Elias hit Jordan with his guitar. Later that night, Raw was invaded by the SmackDown roster, Elias was attacked by them. On November 6 edition of Raw, Elias lost to Jordan in a guitar-on-a-pole match. At the Survivor Series Kick-off show, Elias defeated Matt Hardy. On December 25 edition of Raw, Elias was defeated by John Cena. On the Raw 25th anniversary special Elias had another encounter with John Cena that ended in Elias low-blowing Cena and smashing him in the head with his guitar, teasing a potential feud with Cena. At the Royal Rumble, Cena eliminated Elias. The following night on Raw, Elias defeated "Woken" Matt Hardy to qualify for the 2018 Elimination Chamber match to determine the new challenger for the Universal Championship. The following week, Elias defeated Cena and Braun Strowman in a triple-threat match for the right to enter the Chamber match last. On the first round of WWE Mixed Match Challenge, Elias partner up with Bayley in a losing effort against Rusev & Lana.

In other media

Elias made his video game debut as a downloadable character in WWE 2K18.

In wrestling

  • Entrance themes
    • "Darkside of the Road" by Ol' Style Skratch (NXT; April 24, 2015 – December 16, 2015)
    • "Drift" by CFO$[21] (NXT/WWE; December 23, 2015 – present)

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Kassius Ohno (contract) Elias Samson (contract) Orlando, Florida NXT February 22, 2017 Aired on March 29, 2017

References

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  5. ^ a b "NXT pre-TakeOver TV taping results: El Vagabundo appears". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Elias Samson Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
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  11. ^ a b "WWE NXT REPORT: SAMI ZAYN RETURNS TO THE RING, ELIAS SAMSON MAKES HIS LATEST DEBUT, FOUR WAY TAG MATCH, COMMENTS AFTER TAKEOVER, AND MORE FROM LONDON - PWInsider.com".
  12. ^ "Spoilers: WWE NXT Tapings For Tonight - WrestlingInc.com". WrestlingInc.com. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  13. ^ "NoDQ.com > WWE > Spoiler: Result of "Loser leaves NXT" match". nodq.com. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  14. ^ Keller, Wade. "KELLER'S WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW 4/10: Superstar Shakeup begins with two Smackdown wrestlers coming to the ring, full report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  15. ^ a b c Keller, Wade (July 24, 2017). "KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 7/24: Angle addresses status of Summerslam main event with big announcement, Jason Jordan reveal fallout". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  16. ^ Martin, Adam (July 28, 2017). "Name change for Elias Samson, John Cena signs 25,000 autographs". WrestleView. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  17. ^ Benigno, Anthony. "Elias def. Apollo Crews". WWE. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  18. ^ Benigno, Anthony. "Jason Jordan def. Elias". WWE. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  19. ^ Benigno, Anthony. "Jason Jordan def. Elias". WWE. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  20. ^ "Braun Strowman attacked Elias".
  21. ^ "WWE: Drift (Elias Samson) - Single".
  22. ^ a b "Cagematch title listings".
  23. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2017". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

External links

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