Elijah Holyfield’s try at securing a spot within the WWE shall be a nod at his father’s temporary foray into the sports activities.The boxing legend had ventured into WWE as nicely when he met Matt Hardy within the ring at a WWE Saturday Evening’s Foremost Occasion in 2007.
Former RB Elijah Holyfield set to make a drastic profession change
Holyfield attended the College of Georgia the place he started his school profession. Enjoying as a working again, he quickly started specializing in an NFL profession, forgoing his senior yr at Georgia. Sadly he didn’t make it on the 2019 NFL draft, after which he was signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent.
Following his time on the apply squad of the Panthers, Holyfield then moved to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019 the place he was given a spot on their lively roster. Lastly he was signed to the Cincinnati Bengals in 2021. The next yr he was positioned on injured reserve, resulting from a knee harm.
With this temporary stint in his soccer profession, Holyfield is now eyeing the WWE. Nevertheless, he’s undoubtedly not the primary to enterprise into wrestling, coming from a soccer background. Probably the most notable examples being Roman Reigns who had frolicked in each NFL and CFL earlier than he retired from his soccer profession in 2008. Equally, former WWE star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had additionally dipped his ft into skilled soccer earlier than he started his WWE profession.
