{"id":1142249,"date":"2026-08-11T04:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1142249\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:56:10","slug":"son-of-boxing-legend-set-to-join-aaa-after-nearly-two-years-in-wwe-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1142249\/","title":{"rendered":"Son Of Boxing Legend Set To Join AAA After Nearly Two Years In WWE Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elijah Holyfield, the son of boxing legend Evander Holyfield, is set to join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/tag\/aaa\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/tag\/aaa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AAA<\/a> after nearly two years in the WWE developmental system.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/shows\/wwe-lfg\/season-3\/episode-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">August 9 episode<\/a> of\u00a0WWE LFG, Senior Vice President of Talent Development and Creative Shawn Michaels met with Elijah Holyfield. He praised the 28-year-old for always giving his best. HBK then informed him that, after spending a long time in the developmental system, he is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mani_uce\/status\/2086650146071232846?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mani_uce\/status\/2086650146071232846?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">getting an opportunity in AAA<\/a>. Holyfield will work with his old LFG mentor, The Undertaker, who\u2019s the Head of Creative in AAA.<\/p>\n<p>The WWE star will work with The Undertaker in AAA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, Elijah, I think coming in the door, you were a very valued prospect to us. I\u2019m sure maybe from your perspective it\u2019s been a while. You\u2019ve had some setbacks with the injury and stuff like that, but an opportunity has arose for us to get you into the game. You are going to have the opportunity to go down to AAA and show the world what Elijah Holyfield truly is,\u201d Shawn Michaels told the WWE star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will be meeting up with your old trainer, The Undertaker. The possibilities down there are going to be unlimited for you. Congratulations and thank you very much for, again, always giving us your best,\u201d the WWE Hall of Famer said.<\/p>\n<p>Before signing with WWE, Elijah Holyfield played college football as a running back for the Georgia Bulldogs. He then spent four seasons on the practice squads of the Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL before a knee injury shifted his career path. It will be interesting to see what he does next in AAA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/news\/1656862-jbl-roman-reigns-wwe-most-overrated-main-eventer-claim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JBL Pushes Back On Claim Roman Reigns Is WWE\u2019s Most Overrated Main Eventer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you use this transcription, please credit the source, H\/T WrestleZone, and link to this page.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elijah Holyfield, the son of boxing legend Evander Holyfield, is set to join AAA after nearly two years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1142250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4108],"tags":[20211,1935,278440,79,16,15,149],"class_list":["post-1142249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-aaa","tag-boxing","tag-elijah-holyfield","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wwe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117075102089835065","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1142250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}