A former member of the WWE Universe, and current NWA World Television Champion, has revealed a match that may have been penciled in to the Wrestlemania 23 card. According to “Da Pope” Elijah Burke, The Undertaker was scheduled to take on MMA specialist Sylvester Terkay on “The Grandest Stage of Them All”. Terkay competed in WWE for a very short time, debuting in the middle of 2006, and exiting just 7 months later. Burke told Lucha Libre Online:

“It’s crazy because, that WrestleMania (23), the whole plan was for Sylvester Terkay and The Undertaker… and I had no problem with it. Young Elijah Burke riding the coattails of Sylvester Terkay to go against The Undertaker. They brought Sylvester Terkay in specifically because Undertaker was, and is, a huge MMA guy. Undertaker loved the physicalness, the legitness of MMA. He loved to bray that type of wherewithal and create that type of magic inside the wrestling ring”.

Burke, who competed for WWE on the ECW brand, as a member of “The New Breed” faction, discussed wanting to be a part of the match. Elijah hoped to take at least one bump, and mentioned:

“Certainly standing out there at WrestleMania, had it been Sylverster Terkay and The Undertaker I wouldn’t have minded taking a big boot off the apron or a chokeslam”.

The Undertaker instead faced off with Batista, and defeated “The Animal” for the World Heavyweight Championship. Burke took on the “ECW Originals” in an eight-man tag team match, and lost.

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