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D'Angelo Dinero

D'Angelo Dinero
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Dinero in 2009
Birth name Elijah Samuel Burke
Born (1978-03-20) March 20, 1978 (age 39)
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Residence Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) D'Angelo Dinero
Elijah Burke
General Pope
The Pope
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Billed from Big Bear City, California
Jacksonville, Florida
The Streets of Harlem, New York
Trained by Ohio Valley Wrestling
Debut 2003

Elijah Samuel Burke (born March 20, 1978) is an American professional wrestler and color commentator, currently signed to Impact Wrestling as a commentator under the ring name D'Angelo Dinero.

Burke is a former Corrections Officer for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in Florida who would become an amateur boxer in Jacksonville's Club 5 and Club Plush where he had a 98–1 win/loss record. According to his WWE.com profile, Burke has a record of 103–1 with 102 knockouts in his amateur career. According to WWE, the only loss he sustained was a disqualification, after he knocked his opponent out and refused to back down to his corner. Before each of his matches he writes the phrase "4-Up" on his wrist tape, and in an interview with WWE Magazine, Burke stated that this came from the phrase "I'm going to give you five upside your head," used by comedians such as Redd Foxx. However, when you punch somebody, it's more accurately four upside the head. On the "Right After Wrestling" program on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 98, Burke told hosts Arda Ocal and Jimmy Korderas that early in his professional wrestling career, he never threw worked punches due to having difficulty pulling his punches.

After signing with WWE, he was sent to their developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). There, he won the Heavyweight Championship on December 8, 2004, by defeating Chad Toland. On April 14 Burke lost the championship to Matt Morgan. While in OVW, Burke was offered a spot in the Spirit Squad by WWE's creative team, but turned it down, which forced him to stay in OVW on a longer stint before moving to SmackDown! with Sylvester Terkay.


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