WWE amazingly honors 8-year-old cancer patient following RAW (Video)
By Jack Crosby
WWE once again showed why they’re one of the best when it comes to giving back to their young fans in need
You can throw any criticisms that you want the way of WWE for the product they put on television sometimes, but one thing you cannot knock them for is the way they give back to their young fans sometimes. You especially can’t knock them for giving back to young fans that are going through some hard times that some of us could not even imagine going through.
Monday night after WWE RAW went off the air, they were at it again. Elijah Mainville is an 8-year-old boy who unfortunately has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer. Well little Elijah here just so happens to be a huge WWE fan, like a lot of other young boys his age, and he even went so far as to submit a video to the company trying out for their reality show, Tough Enough.
Well, instead of being accepted into the competition, he got something much, much better.
This adorable video caught the eye of the folks in WWE and they decided to give him quite the thrill in San Jose on Monday night. Elijah was honored in the middle of the ring, and he was anointed an official WWE superstar. Heck, he even got a pretty awesome in-ring name.
Just blown away by Elijah...I mean Drax Shadow. He truly embodies what it means to be #ToughEnough #WWEhttps://t.co/aP8uwWwkpD
— Triple H (@TripleH) August 4, 2015
Elijah Mainville and family are LIVE at @WWE #RAW in San Jose. Elijah also met his favorite Superstar, @StardustWWE! pic.twitter.com/ViHxDLw1Fv
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 3, 2015
What an honor to sign our newest Superstar, Drax Shadow, AKA Elijah Mainville! #RAW @TripleH @StardustWWE pic.twitter.com/i4for6ODJI
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) August 4, 2015
Great to meet Elijah tonight...almost time for him to sign his #ToughEnough contract! #Raw @StephMcMahon pic.twitter.com/nBrrDOg8bh
— Triple H (@TripleH) August 3, 2015
Again, there’s very few companies in this world that go out of their way for some of the fans like WWE does. No matter what obstacles Elijah faces going forward, he’ll never forget what WWE did for him on this night.