By James Caldwell, PWTorch.com assistant editor

Former WWE star Elijah Burke says TNA is an option for him after being released from WWE last year. Burke has a good feeling about the promotion after a lengthy conversation with TNA's VP of talent relations, Terry Taylor.

"We talked for about an hour and a half. Just sat there and talked. Had a good feel about him," Burke recently said on the In Your Head radio show about talking to Taylor at a wrestling convention. "Whether or not I'll actually go to TNA is to be determined. Whatever makes sense. You've got to make sense."

Burke acknowledged general concerns about TNA storylines that might prevent him from joining the promotion.

"A lot of people bash TNA, but we all watch wrestling," he said. "There's a lot of things in wrestling that just don't make sense."

Burke revealed in the interview that he was considered for the Spirit Squad group that came from Ohio Valley Wrestling to the main WWE roster. Burke says he quickly shot that down before being brought on TV as Sylvester Terkay's manager a few years ago.

"Couldn't go with that," Burke laughed about being offered a spot with the Spirit Squad. "Opportunity made available to me and my choice to accept it or not. I did not accept it."

After being on Smackdown, Burke led the New Breed group on ECW TV when WWE brought back the ECW brand. Burke says the sole purpose of the New Breed was to introduce "talented young men" and use the ECW Originals to establish new talent. He says the program was ended too quickly before they could tap into all of the possibilities.

"Mindset and thinking was that we're not going to have the Originals for long. Let's build this and get what we can," Burke said. "Use these guys who are already established to establish our younger talent. Did I think it ended far too soon? Absolutely."

Burke says his favorite opponent was Rob Van Dam, who he praised as a major influence on his wrestling career. He said being able to hang with RVD in the ring when he wasn't a proven wrestler was a major step for his career.

Link: In Your Head Online radio show.

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