Big E Has Been on WWE Programming — Why Isn't He Wrestling?

Big E hasn't been in the ring since March 2022 due to a major injury. Since then, he has been on WWE programming. Will he combat again?

Feb. 27 2024, Published 10:19 p.m. ET

Since their formation in 2014, The New Day has taken one thing no longer so great and became it into gold. Big E (actual identify Ettore Ewen), Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods have been saddled with a gimmick, a Black Gospel team, that WWE creative didn’t even like. Within a 12 months, they went from other folks chanting, “New Day sucks!” to “New Day rocks!”

The team holds the document for the longest Raw Tag Team Championship reign at 483 days. Each of the three wrestlers has also had moderately a bit of person success. Kofi was the first African-born WWE Champion when he gained the belt at WrestleMania 2019 and Xavier used to be the 2021 King of the Ring. But Big E had the most singles luck in the staff. He held the WWE Championship in 2021 and carried out as a singles competitor persistently from the summer time of 2020 till March 2022.

Why isn’t Big E wrestling?

The largest member of The New Day has been out of in-ring motion since March 2022. In a tag staff match towards Sheamus and Ridge Holland on Smackdown, Ridge threw Big E out of the ring with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Big E landed on his head. He shared an replace with the world by way of Twitter later that night time that he had a broken neck.

Big E has had an excellent sense of humor about the whole factor. All you will have to do is follow him on social media to see that even though he doesn't enter the ring once more, he’ll be perfectly fine doing commentary.

Big E might not be in a position to strive against, but he is still impacting the game.

Big E was once part of the WWE statement desk for the Feb. 8, 2024, WrestleMania XL Kickoff at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Along with WWE announcers Michael Cole and Pat McAfee, and fellow injured WWE Superstar CM Punk, Big E’s efficiency was a reminder of why and the way The New Day became one in all the most popular tag teams in all of professional wrestling.

As the WWE enters a new Vince McMahon-less era, right here’s hoping superstars with off-the-cuff mic skills like Big E and CM Punk are allowed to say no matter they’d like.

Even if Big E steps away from wrestling, he has other initiatives in the works.

Unlike numerous former professional wrestlers, Big E branched out from the squared circle once conceivable. He spent most of his non-wrestling time getting Bridges made.

Bridges, an animated short movie govt produced through Big E, is set a tender lady impressed by way of the tale of Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to combine into an fundamental school in the South on Nov. 14, 1960. The NAACP Image Award Nominated work has been to be had on YouTube since the starting of Black History Month 2024.

In addition to Bridges, Big E’s Our Heroes Rock! could have a future in study rooms throughout the nation. According to their bio, Our Heroes Rock! “is a family-friendly storytelling collective dedicated to spreading awareness and love of Black History and its many heroes. OHR uses Sci-Fi, animation, and hip-hop to shine a focus on the inventors, artists, and activists of Black History who paved the manner for so many who came after them. Unlock the past. Face the long run. Make History Every Day.”

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