Former WWE Champion Big E Feeling ‘Grateful’ in Recovery
Marc Raimondi, ESPN staff writer
Former WWE champion Big E considers himself “grateful” that doctors have said he will make a complete recovery from a broken neck he suffered during a March match despite a recent setback that will keep him out of the ring for at least a full year.
Big E, whose real name is Ettore Ewen, elaborated on a tweet he sent last week, when he wrote that the C1 vertebra he fractured is not ossifying, or forming bone. He told ESPN on Wednesday that his neck will be evaluated at the six- and nine-month marks but that doctors do not believe they will have a clear answer on how long he will be out of the ring until he gets checked one year after the injury, in March 2023.
On March 11, Big E fractured two cervical vertebrae, C1 and C6, during a sequence with fellow wrestler Ridge Holland. Big E landed on the top of his head after a suplex by Holland, and it was immediately clear something had gone wrong.
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