During his recent appearance on the latest episode of the Chris Vannini Getting Over podcast, Big E provided an update on what it would take to return to in-ring action.
Big E also talked about getting in the ring ahead of the Money in the Bank Kickoff show, where he hyped up the live crowd.
Update on his neck injury
“Now we’re at two years and running since I broke my neck. I broke my C1 in two places, my C6 as well. I feel great. I have no issues with pain, no issues with discomfort, weakness, any of those things. My strength is great. The only issue is my C1 is healing fibrously, which is great for normal day-to-day life, but it’s not turning into new bone and ossifying yet. They’re not going to clear me until that happens. It’s obviously a very important bone. Right now, that is the waiting game. I did go to Cancun about a month ago for stem cells. We’ll see if that changes anything. Right now, I feel great, I’m just not in a position to be cleared quite yet.”
On getting into the ring an hyping up the crowd at the Money in the Bank Kickoff show
“It was cool. It was just a little hit for the countdown show. The cool part for me was, even though there weren’t a ton of fans in the arena, getting some love again was very very cool. It’s nice being back. It’s something that I’ve been doing for 15 years and it feels like a second home in many ways.”
Source Quote: Fightful
Back on the March 11, 2022 episode of WWE SmackDown, Big E suffered a neck injury when he landed on his head following a botched belly-to-belly suplex outside the ring, from Ridge Holland. Big E fractured his C1 vertebrae and C6 vertebrae, but did nor suffer any ligament or spinal cord damage from the injury.