Big E sustained a fractured C1 and C6 vertebrae on the March 11 episode of Friday night smackdown He has been gradually recovering since then. He did not need surgery because there was no damage to his spinal cord and no longer needs a neck brace, but the future of his professional wrestling career remains uncertain. He spoke with Ariel Halawani this week and studied the possibility of hanging up his shoes. With the reign of the WWE Championship and eight-card tag team championship with The New Day, E could now retire and already be one of the decorated superstars of his era.
“I also think – I had this comforting moment while I was in the hospital, and I’ve been an athlete my whole life. That’s all I know, and that’s what I loved, but when they asked me my medical history, the first 18 years of my life – perfectly fine. But since then, I tore my turn left asian champions while playing college football in Iowa, I tore the right anterior cruciate ligament for about a year to date, I tore the left chest muscle, I tore the right meniscus – sorry, the left meniscus – I broke the right patella. During wrestling, the discs herniated In my lower back, and I had a herniated disc in my neck, and now I have a broken neck in multiple places,” said E. “So, I’ve been through my body a lot. I was set at 23. When I was 23, you know, you had a different perspective on Life. And also I had a lot of struggle with my mental health as well. I guess – not that I had a death wish per se, but I think there was a time in my life if I died in the ring? Cool. I had to do what I liked and got out in the ring.
“But now at 36, after working on a lot of this stuff, after I’m mentally healthy. Man, this job has allowed me to meet so many different people from so many walks of life and have so many different experiences, and now — I I don’t know man. I think about life after 36, and I see a lot of men I grew up watching wrestling. I also think of the athletes I love who were involved in mixed martial arts, or were boxers and you see them at the age of 50, and you see their bodies destroyed. And that’s not The life I want.” “My hope is – I feel good now. And I’m grateful for that. But to keep the miles and damage to my body? That’s something I have to think about, and I feel like I have a lot more to live with now than I did years and years ago. Or at least now, I have a lot more to do.” I want to do in my life. So this is something I have to think about. But then again, I won’t be making any decisions anytime soon. I have to weigh the damage already done to my body.”
E will be participating in this week’s WWE Trials in Nashville prior to Saturday’s SummerSlam pay-per-view show. Stay tuned for full coverage of the event from Nissan Stadium this weekend!
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