Big E updates on his recovery

[polarbearpete]

The fact that he feels fine and surgery is off the table is fantastic. Even if it ends up being 18 months or so out of the ring, that leaves a good prognosis for just everyday life.

[canceled4truth]

I'm glad he's in good spirits and feeling great. I'd be heartbroken if he never comes back but at the end of the day thank God this wasn't a Droz or Misawa situation.

[Ozman]

I hope Big E makes a full recovery, but I don’t expect him to return to the ring.

[sdoyle7798]

Jul 4, 2022 12:19:26 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

Another update - glad he is feeling great but sad that he'll be out until March 2023 and likely longer (if he can come back):

He said surgery is off the table, but what if, worst case, the bone still doesn’t ossifiy? Woukd he then need surgery?

[The Rick Jericho]

If he never comes back as a wrestler. He would be an amazing manager for someone.

[Fade]

Jul 4, 2022 17:38:36 GMT -5 Ozman said:

I hope Big E makes a full recovery, but I don’t expect him to return to the ring.

Yeah, I’ve had that thought for a while following the development. Maybe he will but it’s looking like..it won’t be the same again for him. Hope I’m wrong.

[Tenshigure]

Jul 4, 2022 22:02:08 GMT -5 sdoyle7798 said:

Jul 4, 2022 12:19:26 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

Another update - glad he is feeling great but sad that he'll be out until March 2023 and likely longer (if he can come back):

He said surgery is off the table, but what if, worst case, the bone still doesn’t ossifiy? Woukd he then need surgery?

If the doctors are telling him surgery is off the table, it means that it’s likely healing but not at the rate they like to form the union at the fracture. Likely means this is going to take years to recover rather than months, and the chance of him returning to the ring are greatly reduced.

To put this another way: if the fracture wasn’t healing at all with 0% progression towards ossification, they’d recommend surgery.

[Fade]

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.
... While his neck heals, Big E will be working with WWE later this month at a talent tryout for current and recently graduated college athletes. Big E, who played college football at Iowa, will join the likes of WWE executives Paul "Triple H" Levesque and James Kimball in evaluating potential future WWE stars.
... Big E joked that [Ridge] Holland sent him a big package of red meat, which he doesn't eat, as a way to say sorry. Big E gave the meat to a friend and "he and his family had many nights of great feasts."
"I have no issue whatsoever with Ridge," Big E said. "He's reached out and said some very kind things. ... What we do is dangerous, and there are inherent dangers. And to that degree, we all kind of know what we sign up for and it was unfortunate that it went down that way. But I'm not dead. I'm alive. I'm doing well."

www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/34236331/big-e-feeling-grateful-recovery-neck-injury-recent-setback

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Jul 13, 2022 11:25:08 GMT -5 Fade said:

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.
... While his neck heals, Big E will be working with WWE later this month at a talent tryout for current and recently graduated college athletes. Big E, who played college football at Iowa, will join the likes of WWE executives Paul "Triple H" Levesque and James Kimball in evaluating potential future WWE stars.
... Big E joked that [Ridge] Holland sent him a big package of red meat, which he doesn't eat, as a way to say sorry. Big E gave the meat to a friend and "he and his family had many nights of great feasts."
"I have no issue whatsoever with Ridge," Big E said. "He's reached out and said some very kind things. ... What we do is dangerous, and there are inherent dangers. And to that degree, we all kind of know what we sign up for and it was unfortunate that it went down that way. But I'm not dead. I'm alive. I'm doing well."

www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/34236331/big-e-feeling-grateful-recovery-neck-injury-recent-setback

His in-ring career seems to be in question until we hear more next year, but it's wonderful to hear his quality of life won't be affected.

[Feargus McReddit]

I'm glad Holland reached out and apologized. The last thing the business needs is another Austin/Owen style bit of BS.

[Banjo Is Broken]

Big E doesn't even like slapping meat in real life? I feel so lied to.

[uewfigfed]

Goddammit.. always the best taken down early smfh.. I don’t even want him to risk it