On WWE Smackdown, Big E was dropped on his head after a botched belly to belly suplex by Ridge Holland and the result broke two vertebrae and may end his wrestling career.
Big took to twitter the night he was injured to thank the fans and his fellow wrestlers for their support following his injury.
The love has been pouring out on social media and it shows what type of person Big E is to have endeared so much support and positivity among fans and peers.
An UGLY landing for Big E at ringside. Looks like he landed on his head and he was not seen again on-screen after this. #SmackDown #WWE
pic.twitter.com/VizfehW7ug— WrestlingInc.com (@WrestlingIncCom) March 12, 2022
Not as bad as feared
Initially, those in attendance saw Big E tended to by a emergency technician, then taken out on a stretcher while giving fans a thumbs up.
It was easy to imagine the worst after seeing the bump he took, but Big E took to twitter once again to update us and while the C1 and C6 vertebrae were broken, there wasn’t any damage to his spinal chord and that’s great news.
— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) March 12, 2022
But as always, there’s another aspect to it and in this case it could mean the end of Big E’s career. According to David Chao, former team doctor for the San Diego Chargers for 17 years and current part of the medical team at OASIS in San Diego, shared his thoughts.
Career threatening
He wrote an article on Outkick.com where he talked about the possibility of Big E’s wrestling career being over despite such an injury only taking roughly 3 months to heal.
— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) March 12, 2022
“The C1 fracture is most dangerous as the top cervical vertebrae is a ring and is commonly associated with immediate death or complete paralysis. Thankfully the fracture was not displaced and he will not need surgery. However, this type of fracture often heals incompletely and it may mean the end of his wrestling career,” Chao wrote.
“The C6 fracture is likely a compression injury to the vertebral body. This likely requires immobilization but not surgery. One would anticipate a minimum of three-month recovery with return to full function and activities for this lower cervical injury.
“Previously, I had worked regularly with WWE as a consulting physician for events and performing surgery. I can assure you the stunts that are executed are real and come with risk, even though some consider the sport to be ‘fake’.”
Accidents happen and Big E has asked for no hate to be sent to Ridge Holland, showing once again what a great person he is.
Every time wrestlers step into the ring they put their lives and careers on the line to entertain us, and we can’t be thankful enough for what they do.
We’re glad his injury wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been, and wish Ettore “Big E” Ewen a speedy recovering and nothing but the best.
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