This is an accepted version of this page Ettore Ewen (born March 1, 1986) is an American former professional wrestler, powerlifter, and voice actor.

[5] He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Big E. He appears only in non-wrestling capacities due to a cervical fracture of the spine he suffered in March 2022.

Upon signing with WWE in 2009, Ewen was assigned to its developmental brand Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) under the ring name Big E Langston.

He won the men's Money in the Bank ladder match in 2021, before successfully cashing it in later that year to win the WWE Championship once, becoming the 33rd Triple Crown Champion in the company's history.

Ewen competed in his first USA Powerlifting (USAPL) meet on July 11 at the 2010 United States Open Championships at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida.

[12][13][14] The American[15] and National Championship Records[16] in the deadlift are held at 410 kg (903.9 lbs) since 1995 by Mark Henry, who also became a professional wrestler in WWE.

[34] On the December 17, 2012 episode of Raw, Langston made his main roster debut by attacking John Cena and aligning with AJ Lee, thus establishing himself as a heel.

[45] On August 18 at SummerSlam, Langston and AJ were defeated by Ziggler and Kaitlyn in a mixed tag team match, effectively ending their feud.

[50] The following night on Raw, he was granted a rematch for the title, winning the match by disqualification after Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins interfered.

[55] At Elimination Chamber on February 23, with his ring name now shortened to Big E, he successfully defended the title against Jack Swagger.

[57] On May 4, at Extreme Rules, Big E lost the title to Bad News Barrett, and failed to regain it the following night on Raw, ending his reign at 167 days.

[63][64] The New Day made their in-ring debut on the November 28 episode of SmackDown in a winning effort against Curtis Axel, Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil.

[68][69] At WrestleMania 31 on March 29, they failed to win the WWE Tag Team Championship in a fatal four-way match, as well as being eliminated by Big Show in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

[71] At Extreme Rules on April 26, Big E and Kingston defeated Tyson Kidd and Cesaro to win the WWE Tag Team Championships.

[80] At Fastlane on February 21, The New Day turned face by mocking The League of Nations (Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Rusev, and King Barrett), starting a feud.

On the August 1 episode of Raw, Big E suffered a storyline contusion to the groin area after an attack by Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.

[89] At Battleground on July 23, Kingston and Woods, representing The New Day, defeated The Usos to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championships for the first time.

They again appeared on the November 6 episode of Raw in the crowd, which led to the distraction of Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose and costing them the tag titles.

At Fastlane on March 11, The New Day faced The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, but the match went to a no-contest after interference from The Bludgeon Brothers.

[93] In the lead-up to WrestleMania 35, Big E's New Day teammate Kofi Kingston was attempting to earn a shot at the WWE Championship and after many attempts, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon granted him the title shot after Big E and Xavier Woods defeated Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev, The Bar, The Usos, and Daniel Bryan and Erick Rowan in a tag team gauntlet match.

[95] He later returned and earned another SmackDown tag team title opportunity at Extreme Rules on July 14, where Big E and Xavier Woods defeated Daniel Bryan and Erick Rowan, and Heavy Machinery to win the titles (during this reign, Kingston was not recognized as champion as he was the reigning WWE Champion).

[100] At Super ShowDown on February 27, Big E and Kingston lost the championships against John Morrison and the Miz[101] and failed to regain the titles at Elimination Chamber on March 8.

[104][105] Big E would then embark on his singles run as he entered a feud with Sheamus, whom he defeated on August 3 at Payback[106][107] and on the October 9 episode of SmackDown in a Falls Count Anywhere match.

At Night 2 of WrestleMania on April 11, Big E lost the Intercontinental Championship to Crews in a Nigerian Drum Fight due to interference from Commander Azeez.

[117] He challenged Crews for the Intercontinental Championship on the May 21 episode of SmackDown in a fatal four-way which included Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, but was unsuccessful when Aleister Black attacked him.

[123] On the September 27 episode of Raw, Big E defended the WWE Championship against Lashley, which ended in a disqualification after a brawl between the New Day and Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin.

[126] At Survivor Series on November 21, Big E suffered a clean loss to WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns in a non-title match.

[138][139] On the March 11 episode of SmackDown, during a match against Ridge Holland and Sheamus, Holland delivered an overhead belly-to-belly suplex to Big E at ringside, resulting in Big E accidentally landing on the top of his head;[140][141] suffering a broken neck, with fractures to his C1 and C6 vertebrae, but no ligament or spinal cord injury and that he would not require surgery.

[144] On the December 2, 2024 episode of Raw during the 10-year anniversary celebration of the formation of The New Day, Big E made an in-ring reunion with Kingston and Woods for the first time since his injury.

However, the duo lashed out at Big E for supposedly "abandoning" them after his injury and kicked him out of the stable, turning Woods and Kingston heel for the first time since 2016.