WWE’s Big E says surgery is ‘off the table’ for broken neck
Nearly four months after suffering a broken neck, Big E has shared a new update on his recovery.
Big E tweeted on Monday that, with his C1 vertebrae not forming bone quite yet, the current plan is for him to get more scans at the one-year mark and see how things are progressing. Big E stated that the great news is that he feels “tremendous” and surgery is off the table as an option.
Update! My C1 isn’t ossifying (forming bone) quite yet. The current plan is to get more scans at the one year mark & see how it’s progressing. The great news is I feel tremendous & surgery is off the table.
— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) July 4, 2022
Big E suffered a broken neck during a tag team match on the March 11 episode of SmackDown. The injury happened when Big E was taking an overhead belly-to-belly suplex on the floor from Ridge Holland and landed on his head.
Big E suffered a fractured C1 vertebrae and C6 vertebrae, though neither vertebrae was displaced and he was told that he wouldn’t need to undergo surgery. But Big E provided an update this May stating that his C1 vertebrae wasn’t healing optimally and he would have to spend 4-6 more weeks in a neck brace in hopes of avoiding fusion surgery.
Last month, Big E posted video on social media of him throwing his neck brace away.
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