The New Day have been one of the top acts in WWE for several years now, but earlier this year the group temporarily lost a member when Big E had to take time off to deal with an injury.
While Big E was out of action Kevin Owens took his spot in The New Day, and Big E recently revealed on The New Day: Feel The Power podcast that he felt disrespected when Big O joined the group.
“With the meniscus thing, when I’m in the hospital, I’m in the bed. I just finished my surgery and I turn on the TV and I know [Kingston and Woods] have to do what you have to do, but I see you two and there’s Big O! There’s Kevin Owens doing my intro that I came up with and doing my tag move with you.
“So I get it and I have to suck it up and be a man and laugh it off, but it feels like a slap in the face to see someone in your position just doing your stuff. I felt disrespected. And, I don’t know. Obviously, it wasn’t an idea you guys came up with, so there was no issue with you. But just from that larger picture, just that you’re alone in a hospital room – you can have family there and whatever, but I was alone and I was there, but everything goes on without you, and you just move on, and does anyone care? Does it even matter? And you feel very alone in the situation.”
Obviously things ended up working out for Big E once he returned, and he’s currently one half of the SmackDown Tag Team Champions along with Kofi Kingston.
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