Big E may be out of action right now, but throughout the course of his career he’s been part of some big moments. Back in September of 2021, Big E cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and he took his career to the next level when he won the WWE Championship.
During a recent appearance on HawkCast, Big E talked about his big title win while also discussing some of the big changes he was told to make after he became champion.
“I always wanted to be a one of one and that no one could put all the elements of what I do together. That was always my goal at least, whether I succeeded or failed. I just wanted to carve my own lane and that’s what I’m proud of, you know, because so often, especially when I won the WWE Championship and I was on my singles run, I got a lot of feedback like, ‘You can’t do this, you can’t look like that, you can’t cut promos like this. You’re gonna really have to change.’ But no.
I fought to be myself and that to me as a performer was something that’s vitally important for me is to be able to trust my own instincts, to go out there and sink or swim on my own. I know I’m not always going to get it right. But just this belief that I wanna do things my way, because I can sleep at night. If I fail, if I sink doing it my way, I’m okay with that. But if I sink doing it your way, that, I’m not cool with so…”
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