When it comes to professional wrestling winning the WWE Championship is a big goal for many in-ring competitors. Back in 2021, Big E accomplished that goal when he cashed in Money in the Bank and defeated Bobby Lashley to win the title for the first time in his career.
Big E won the WWE Championship in September of 2021, but his title reign didn’t last long as Brock Lesnar won the belt a few months later in January of 2022. During a recent interview with PopCulture, Big E reflected on his WWE Championship run and he admitted that he doesn’t feel like he had the best title reign.
“It was a great learning experience for me (being WWE Champion). It was one of those things where, you know, if I’m being honest, I wanted more. I didn’t feel like I had the best reign. I feel like there was a lot of meat left on the bone, a lot more that we could have done there so yeah, for me, I was really fortunate and really blessed to have that opportunity and really grateful for it as well but you know, the one thing, I felt like I was proud of myself in that, the demands with that title are real. There are times where when I had the title, in a week, I might be in seven different cities. Going from not just Raw and SmackDown, also going to live events and then having to do conferences in Vegas and then going to New York to do media. It was a constant grind but I really embraced the grind, I really loved it and one of the things I got to do too outside of the ring. I had just a myriad of things I got to do outside of the ring, even getting to do intros for Fury-Wilder 3, getting to do boxing walkouts, The Breakfast Club, so many of the things that went on outside of the ring during that time and really feeling like, man, I have the confidence and oh, I can go on these big platforms and I can crush it. Really feeling like, yeah, I’m meant to do this so, for me, in many ways, even though I wanted more out of the reign and felt like a lot more could have been accomplished in-ring and on TV, on SmackDown, on Raw.
As much as I have those feelings, I’m also so grateful for the opportunity and so grateful for so many doors that have opened because of that run but yeah, it’s definitely something that I’m incredibly proud of and grateful for and I can go on and on about it but honestly, truly, I don’t get there without Kofi (Kingston) and (Xavier) Woods and just the experience with The New Day and really being able to open up and expand and grow as a performer because of those two.”
Big E has been out of action since he suffered broken neck during a match on SmackDown in March of 2022. At this point in time it hasn’t been confirmed that he will indeed be returning to the ring. Stay tuned for more updates on Big E’s status as they become available.
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