Throughout the course of WWE history there have been a number of former wrestlers who have decided to make the jump to the commentary table. Several names have found success in the role, but at least one former WWE Champion doesn’t seem interested in joining the commentary team.
Big E recently spoke to The Takedown on SI, and he noted that he’s been offered a job as a commentator, but turned the opportunity down due to the demanding schedule.
“I will say I think the idea of being on the road every single week for an extended period of time is something that I’m not really open to doing right now. God bless the amount of people who’ve come to me and or even tweeted at WWE, ‘Get him on commentary. He deserves to be on commentary.’
Look, I’ve been approached multiple times by people within the company, people who’ve gone to bat for me. But once you’re able to get off that hamster wheel, and you realize that man, I have my weekends back again or when I first started dating Kristen, my fiancé, I was able to come out for a chunk of 10 days for two weeks and man, life is good out here. Life is good off the grind.”
While Big E turned down a role as a commentator he has been working as a broadcaster for WWE over the last few years. The former WWE Champion has been out of action since 2022 due to a neck injury, and recently confirmed that he is retired from in-ring competition.