Big E

Real name: Ettore Ewen
Height: 5’11″
Weight: 290 lbs.
Date of birth: March 1, 1986
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Pro debut: 2009
Trained by: FCW
Finishing move: Big Ending

Biography

– In his youth, Langston was a high-school state wrestling champion and was also an accomplished football player and powerlifter
– In 2009, Ewen signed a WWE developmental contract and was assigned to FCW as ‘Big E Langston’
– On December 17, 2009, Langston, Justin Gabriel, Skip Sheffield & Titus O’Neil defeated Dawson Alexander, Donny Marlow, Jimmy Uso & Lennox McEnroe (Langston’s FCW debut)
– In 2010, Ewen won the USAPL Florida State Powerlifting Championships
– On July 14, 2010, Langston subbed for Alex Riley and defeated Lucky Cannon by countout to retain Riley’s FCW Title
– In 2011, Ewen won the USAPL Nationals at the Superheavyweight level
– On May 12, 2011, Langston & Calvin Raines defeated Richie Steamboat & Seth Rollins to win the FCW Tag Team Titles
– On May 19, 2011, Langston & Raines defeated Los Aviadores (Epico & Hunico) to retain the FCW Tag Team Titles
– On June 9, 2011, Langston & Raines defeated Percy Watson & Tito Colon to retain the FCW Tag Team Titles
– On July 8, 2011, Langston & Raines defeated Donny Marlow & Roman Leakee to retain the FCW Tag Team Titles
– On July 16, 2011, Langston & Raines defeated Donny Marlow & CJ Parker to retain the FCW Tag Team Titles
– In February 2012, Langston began working Smackdown house shows
– On June 12, 2012, Langston defeated Dean Ambrose in a Smackdown dark match
– On July 12, 2012, Langston debuted on NXT, defeating Adam Mercer in quick fashion
– On December 6, 2012, Langston defeated Seth Rollins in a No-DQ Match to win the NXT Title
– On December 17, 2012, Langston debuted on Raw as the ‘muscle’ for AJ Lee and Dolph Ziggler
– On March 21, 2013, Langston defeated Brad Maddox & Conor O’Brian in separate singles matches to retain the NXT Title
– On May 2, 2013, Langston defeated Damien Sandow to retain the NXT Title
– On July 15, 2013, Langston & Ziggler ended their alliance. Langston continued to act as the muscle for AJ Lee
– Langston & AJ ended their partnership following Summerslam 2013
– On October 18, 2013, Langston returned to TV, losing to CM Punk, but defended him from attack after the match
– At Hell In A Cell ’13, Langston defeated WWE United States Champion Dean Ambrose by countout
– On the following Raw, Langston defeated Ambrose by DQ
– On November 18, 2013 in Nashville, TN, Langston defeated Curtis Axel for the IC title
– At Survivor Series ’13, Big E defeated Curtis Axel to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– At TLC ’13, Big E defeated Damien Sandow to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– At Elimination Chamber ’14, Big E defeated Jack Swagger to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– On April 24, 2014, Big E defeated Bo Dallas, forcing Dallas out of NXT
– In November 2014, following a long spell of relative inactivity, vignettes began airing for the ‘A New Day’ stable, consisting of Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston & Big E
– On the TLC ’14 pre-show, The New Day (Kingston & Big E) defeated Goldust & Stardust
– At Extreme Rules ’15, The New Day (Big E & Kingston) defeated Cesaro & Tyson Kidd to win the WWE Tag Team Titles. The trio would defend the titles under the Freebird Rule
– At Payback ’15, The New Day (Big E & Kingston) defeated Cesaro & Tyson Kidd in a Best of 3 Falls Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Elimination Chamber ’15, The New Day defeated Cesaro & Tyson Kidd, Los Matadores (Diego & Fernando), The Ascension (Konnor & Viktor), The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto & Sin Cara) and The Prime Time Players (Darren Young & Titus O’Neil) in the first ever Tag Team Elimination Chamber Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Summerslam ’15, The New Day defeated The Prime Time Players, The Lucha Dragons & Los Matadores in a 4-Way Match to regain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Night of Champions ’15, The New Day were defeated by The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von) by DQ, thus retaining the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At WWE’s Live MSG Special, The New Day were again defeated by The Dudley Boyz by DQ, retaining the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Hell In A Cell ’15, The New Day defeated The Dudley Boyz to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At TLC ’15, The New Day defeated The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) and The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara & Kalisto) in a 3-Way Ladder Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Royal Rumble ’16, The New Day defeated The Usos to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At WWE Roadblock, The New Day defeated The League of Nations (Sheamus & King Barrett) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Extreme Rules ’16, The New Day defeated The Vaudevillains (Aiden English & Simon Gotch) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Money In The Bank ’16, The New Day defeated The Vaudevillains, The Club (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) and Enzo & Cass in a 4-Way Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– In the 2016 WWE draft, all 3 members of The New Day were allocated to Raw
– At Clash of Champions ’16, The New Day defeated The Club to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At Survivor Series ’16, The New Day were members of Team Raw as they defeated Team Smackdown
– On April 11, 2017, Big E moved to the Smackdown roster
– At Money In The Bank ’17, The New Day defeated Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) by countout
– At Battleground ’17, The New Day defeated The Usos to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On the September 12 episode of Smackdown, The New Day defeated The Usos in a Street Fight to regain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Fastlane ’18, The New Day fought The Usos to a no-contest after interference from The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper & Rowan). The Usos retained their Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Summerslam ’18, The New Day defeated The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper & Rowan) by DQ. The Brothers retained their Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– The next week on Smackdown, The New Day defeated The Bludgeon Brothers in a No-DQ Match to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On the Hell In A Cell ’18 pre-show, The New Day defeated Aiden English & Rusev to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– Big E was part of the victorious Team Smackdown at Survivor Series ’18
– On the Fastlane ’19 Kickoff Show, The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura & Rusev
– At Extreme Rules ’19, The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) defeated Daniel Bryan & Rowan and Heavy Machinery (Otis & Tucker) to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On November 8, The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) defeated The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) to regain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On November 29, The New Day defeated The Artist Collective (Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro) to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At TLC ’19, The New Day defeated The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) in a Ladder Match to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On April 17, 2020, Big E defeated Jey Uso & The Miz in a Triple Threat Match to regain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles for The New Day
– At Money In The Bank 2020, The New Day defeated The Miz & John Morrison, Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado) and The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake) to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Payback ’20, Big E defeated Sheamus
– On the TLC ’20 pre-show, Big E, Daniel Bryan, Chad Gable & Otis defeated The Artist Collective (Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro) & King Corbin
– On December 22, 2020, Big E defeated Sami Zayn in a Lumberjack Match to win the WWE Intercontinental Title
– On January 8, 2021, Big E defeated Apollo Crews to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– On February 5, Big E defeated Apollo Crews & Sami Zayn to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– A week later, Big E defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– On March 12, Big E defeated Sami Zayn to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– At Fastlane 2021, Big E defeated Apollo Crews to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
– Big E won the 2021 Money In The Bank match
– On the Summerslam 2021 pre-show, Big E defeated Baron Corbin
– On September 13, 2021, Big E cashed in his Money In The Bank and defeated Bobby Lashley to win the WWE Title
– At Extreme Rules 2021, The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) defeated Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles & Omos
– On the following night’s Raw, Big E defeated Lashley in a Cage Match to retain the WWE Title
– At Tribute To The Troops 2021, Big E defeated Dolph Ziggler
– At Crown Jewel 2021, Big E defeated Drew McIntyre to retain the WWE Title
– On the November 22 episode of Raw, Big E defeated Austin Theory to retain the WWE Title
– In early 2022, Big E was moved back to the Smackdown roster
– In March 2022, Big E suffered a broken neck after a botched suplex from Ridge Holland