Ettore Ewen

Ettore Ewen known professionally under the ring name Big E is an American broadcaster retired professional wrestler and former powerlifter He is signed to WWE where he primarily appears as a panelist and analysist as well as a media spokesperson for the company He is best known for performing in the company as an inring competitor from 2009 to 2022 as well as being a member of the New Day stable alongside Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods with whom he became a sixtime Smackdown Tag Team Champion and twotime Raw Tag Team Champion After suffering a cervical fracture during a match in March 2022 Ewen moved away from inring competition and ultimately announced his retirement in 2025 Ewen was a collegiate football player at the University of Iowa and later became a powerlifter and a USA Powerlifting champion He also won a state championship in highschool wrestling Upon signing with WWE in 2009 Ewen was assigned to its developmental brand Florida Championship Wrestling FCW under the ring name Big E Langston After FCW was rebranded to NXT he became the secondever NXT Champion He was promoted to WWEs main roster in December 2012 had his name shortened to simply Big E and joined the New Day in 2014 As a part of The New Day he holds the tandem record for the longest Raw Tag Team Championship reign at 483 days In 2020 Ewen resumed his singles career and was eventually separated from his New Day teammates in the 2020 WWE Draft He won the mens Money in the Bank ladder match in 2021 before successfully cashing it in later that year to win the WWE Championship becoming the 33rd Triple Crown Champion in the companys history Additionally he is a twotime Intercontinental Champion