Big E Explains Why He’s Currently Not Interested in WWE Commentary Role

Former WWE Champion Big E is satisfied with his current role in the company and does not want to take up a commentary gig for the foreseeable future. Since suffering a career-ending neck injury in March 2022, Big E has been a regular feature at WWE Premium Live Events’ pre- and post-shows, where he has impressed fans with his valuable insights.

Hence, there have been calls from fans for WWE to offer Big E a commentary gig. In fact, according to the former New Day member during a recent appearance on The Takedown on SI, the company has approached him multiple times for the same, but the now-retired wrestler does not want to return to get back on the road full-time. Below are some highlights:

Big E on If He’d Be Open to Expanding His WWE Role

“It’s possible; I think it would have to depend. 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. And God bless the amount of people who’ve come to me or even tweeted at WWE, ‘Get him on commentary. He deserves to be on commentary.’”

Big E Explains Why He’s Not Interested in Becoming a WWE Commentator

“Look, I’ve been approached multiple times by people within the company, people who’ve gone to bat for me. Michael Cole has been someone who has definitely been in my corner, and I’m very grateful for all the lovely things he’s said about me. But, man, when you’re on that WWE hamster wheel, when you’re on the road every single week, I tell people all the time, when I first started on the road, we would do five shows a week every single week. And I was happy to do it. We were getting paid per show, so being young, being 26 when I first got called up, I wanted to be on every show. And I loved the road and loved my time, and I was gung-ho about it.

“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 fiancée, 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, you know what I mean? Not living the circus life. And I’m so grateful for this opportunity to be on the pre-shows and post-shows for the PLEs.”

Check out his comments below [from 15:33 onward]:

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