Big E had a broken neck after landing on his head from Ridge Holland’s belly-to-belly suplex on SmackDown.
Dutch Mantell reacted to the unfortunate event and was relieved that Big E did not get paralyzed from the severe impact to his neck.
WrestleMania 38 is just under three weeks away, and the WWE veteran was dejected for Big E as the former world champion will definitely miss the biggest event of the year.
Dutch Mantell joined the entire wrestling community to send his best wishes to the former Mr. Money in the Bank and pray his speedy recovery.
“Oh, it is terrible. I mean, you work. WrestleMania is about the biggest show; you’re all geared up and pumped up for that, and what? Three weeks and a day before the show, you end up with an injury like this. He is lucky that he is not paralyzed. I’m glad that he is not. Good guy. I wish all the best to him, but it’s really, really sad that Big E is hurt like this, and let’s just skip WrestleMania. Let’s talk about his life. I mean, you could very easily die from an injury like that. And, it’s what wrestlers do all the time and think nothing of it until something gets hurt like that. So, my best wishes to Big E, and I hope he recovers and gets back to a 100%. But I think, by and large, he is out of WrestleMania,” said Dutch Mantell.
“First of all, in wrestling, you depend on your opponent at least 50 to 60%. So unless his opponent slipped, or he didn’t get him up, or maybe Big E didn’t propel himself or clear himself, who knows?” stated Mantell. “Who knows what happened? But the fact that it happened is concerning enough, but who knows. I mean, you can get hurt just like this [snaps fingers].” she further said.
