American professional wrestler

Big E

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 in-ring 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 six-time Smackdown Tag Team Champion and two-time Raw Tag Team Champion. After suffering a cervical fracture during a match in March 2022, Ewen moved away from in-ring competition and ultimately announced his retirement in 2025.

Born

1986

March 1

Died

Living

Era

1980s

Country

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About

Big, in brief

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Life timeline

Key dates

1986 Born

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-509 Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
293 Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World").
350 Vetranio proclaims himself Caesar after being encouraged to do so by Constantina, sister of Constantius II.
834 Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire.

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The world in 1986

When Big arrived

april 1 Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
april 11 FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida, between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan are killed, while five other agents are wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed.
april 14 The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
april 15 The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on March 1

Dinah Shore 1917–1994 American actress and singer (born 1916) Ja'Marr Chase 2000– American football player Mercedes de Acosta 1893–1968 American author, poet, and playwright (died 1968) Richard Wilbur 1921– American poet, translator, and essayist (died 2017) Sergei Kourdakov 1951– Russian-American KGB agent (died 1973) William Cushing 1732– American lawyer and judge (died 1810) Yitzhak Rabin 1922–1995 Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995) Zack Snyder 1966– American director, producer, and screenwriter

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1986

Adam Moffat 1986– Scottish footballer Brooke Brodack 1986– American comedian Bryan Bickell 1986– Canadian ice hockey player Camilla Belle 1986– American actress Carlos Santana 1986– Dominican baseball player Colleen Ballinger 1986– American YouTuber, comedian, actress, and singer DeSean Jackson 1986– American football player Drake Bell 1986– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Evgeni Malkin 1986– Russian ice hockey player

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