Big E doesn’t seem too bothered by a comedian making his neck injury the subject of his jokes.
Tony Hinchliffe was a special guest commentator during Monday’s episode of WWE RAW. The controversial comedian was on the show to promote his show on Netflix, as well as his Roast of WrestleMania live event in Las Vegas. During the show, Hinchcliffe was joking about Michael Cole’s age and said, “The only thing stiffer than Michael Cole is Big E’s neck.” This, of course, was a reference to Big E breaking his neck in the ring, which put his in-ring career on hiatus.
Big E reacted to “taking some strays” from Hinchcliffe on RAW during his appearance on the RAW Recap. He knows discourse will always be there, but that doesn’t mean he has to be part of it.
Big E reacts to Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke at his expense
“Look, I appreciate that. I guess at my big age of 39 years old, people will say what they want to say about you. It’s not — their opinion of you has nothing to do with me. It’s not my business,” Big E said. “Say what you want — he was given a mic, he was given an opportunity and people will feel how they want to. It’s just that there’s a lot of discourse. Often times, as a public figure, people will say a lot of different things about you, whether they are jokes, whether they are not and that is their right.”
Big E knows he was mentioned and is “supposed to” have an opinion on it. However, he believes it’s tiring having to weigh in on every remark.
“I’m not hurt. I’m good,” he continued. “I want the discourse to be had without me. I didn’t sign up for this, he did what he wanted to and people signed off on it. It has nothing to do with me, truly.”
The Roast of WrestleMania Featuring Tony Hinchcliffe & Friends will take place on Sunday, April 20 at 10 pm PT.
Catch up on everything that went down on WWE RAW here.
