Big E has ridden a wave of success to the top of the food chain in WWE. Now the WWE champion E is proving why he is and always should have been one of the biggest superstars in WWE. The responsibility of holding the WWE title comes with a lot more exposure and now we are able to look a little more into the personal life of Big E and some of the stuff he is revealing is some of his deepest fears.
Big E recently spoke to Cultaholic Wrestling. In the interview, the champ expressed a very real fear of chickens. He says the avian apprehension comes from traumatic childhood memories of his father slaughtering the helpless animals for food. He also remembers his dad slaughtering larger animals but didn’t stick around to watch the whole thing.
“So I was gonna say, I don’t know, but I think I might know. So, my dad, I don’t know if this is a common thing when he was growing up in Jamaica, but when I was a kid, we lived in a very residential, picket fence, suburban neighborhood. But there’s one moment where instead of — He would go to a meat market oftentimes and buy meat, but every now and then he would buy live animals and he would put them in the backyard and then he would slaughter them in the backyard. I don’t remember how old I was, I was probably somewhere between five to eight and I saw him put a chicken on the block, and I apologize if this graphic, but he cuts the chicken’s head off. When you’re a young kid, seeing a headless chicken fly about right outside of your bedroom, I think that’s what did it, honestly. I think it’s what scarred me, is seeing this chicken in the last minutes of his life, or her life, flying around the yard before eventually giving up the ghost. I think that’s what did it, honestly. I also had to help him slaughter — I didn’t help him slaughter the goat, but he hung this goat on the picket fence and I guess he cut it down the seam. It was hanging from the fence and I had to hold a skin flap of this goat. Mind you, I’m a kid. I’m a little, soft kid. I didn’t grow up on a farm. I didn’t grow up living like this. This is not stuff that I’m accustomed to. So yeah, I think that’s why farm animals spook me still.”
Big E has faced racial biases and many other obstacles during his climb to the top. The New Day member was a defensive lineman for the Iowa Hawkeyes in college and a former high-level powerlifter, he was a perfect fit for the world of wrestling. E’s natural charisma and impressive physique and athleticism made him a decorated champion in WWE. He’s had a combined 12 title reigns in WWE, including the NXT and WWE championships as a singles wrestler.
While Big E’s WWE Title reign is just beginning we are sure that E will always put out some buzz-worthy content.
Below is the full interview
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Thanks to Fightful.com For The Quotes.