Summary

Ridge Holland addressed the criticism tied to the match in which Big E suffered a broken neck, saying the aftermath followed him throughout his WWE run.

Holland said the match was put together late and described the sequence where Big E took a tumble on a dive before the belly-to-belly spot.

He added that the backlash became a "black cloud" over his career and that he never fully moved past it.

Holland also said he regrets what happened.

Ridge Holland says Big E backlash reshaped how his WWE run was viewed

Ridge Holland saying the Big E incident "always hung over" him points to a clear consequence, the perception around him in WWE never fully reset after that night.

His latest comments also match the tone of his previous remarks on the same moment, where he described it as a turning point for both careers.

Quotes

Quote from Ridge Holland

"So we were putting the match together pretty last minute, and I remember he took the big suicide spill. He used to do the suicide dive or the suicide spear to the outside, and I moved. He took a tumble, and I'd thrown belly to belly before. It was something that I'd done. I'd done Keith Lee. And unfortunately in wrestling, things go wrong. And I think from that moment it's like Big E was a huge star and so loved that there was a massive backlash. And even me being relatively new on the roster as well, even to the higher ups — you know, the old boys that have been around — they're going to have to point the finger at somebody. And yeah, they're pointing the finger at me. And I think that it kind of always hung over me as a black cloud in my career, and I never really got past it. I couldn't shake it. It was just something that, it just is what it is. And you know, I would say that yeah, Big E's career unfortunately ended that day, but I think so did mine in a way — at least my career with WWE. I always regret it."

Sources

As reported by NoDQ.