Big E ‘officially’ back on WWE SmackDown brand

Ex-WWE Champion Big E is “officially” back on the SmackDown brand, according to WWE. 

On Friday’s episode of SmackDown, it was stated in a backstage segment with Kofi Kingston and Kayla Braxton that Big E was officially back on SmackDown. Big E and Kingston then teamed against Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss in a winning effort. 

In a video released on WWE’s YouTube channel and social media channels, interviewer Megan Morant also used the “officially back on SmackDown” verbiage in introducing Big E. 

Big E and New Day stablemates Kingston and King Woods were originally split up in the 2020 WWE Draft, with Kingston and Woods being shifted to Raw and pushed as a tag team, while Big E remained on SmackDown as a singles competitor. 

Big E would go on to win the Money in the Bank briefcase while still a member of the SmackDown roster, but cashed in on Raw’s WWE Champion Bobby Lashley. He was then officially drafted to the Raw brand in the 2021 WWE Draft in October. 

Big E dropped the WWE title to Brock Lesnar in a five-way match at the Day 1 pay-per-view on January 1. His last televised Raw match came on January 10, a loss to Seth Rollins.

Woods is currently out of action after suffering a torn plantaris.