Big E Interview with Meltdown

Beasley Digital

4/22/2025

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00:00I don't want to intimidate you.

00:01I had a pretty big workout today.

00:03I appreciate you taking it easy on me, sir.

00:05I appreciate that.

00:06It's so cool you brought me a present.

00:08I mean, I didn't even expect that.

00:09I didn't give you anything.

00:10I mean, I'm going to need it back, but I mean, if you'd like to.

00:13Oh, this is, yeah.

00:14By the way, you see the custom side plates for the Michigan Panthers?

00:18I saw that.

00:18Yes, yeah.

00:19I like the E part of it, too.

00:20Right, right.

00:21Naturally.

00:23Good to see you, man.

00:24Thanks for coming in.

00:25Yeah, it's good to be here.

00:26Yeah, so last week was the first week you did this Panthers thing down

00:29in Detroit.

00:30What did you think?

00:30It was incredible, man.

00:31Honestly, my appreciation for the city has grown so much.

00:35The people here have been incredible, truly.

00:37But it was amazing, man.

00:38It really is.

00:39Like, I love how much, you know, I'm a kid's entertainer for the most part.

00:42And I love, I saw so many kids at Ford Field, so many families.

00:46And with tickets only starting at $10, it truly is a great family

00:50entertainment value.

00:52Yeah.

00:52Yeah, no doubt about it.

00:53You keep lowering your chair, which is great.

00:55I'm just sinking.

00:56I don't know how to control it.

00:57But I find myself slowly lowering.

01:00Most of the time, people I talk to are taller than me, which is great.

01:02So now you're coming down to my level.

01:04You did this on purpose, didn't you?

01:05I appreciate that.

01:06You got a little switch, don't you?

01:07I don't know what's going on with that, to be quite honest with you.

01:09But I do like that.

01:11Yeah, I was checking out your Instagram.

01:12It's kind of funny because have you been in Detroit now for like a year?

01:15It seems like every picture is like something about Detroit.

01:17We've been busy, man.

01:18We've been busy.

01:19We really have.

01:20And we're working with Lambert in town.

01:21They've done, honestly, an incredible.

01:23I know I keep going.

01:24I'll tell you what.

01:24We'll do this.

01:25Go ahead.

01:25Stand up.

01:25All right, we'll stand, we'll stand.

01:26But honestly, they've done a great job of just putting me in great positions

01:30from a marketing and PR standpoint.

01:32We've been around the city a ton throughout the first pitch of the Tigers game.

01:36But I really take it to Detroit.

01:38And the great thing, too, is it's four consecutive home games.

01:41And this is the second week, so I'll be back next week and the following week.

01:43Oh, so you're kind of going in and out.

01:45Yeah, yeah.

01:45I mean, I got to go home just to get some new clothes, and I come right back.

01:48So tell me about throwing out the opening pitch.

01:50How was that?

01:50Have you ever done anything like that before?

01:52So I've done it one time.

01:53So I went to school at Iowa, played football at Iowa, and I went back.

01:58There was a Cedar Rapids-Colonels game.

01:59Not quite the Detroit Tigers.

02:01Not quite that level.

02:02So it was my first time at an MLB game, throwing out the first pitch.

02:06And it was fun.

02:07I don't know if you've ever seen 50 Cent throw out the first pitch.

02:11Oh, yeah.

02:11He was like way off.

02:13Abysmal.

02:13So I was just trying to avoid that, and that was the goal.

02:16And it wasn't quite a strike, but I didn't embarrass myself.

02:19So, yeah, I was okay with the outing.

02:21I think, didn't Fauci have a terrible one?

02:23There was a few brutal ones.

02:25There's been a few, yes.

02:25Yeah, 50 Cent.

02:26That's right.

02:26I remember that now.

02:27That was beyond brutal.

02:28It was like off to the side.

02:30He could have injured someone.

02:31It was bad.

02:32It was real bad.

02:32I guess as long as you get it close, that's all you're really worried about.

02:35Exactly.

02:36So American or Lafayette?

02:38What do you think?

02:39So it's funny you say that.

02:41I actually just put out a post on Instagram.

02:43We went to American Coney Island, and I could never turn my back on Grace.

02:47I met Grace, and she was incredible.

02:48She was warm.

02:50So we're an American Coney house, and that's who we support.

02:56I'm sure Lafayette's incredible, but contractually, I can't say anything other than American Coney.

03:02Okay, American.

03:03There you go.

03:03You got the winner right there.

03:05So what else have you been digging around the area?

03:08Now, growing up, were you a fan of any of the music that came out of Detroit?

03:11Because there's a lot of it.

03:12I mean, not rock bands.

03:14You got rap and hip-hop bands.

03:16All sorts of stuff.

03:17Yeah.

03:18So growing up, Motown's huge, obviously.

03:20So actually, in my house as a kid, my dad's a preacher, and was very religious, so we were

03:25only allowed to listen to gospel.

03:26So it was a little bit later in life that I got into Motown, that I got into.

03:30So that's the really cool thing for me.

03:32And we've talked about doing a trip to the Motown Museum.

03:34Oh, yeah.

03:35And I'm excited to really do that, because I've never been.

03:38I've actually been to, about a decade ago, I went to the Henry Ford Museum, and that was

03:41cool, but definitely got to go to Motown.

03:43Yeah.

03:44And then I see that you were on, I was just watching something the other day, Family Feud,

03:47and I think you guys are doing, have you been on the, what's the one where they're there?

03:51Wheel of Fortune?

03:51Yeah.

03:52Have you been on that one?

03:52So we did Wheel of Fortune, and the cool thing was, so we did a WWE week.

03:56So it was all of us, the first four days was just to decide, so the top three winners

04:02from the first four days went to the final day on Friday, and thankfully I was partnered

04:07with an incredible guy named Ben, and we ended up winning our day, we went on to the last

04:11day, we didn't win that day, but I grew up watching this show.

04:15Every single day at dinner, it was Pat and Vanna, then we'd watch Jeopardy, like my entire

04:20childhood, so it was just, it was so cool to be able to do Wheel of Fortune, to be able

04:25to like hug, you know, Vanna, to say what's up to Pat, that was a really, really special

04:30day.

04:30Yeah, I was going to say, how was Vanna in person?

04:31She's incredible, yes, just graceful.

04:34Did she walk up to you and go like this?

04:36Yes, sure, yes, that's what she does.

04:39No, but of course, legends, right?

04:41And that's funny, because when I was watching, you know, and I didn't really watch like intently,

04:45but it looked like the people that you guys were teamed up with were like Wheel of Fortune

04:48like experts, you know, and you guys were just like, yeah, just spin the wheel.

04:51Honestly, so I got the app, and I was on the Wheel of Fortune app, and I was thinking,

04:54you know what, I'm going to really study and make sure I get my puzzle solving abilities

04:58sharp.

04:59But then I realized when we got there, you're right, it was really the people we were partnered

05:03with, our partners, were really the ones playing the game, and we were just there cheerleading.

05:08Yeah, and you're on the spot.

05:09Yeah, and I saw one puzzle for us, I was like, I got to bend some money.

05:13But that was the cool thing, too, is it's winning money for someone, so you feel extra pressure

05:16to do well.

05:17But I had a blast.

05:18Yeah, that's great.

05:19Well, let's talk about wrestling real fast.

05:20First of all, do you have a timeline as to when you'll be coming back or not?

05:23I don't, unfortunately.

05:24So I've been out for almost 14 months now.

05:27But the problem is it's just I broke my C1 in two places, and obviously your C1 is a

05:31very important bone.

05:33And it just takes a while to heal.

05:34So I feel great.

05:35I have no nerve issues, no pain issues.

05:37I feel 100%.

05:38It's just there's no real timeline right now.

05:40Gotcha.

05:41I just watched WrestleMania.

05:43And, you know, as far as sports entertainment goes, and as far as TV shows go, that show,

05:49I don't know if there's anything more spectacular looking than what Vince in the WWE is putting

05:54on right now.

05:54Exactly.

05:55It really is.

05:56It's a spectacle, is the best way to put it.

05:58And so I was there in LA.

06:00I actually ended up leaving on Sunday.

06:02But I was there for the first day.

06:04And to be there, it was really my first WrestleMania where I really had, I was working in some

06:08capacities, but I had no wrestling.

06:11So I was able to kind of watch as a fan.

06:13And really, when you look out and you see 70,000 plus people, you see how packed it is,

06:19you really are reminded, man, this is a spectacle.

06:22I've never been to anything like that in sports and entertainment.

06:24I'm sure there are some concerts that rival it.

06:27But it really is.

06:28It's special.

06:28And the great thing, too, is our business is doing so well right now.

06:32It's sellout after sellout.

06:33And that's why I encourage people, if you want to come to SummerSlam, which is going to

06:36be incredible, it'll be here August 5th.

06:38Get your tickets as soon as possible, because they're flying off the shelves these days.

06:42Yeah, SummerSlam, like you said, coming up in August right here in Detroit.

06:46I'm, no, this is Meltdown.

06:47This is Biggie.

06:48No, wait.

06:49Whatever, dude.

06:51I'm Meltdown with Biggie.

06:52Thank you so much for coming.

06:53And good luck with all the Panthers stuff.

06:55And you got the four games in a row.

06:56You said tomorrow night, as we record this, is a nighttime game, which is really cool.

06:59That's right.

07:00We'll be there Saturday night in the D at 730.

07:03First time ever that the Panthers will play the Memphis Showboats.

07:07Oh, okay.

07:08All right.

07:08There you go.

07:09Some history in the making tomorrow.

07:10Biggie, thank you so much.

07:11Yes, sir.

07:12Boom.

07:13Boom.

07:14Boom.

07:15Boom.

07:16Boom.

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