WWE News: WWE confirms knee injury to The New Day's Big E

What's the story?

WWE Superstar Big E is facing some time on the sidelines, WWE has confirmed.

After sustaining an injury to his knee on this week's SmackDown Live episode, the former Tag Team Champion took to Twitter to suggest he'd be taking some time off, which WWE have now commented on.

In case you didn't know...

After Kofi Kingston's monumental WrestleMania 35 win, The New Day pulled double duty between this week's RAW and SmackDown. While their appearance on the red brand was fleeting, the highly successful faction wrestled on the blue brand.

The New Day faced Cesaro, Sheamus and Raw Superstar Drew McIntyre in a six-man tag team match, where Big E tweeted after that he had suffered an injury to his meniscus.

The heart of the matter

While it seemed that Big E and Woods would be heading into a feud with The Bar heading towards the Money In The Bank pay-per-view with Kingston now in the main event picture, a spanner has been thrown in the works with Big E's injury.

WWE confirmed via Twitter that Big E has a torn meniscus and is not cleared for action, but they have not put a timeline on his recovery or subsequent return.

INJURY UPDATE: @WWEBigE has suffered a torn meniscus and is currently not medically cleared for action. https://t.co/3DugEuGEfK

— WWE (@WWE) April 11, 2019

What's Next?

The Money In The Bank pay-per-view will take place seven weeks from now on Sunday May 19, 2019 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

Whether Big E will return before then, as of now, is anyone's guess with meniscus injuries usually taking around six weeks to heal - although this really depends on the severity of the tear.

Meanwhile, the Superstar Shake-Up takes place this week, so the New Day may even be split up!

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