Big E Langston

Ettore Ewen (born March 1, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, signed to WWE where he wrestles under the ring name Big E Langston. He is a former NXT Champion in WWE's developmental territory, NXT Wrestling. He is also a national powerlifting champion who has set multiple national and state records in the raw division.

Early life
Ewen was born in Tampa, Florida to Afro-Caribbean immigrants Eltore and Margaret Ewen. He attended Wharton High School, where he won a number of athletic honors, including being named Hillsborough County's "Ironman of the Year". Upon graduating from Wharton, Ewen attended the University of Iowa, where he played football as a defensive lineman for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Ewen was redshirted in 2004 and missed the 2005 season due to an injury sustained in pre-season camp, playing a single season as a sophomore in 2006. Ewen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. As a Florida high school wrestling state champion and a Division I college football letter winner, Ewen competed in a number of different athletic disciplines at an elite level before turning his attention to the sport of powerlifting.

Powerlifting career
Ewen competed in his first U.S.A. Powerlifting (USAPL) meet on July 11 at the fifth annual United States Open Championships 2010 at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida. He became not only the top heavyweight lifter but also broke all four Florida state raw powerlifting records in the 275-pound class and bested raw national records in the deadlift and total. His lifts included a 611 pound squat, a 490 pound bench press and a 749 pound deadlift for a 1,850 pound raw total. Ewen also won the USAPL Raw Nationals 2011 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. This time he competed in the super heavyweight division (+275) and broke the raw American and national records in the deadlift (799 lbs) and total (2,039 lbs) in this weight class as well. Although all of his national and American raw records were broken in 2011 and 2012 by Michael Tuchscherer, Brad Gillingham and Randall Harris, Ewen still holds the USAPL Florida State Raw Records in deadlift and total in the SHW division as well as all four raw powerlifting records in the 275-pound class.

Personal records

 * Set in offical competition


 * Squat - 711 lbs (322.5 kg) raw without knee wraps
 * Bench press - 529 lbs (240 kg) raw
 * Deadlift - 799 lbs (362.5 kg) raw
 * Powerlifting total - 2,039 lbs (711-529-799) / 925 kg (322.5-240-362.5) raw without knee wraps

The American and National Championship Records in the deadlift are held at 410 kg (903.9 lbs) since 1995 by Mark Henry, who also became a professional wrestler in WWE. Langston has also bench pressed 575 lbs (260 kg) raw touch and go in the gym, but it was not a competition lift.

Developmental territories (2009–2013)
In 2009, Ewen signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He was assigned to its developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he debuted on December 17, 2009 under the ring name "Big E Langston". On May 12, 2011, Langston and Calvin Raines defeated Richie Steamboat and Seth Rollins to win the Florida Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to C.J. Parker and Donny Marlow on July 21, 2011. During the WrestleMania XXVIII Axxess event in April 2012, Langston defeated Antonio Cesaro.

When WWE rebranded its developmental territory, FCW, into NXT Wrestling, Langston made his NXT debut on August 1, 2012, defeating Adam Mercer. This marked the start of a winning streak for Langston, who from September started repeatedly performing his finisher on his opponents and demanding that referees count to five (rather than the usual three) before awarding him pinfalls. After Langston rejected Vickie Guerrero's managerial services, Guerrero promised a $5,000 bounty to anyone who could put Langston "on the shelf"; but attempts to claim the bounty by Chad Baxter and Camacho were firmly squashed by Langston. The bounty was ultimately declared void by NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes. On the December 6 tapings of NXT (which aired January 9, 2013), Langston defeated NXT Champion and The Shield member Seth Rollins in a no disqualification match to win the title. He made successful title defenses against opponents including Conor O'Brian, Brad Maddox and Damien Sandow. before losing the NXT Championship to Bo Dallas on May 23, 2013 (airing on June 12).

Main roster; alliance with AJ Lee (2012–present)
Langston made his WWE main roster debut on the December 17, 2012 episode of Raw, attacking John Cena thus establishing himself on the main roster as a heel,and aligning himself with AJ Lee. Langston went on to act as an enforcer for AJ's boyfriend, Dolph Ziggler, interfering in his matches. On April 7, 2013, at WrestleMania 29, Langston and Ziggler unsuccessfully challenged Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) for the WWE Tag Team Championship. Langston wrestled his first match on Raw the following night, defeating Bryan. After Ziggler suffered a concussion in May, Langston wrestled a series of five matches against Ziggler's World Heavyweight Championship contender Alberto Del Rio, which Del Rio won 3-2. On the June 10 episode of Raw, Langston was revealed as the secret admirer of WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn; this in turn was revealed to be a ploy to humiliate Kaitlyn by AJ, the number one contender to Kaitlyn's title. Langston and AJ continued to mock Kaitlyn over the following weeks, with AJ ultimately retaining her Divas Championship in a bout with Kaitlyn at Money in the Bank on July 14. Ziggler ended his relationship with AJ the following night on Raw, leading to Langston attack him later in the evening. On the July 29 episode of Raw, Langston was defeated by Ziggler via disqualification after AJ interfered and attacked Ziggler. In a rematch on the following week's Raw, Langston defeated Ziggler following a distraction by AJ and Kaitlyn. On August 18 at SummerSlam, Langston and AJ were defeated by Ziggler and Kaitlyn in a mixed tag team match.

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * Big Ending (Over the shoulder cutter)


 * Signature moves
 * Abdominal stretch
 * Belly to belly suplex
 * Multiple knee lifts
 * Multiple punches to opponent's midsection
 * Multiple rib breakers
 * Overhead gutwrench backbreaker
 * Running body block
 * Running splash
 * Running turnbuckle thrust


 * Managers
 * Dolph Ziggler
 * AJ Lee


 * Entrance themes
 * "I'm Here Show The World" by Downstait (used while teaming with Dolph Ziggler)
 * "I Can't Keep Still" by KPM Music (NXT; August 1, 2012–April 24, 2013)
 * "I Need Five" by Jim Johnston (WWE; April 22, 2013–present)

Championships and accomplishments

 * Florida Championship Wrestling
 * FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Calvin Raines


 * NXT Wrestling
 * NXT Championship (1 time)


 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * PWI ranked him #215 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011