WWE superstar Big E suffered a horrific injury Friday night ... a broken neck.
It went down on "Smackdown" in Birmingham, Alabama, when Big E was in the throes of a tag team match. Ridge Holland gabbed E in a belly-to-belly suplex and it did not go as planned. He landed on his head and that was the end of the match.
Big E was taken out of the arena by stretcher and rushed to a nearby hospital
It's pretty amazing ... recording a video for his fans hours after the injury in his hospital bed, reassuring everyone .