Joe was initially laid off by the company on April 15 along with premier stars like Mickie James and The IIconics due to budget cuts.
According to Sports Illustrated's Dave Meltzer, the initial scripted plan for Day 1 was for Big E to hand over the title to Rollins.
The WWE superstar said that he wants to follow the footsteps of The Ring General following his release from NXT.
The latest round of WWE releases has been made public, which includes a number of high-profile personnel from developmental brand NXT.
The bout between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship was originally scheduled for Day 1, but it was cancelled.
On January 1st, Roman Reigns revealed that he will be unable to defend his championship at WWE's Day 1 event that evening.
Universal champion Roman Reigns is out of his planned match at Saturday's WWE Day 1 pay-per-view after testing positive for COVID-19.