As we saw on tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW, Roman Reigns came out to the ring to open the show and was visibly upset before he even began to speak. Roman proceeded to announce that he was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 22 and that he has lived with the disease for 11 years. Unfortunately his disease has relapsed and his leukemia has returned.
Roman went on to state that because of this, he will be relinquishing the WWE Universal Title immediately. WWE has released as statement regarding Roman Reigns, which you can read below.
“Tonight on Monday Night Raw, Roman Reigns (aka Joe Anoa’i) announced that he is relinquishing the WWE Universal Championship and taking a leave of absence from WWE as he once again fights leukemia, which had been in remission since late 2008. Reigns is taking his battle with leukemia public in an effort to raise awareness and funds for research in order to advance cures for the disease.”
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