Roman Reigns announced on the 22nd October edition of Monday Night RAW that he had been living with leukaemia in remission for the past 11 years. But it had come back. So he had to relinquish his Universal Title in order to take time off and beat the disease. He would make an appearance at Georgia Tech this weekend and seemed better.
Natalya spoke to Planeta Wrestling, where she said she had no idea what Roman’s announcement would be that night. She was told something that shouldn’t be missed was going to happen in the first hour. The atmosphere backstage was tense as well. This is what she said:
“That was really hard for all of us to be a part of that, and obviously way harder for Roman. Nobody knew as far as I knew that news was going to be delivered, Roman’s very private. We were kind of just told earlier in the day that there was something going on in the first hour of the show that we wouldn’t want to miss and everybody’s talking about it.”
“I remember that building being freezing cold and there was just this tension in the air all day long. When Roman walked to the ring I thought it was really weird he wasn’t wearing his wrestling costume, he was just wearing a shirt. I thought, ‘He has to say something serious.’”
“When he announced that he had leukemia and he had it for 11 years and it was back, everyone was just in shock. Some were in disbelief, some were crying, some people were just standing there frozen. Because Roman is our locker room leader, Roman is our Superman, Roman is the guy that all of us look up to backstage. He is like a general for us.”
Natalya realized the value and unpredictability of life from his announcement. But she is sure that Roman will beat the disease. We hope Roman returns to the ring sooner rather than later.
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h/t to Ringside News for the transcription.
