Roman Reigns opened tonight's WWE Raw by shockingly announcing that he was battling leukemia for the past 11 years and it's back.
Reigns said because of the diagnosis, he's unable to fulfill his duties as champion and must relinquish the WWE Universal Championship. Reigns added that it's best for him to go home and be with family, to focus on his health for now.
.@WWERomanReigns has officially relinquished the Universal Championship on #RAW. pic.twitter.com/Dov281qW94— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) October 23, 2018
Reigns made it clear that this was not a retirement speech and that he would be back once he's done "kicking leukemia's ass" again. He said we would see him very, very soon.
The Universal Championship will now be decided in a singles match between Braun Strowman and Brock Lesnar at Crown Jewel.
Stay tuned for updates on Reigns' status.
