WWE superstar Roman Reigns recently went through a fairly public battle with leukemia, an illness that caused Reigns to take a break from wrestling to combat. While he’s back now and competing in the ring, his battle with cancer is still something that inspires many, and something that Reigns has opened up with in the past.
Speaking to Extra TV regarding the upcoming Hobbs & Show film that he’s a part of, Reigns talked about his illness, and how at first, he just wanted to be alone. “I made the announcement in October. The first couple of months, I just isolated myself at home with the family — that’s where I went through the bulk of my struggles. The pains that I was going through, luckily God just kept an eye on me, he was favoring me… Around the holidays, I started to feel a lot better, my medication kicked in and started to do its job.”
Shortly after the holidays, Reigns began filming the movie with his cousin, legendary WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson, and he credits his role in the film to his cousin. “I had already auditioned, my tape was already out there. Dwayne was keeping tabs on me making sure everything was going good with the recovery and I let him know I was feeling a lot better. ‘I think this return might come quicker than planned.’ I had just wanted to take my time.”
Reigns goes on to discuss how he had planned to be back in the ring by the fall, and how he was not purely relying on his cousin to land a role in the movie. Needless to say, Reigns has gone a long way since last year, and his star is likely to continue climbing as he becomes even bigger in Hollywood and in the ring.
