WWE Superstar Roman Reigns was recently interviewed by AOL and commented on his cancer, the crowd reactions he’s been receiving as of late, and more. You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On Hiding His Cancer: “With this being a performance-driven industry and it being based off popularity and opinion, the last thing I ever wanted to do was try and use this news to gain traction or anything like that. That’s why for all of those years, nobody ever knew. I wanted people to respect my performance and the journey that got me there. It was one of those situations it was either be truthful or just disappear. I didn’t want to just disappear, I felt like that would have been disrespectful to the fans and the people who support me. I just didn’t want to lie, I didn’t want to keep a secret. I wanted them to hear it from me so I could say I wasn’t a victim and I didn’t want anybody’s sympathy. I was adamant that this wasn’t a retirement, that this was setting up the comeback.”
On Crowd Reactions: Before it was always ‘I want to be on top and I need to stay at the top,’ but for me, there was just something about this year where participation was like being in a title match. There’s just been something very poetic about just being there, being healthy enough to be there, being able to participate and be present, bonding with my friends, creating for the live crowd. I’ve enjoyed the reactions I’ve been getting lately,” Reigns said. “It might not be quite as noisy as it can be at all times, but it is a positive reaction and I have enjoyed switching it up. Sometimes you can fall into a bit of a groove, obviously working with Brock quite a bit and a few other household names we’ve been in the ring with quite a bit. Me being in the ring with guys like Buddy Murphy or Erick Rowan, newer faces who haven’t gotten quite as much time, that always winds up being a good match for me. As long as I can continue to perform and go out there and put my time in for the fans, that’s great.”
