Do You Think That Roman Reigns Is Faking Leukemia In Order To Re-emerge As A Face When He Beats It?

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This is the WWE Reality Era, where kayfabe no longer exists, and in order to stay contemporary, writers need to be more creative than ever. Today Roman Reigns announced that he's been battling leukemia for 11 years, but I suspect that this is a worked angle, and not a legitimate fact. From the manner in which Roman announced the news, to the inconsistent body language, I believe this hiatus would be the perfect opportunity get Roman over with the crowd and finally put him into the John Cena stratosphere.

Roman is not the biggest big guy, his mic skills aren't heel-level edgy, and although he can wrestle consistently, he's not quite as technically adept as some of the natural-born superstars. The reason I mention these qualities I see in Roman, is because I believe these qualities would make him a babyface heavyweight underdog.

The wrestling industry has been known to use hiatuses in the past to make crowds love wrestlers, and WWE has been trying to make audiences love Roman Reigns. If I'm completely wrong on this theory I apologise profusely, but I suppose only time will tell.

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M Best Comment

Even WWE aren't stupid enough to do that nowadays. They also wouldn't give their now top merch seller what will be a long hiatus just so he stops getting booed.

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@thatscottishguy They've benched their top guys in the past for months at a time in order to boost sales through popularity.

Given the Crown Jewel debacle occurring, I wouldn't put my faith in the collective intelligence of the WWE.

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

Usually the top guys being benched has been because of a real reason and not just because they get booed. We had 10 years of let's go cena/cena sucks and his lengthy periods out were due to real injuries. Roman is the most popular full time performer they have in terms of sales and overall reaction with the cheering and the booing. I highly doubt this will be him out for a couple of months then surprise royal rumble entry. They would not choose to have Roman off TV for such a lengthy period of time.

The Crown Jewel stuff is more unfortunate circumstances than their stupidity. Yes they should never have had a deal with Saudi Arabia in the first place but the world doesn't care about them killing Yemenis so who was to know people would care about them killing someone? Now they are trying to figure out the best move on that with regards to PR and sponsors. Imagine the reaction of sponsors if it got out that the whole leukemia thing is a work.

Too many risks just to get a man cheered instead of booed. As crazy as Vince is even he would see that and everyone around him would too.