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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.
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I like this new way of wrestling and the sub plots they create! But, yes, I would say that these story-lines go hand in hand! One of the things I like is the great skill that is used to demonstrate their moves with minimal injury - if any! In the past, wrestlers would suffer quite terrible injuries!
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@EugenieLaBorgia Agreed, a safer environment for wrestlers has been created. Hopefully the medical staff have been more attentive since the CM Punk lawsuit.

The choice of working safe also gives the WWE talent an extra level of intensity to work with, when it comes to pleasing the crowd. (Eg. Cena vs Punk, Hurricanrana/Piledriver spot made me smile, or any time AJ Styles now uses the Styles Clash).

I'm not a fan of the hardcore wrestling, it's unnecessarily brutal. Whenever a wrestler has a mask of blood, it just makes my stomach churn, and personally, I don't think it adds anything to the action.

My favorite matches are about pacing, more than brutality.
@SW-User Yes! Their skills are quite remarkable. I have videos of one of those types of wrestling featuring Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Ray Mysterio. I remember watching Mysterio perform about a twenty foot dive from inside the cage onto his opponent! No-one was injured! That is skill! The story-lines were good, too!
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@EugenieLaBorgia I'm amazed that Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam, and Jeff Hardy can still work as well as they do; they're true professionals.
@SW-User The whole environment surrounding this 'modern' way of wrestling is quite phenomenal! I have old English beta tapes of a man called Bert Royal - wrestling, I believe, in the 70's or 80's and there is real damage occurring!