Roman Reigns Announces That He’s Back and His Leukemia Is in Remission (Video + Transcript)

Roman Reigns announced on Raw tonight that his leukemia is in remission, saying, “The good news is… I’m in remission, y’all” then after a huge pop from the crowd, said “with that being said, the Big Dog is back!”

Here’s a transcript of what Roman Reigns said… His music hit to begin Raw and out he came. The crowd chanted “welcome back” as he stood in the ring and took the mic…

I’m probably gonna say this a lot, but I’m gonna start off by saying… thank you.

I missed y’all. I’m serious, I missed y’all. There is no other job like this. There’s no other fan base like you guys.

I’m ad-libbing a little here… I used to say this is my yard but… this is our yard!

And I said this before, I’m a man of faith. I’ve always believed in God. I’ve always believed he’s favored me and looked out for me but… I’m not gonna lie, before my announcement in October, I was terrified, y’all. I was scared. I was insecure. And I didn’t really know if I wanted to share that secret with the world.

[Crowd chanted “Roman”]

I was scared to tell everybody because I didn’t know how you would react. By the time I got home, the outreach… between people texting me, calling me, tweeting me, Instagramming me, Facebooking me… If there was a way to get to me, y’all figured out how to do it. The amount of thoughts, the amount of blessings, the amount of prayers you sent my way is completely overwhelming and Godsent. Thank you so much. And I’m telling you, it wasn’t just WWE fans. It was everyone. It felt like everyone who liked me, people who didn’t like me, everybody was at my aid. Everybody was surrounding me with their love and support. I’m telling you, so many people prayed for me, God’s voicemail was full, to the max. I truly believe he was in his head thinking, ‘man, what is going on down there? All for this one guy? All these people?’ That was the magnitude. That is how strong it was to be surrounded by y’all’s love and y’all’s grace.

And to be able to feel that, the strength that you gave me, I can do anything with that type of strength and love. And that overwhelming support you gave me, it gave me strength, it gave me new life, it gave me a new opportunity and it gave me a new purpose. You see, here in WWE, a lot of your purpose as a young superstar is to win titles and to climb that mountain and to achieve the top and put your flag in and that’s still very important, but for me, the only thing that is important is that I have the ability to step foot in this ring every single night. And if I can do that, I’m gonna use this platform, this giant WWE platform that is global and the whole world can see it, I’m gonna use it to raise awareness and I’m gonna use it to support those who are in need just like I was.

Well, we advertised it as an update, so should we get to the update? So when I made my announcement, I said that I was gonna swing for the fences. We did better than that y’all. We didn’t just swing for the fences, man, we hit a homerun. So when I tell you this, I am so grateful, I’m so humble and I’m so honored to announce this…

The good news is… I’m in remission, y’all.

[The crowd popped big]

So with that being said, the Big Dog is back!

[The crowd popped again and chanted “welcome back”]

So before I go, I’m gonna say it probably a whole bunch more times, but I’m gonna say it again. Thank you so much, y’all. I love y’all.

Reigns then went around and embraced the crowd and hugged his family and mother at ringside.

Seth Rollins’ theme hit and he met Roman at the stage. The two hugged with smiles on their faces as the segment ended.

Later on Raw, Reigns got involved in some in-ring action. Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley and Elias teamed up to attack Dean Ambrose, but Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins ran down for the save and cleaned house. Reigns hit Lashley and McIntyre with Superman Punches, then nailed McIntyre with a spear, getting a huge pop.