Roman Reigns shared the incredible news with the WWE Universe on RAW that his cancer is in remission. Reigns is now back on the WWE roster and back to doing what he loves.
We have some backstage news to pass your way about Roman’s announcement.
This comes via a report from Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com.
According to Sapp, Vince McMahon was the first person [in WWE] to learn of Roman Reigns being cancer free. Sapp says that Vince was told the news last week.
The decision for him to come back so quickly was made by Roman himself.
Sapp also says that Vince, Stephanie McMahon, Kevin Dunn, Michelle Wilson, and Triple H were the only ones in WWE aware of it backstage until the morning of RAW.
Wrestling INC also adds that after RAW, new WWE creative team member Bruce Prichard was spotted having a lengthy conversation with Roman in the hallway.
On a related note, check out the reason why Dean Ambrose didn’t appear with Seth Rollins during Reigns’ big announcement.