On Monday, Roman Reigns opened RAW by revealing that he would have to give up his Universal Championship due to the fact that he would need to deal with his leukemia, which has unfortunately returned, and which he has dealt with for over a decade:
He also mentioned that this would not signal his retirement, as he stated "After I’m done whooping leukemia’s ass I’m coming back home."
Additionally, the WWE released a statement:
People soon took to Twitter with the hashtag #ThankYouRoman to show their support.