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WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns is getting ready for the most important match of his career. He is set to face Brock Lesnar in a title unification bout at WrestleMania 38.
Reigns has had to deal with a lot of difficulties during his career and the most notable being his leukaemia diagnosis. The Tribal Chief was first diagnosed with leukaemia at a young age and it once again resurfaced in 2018.
Roman was on The Michael Kay Show when he was asked what was the most difficult moment of his life. He revealed. “I think it would be the original diagnosis of Leukaemia. Being 21/22 years old, being a Division 1 college athlete with aspirations of playing in the NFL, that was plan A, B, and C, there was no backup plan, all the eggs were in that basket and that’s how I was. To be hit with that type of adversity, to be hit with that type of roadblock, for my dreams to be taken away from me on top of having, for the first time ever, any real type of health scare. It was a lot to be able to digest.
He continued, “I’m one of those people that moves forward and when something’s negative around me, I can either push it away or compartmentalize it to where I stay focused on the positive in my life and move forward to the things that are going to be beneficial around me. At such a young age with nothing, I didn’t have an asset to my name. I had nothing going on as an adult, a human being. I was still so young and clueless at that point, thank God I had my mom, thank God I had my wife and had just such a strong security blanket around me to help guide me through that process.”
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Reigns declares himself the GOAT
On a previous episode of The Michael Kay Show, Reigns said that he was the greatest of all time. He said, “To me, I’m not trying to get there, I believe I’m there. I believe I’m living in the day of The GOAT within my own performance. I’m just constantly pushing myself, and for many reasons, I feel like I’m surrounded by the greatest and me as a singles competitor, as the Universal Champion, as the top guy of WWE, the face of this billion-dollar company, I’m the greatest of all time.”
