Did WWE overplay Romans cancer?

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Well I remember an indie wrestler who said she knew a referee in WWE invited me over to watch Evolution if I brought my PS4 so we can watch on the network. Anyway during a video of Reigns, she said I know the fully story. I said what do you mean? She said what do you think. I said if it's what I think I hope not. Then she said I can't say anymore. Ever since that day I started doubting the severity of this. Not sure how this funny but K
WOW...this has got to be the funniest story I've heard in years. You rock for this.
 

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WOW...this has got to be the funniest story I've heard in years. You rock for this.
Nah I thought the full story after I met her was funnier but that's not WWE related. Oh and the child molester who trained her who supplies wrestlers for NXT lmao and apparently is buddies with Kenny Omega
 

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Nah I thought the full story after I met her was funnier but that's not WWE related. Oh and the child molester who trained her who supplies wrestlers for NXT lmao and apparently is buddies with Kenny Omega
Hmmm...interesting...
 

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I've read a few "doctors" that said hey, he had a flare-up. He's never truly "defeated" leukemia, but his body is just fine. It takes up to 4 months to handle a flare-up in chemo, so it could be completely legitimate. This sounds true, and keep fighting the good fight, champ. :)

As for WWE, it took them wildly thinking outside the box to write a worked shoot lol. More less worked cancer
 
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I rarely say this but I think WWE approached the situation and did it right. Having the shock announcement on Raw then absolute radio silence until this Monday.
 

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I hope Ramon hasn't been overplaying it. I mean, coming foreward with something that is threatening your life is no trivial matter, but then again, WWE has always had trouble taking into account health problems. Their wellness policy doesn't always work - it didn't for Sunny at least the first time, as I read. Also, drama equals entertainment at the expense of health issues isn't something new to WWE programming either. Becky Lynch is proof of how low they'll go. I mean, there are people who have suffered legit knee injuries and never fully recovered from them. WWE has no right to make a parody of someone who's been hurt.
 

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I am not a conspiracy theorist, as I am sure most of you know. Without any actual evidence about WWE faking this or overstating it, I am not going to accuse them of either. However, I do have to agree that there are certain things about this which seem fishy.

The very fact is that we have very little information on Roman's condition to begin with. There are different kinds of leukemia, different treatments and severities. But we have been told none of this. So everything we put forth is speculative.

Yes, recurrent leukemia can go into remission very quickly. It is completely conceivable that everything we have heard is 100% honest. Regardless though, the handling of this was really bad.

It confuses me that WWE would have him come back so soon. The reason is not because he might not be healthy, but that they should have known this would be coming. Most people know very little about cancer and I would assume that to nearly anyone, it seems fishy especially if they don't know the facts. And most people don't.

A man who may be the most polarizing wrestler of all time gives up his belt because of a relapse of leukemia. He takes a break from wrestling, only to return four months later in remission and a month before Wrestlemania. Hmmm.

I think Vince is up to something, but probably not something everyone thinks. I do not believe Roman or Vince faked cancer. I do not believe that WWE or Roman tried to make the cancer look worse than it was. I do not believe Roman came back too soon.

What I do believe is that Roman's cancer went into remission. And I do believe that Vince KNEW that we would be having this discussion if he brought Roman back right away. There is no way he didn't know that people would think it was a work. So basically, they got a lot of buzz created around a topic by doing nothing more than being honest. And I am sure they are happy about it.
 

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Well I remember an indie wrestler who said she knew a referee in WWE invited me over to watch Evolution if I brought my PS4 so we can watch on the network. Anyway during a video of Reigns, she said I know the fully story. I said what do you mean? She said what do you think. I said if it's what I think I hope not. Then she said I can't say anymore. Ever since that day I started doubting the severity of this. Not sure how this funny but K

It is vastly illegal in the United States to reveal someone's medical history without their consent. Even so, I guess your source is legit. I mean, a friend of a former neighbor of a colleague of an enemy of the third prime minister once told me Winston Churchill was a drunk.
 
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A very good wrestler beats cancer and what do we get? A bunch of smarks claiming conspiracy because Reigns was the sort of guy who was better than them in high school and was better suited for the job than their beloved Bryan.

Pathetic.

You really take stupidity to a new level, don't you?