RAR 10/22/18: Roman Reigns reveals battle with leukemia, relinquishes Universal title

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🗓️ 23 October 2018

⏱️ 113 minutes

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 10/22/18: It was a very emotional edition of Raw with Roman Reigns relinquishing the Universal title following the news that he is battling leukemia. The show also featured a contract signing between Ronda Rousey and Nikki Bella, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose going for the Raw tag titles, the new title match at Crown Jewel, an appearance by DX and more on the “go home” show for Evolution.Don’t forget to submit photos of your wrestling inspired Halloween costumes Our Sponsors: * Check out TickPick and use my code No promotion code/URL for a great deal: https://www.tickpick.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	I feel like I owe everybody an apology.
0:09.2	For months, maybe even a full year I've come out here and spoke as Roman Reigns and I said a lot of things
0:17.2	You know I said that I'd be here every single week
0:21.5	I said I'd be a fighting champion. I said I was going to be
0:24.1	consistent and I said I was going to be a workhorse but that's all lies. It's a lie
0:31.8	because the reality is my real name is Joe and I've been living with leukemia for 11 years.
0:44.0	And unfortunately it's back.
0:51.0	And because the And unfortunately it's back.
0:58.0	And because the leukemia is back, I cannot fulfill my role. I can't be that fighting champion.
1:00.0	And I'm going to have to relinquish the Universal Championship.
1:05.0	When Ryan, it's when it's time to begin, it's on to rewind around with John Pollock and
1:15.4	waiting the 18 that makes sense of these things we see in the ring every
1:19.8	week on TV it's rewind a rock for Monday night. Download a Tuesday morning from the Post Wrestling
1:26.2	site. It's rewind a rock for Monday night on USA now on the John and Way take the mic.
1:32.4	Hello everybody. Hey now on the John and Wayt take the mic.
1:34.0	Hello everybody, welcome to Rewind or Raw.
1:36.0	It's John Pollack here alongside Wayteng.
1:40.0	Way, how are you doing tonight?
1:41.0	I'm doing okay, but I think the better question is how are you doing tonight? I'm doing okay, but I think the better question is,
1:44.2	how are you doing today?
1:46.7	Today has been a very, very, very busy day.
1:51.3	There's just a lot that's been going on personally.
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