Roman Reigns to miss WrestleMania 36 due to coronavirus; Universal title match in jeopardy

WWE is facing a battle in ir hands to successfully host WrestleMania 36 amidst outbreak of coronavirus in United States. Already forced to air from an empty Performance Center, company could w be forced to host Show of Immortals one of ir biggest stars - Roman Reigns.

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WWE news: Roman Reigns pulls out of WrestleMania 36

US Wrestling publication, Pro Wrestling Sheet broke out news stating Roman Reigns' Universal Championship match against Hall of Famer Goldberg is w off as company is forced to pull Reigns out of WrestleMania 36. WWE insider Ryan Satin ted that Roman Reigns expressed to WWE that 'he didn’t feel comfortable doing any more of Performance Center shows during coronavirus pandemic'. Due to Reigns' history with leukaemia, it is reported that Reigns believes 'he’s immucompromised from his battle with leukaemia and didn’t want to risk his health'.

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WWE news: Roman Reigns pulls out of WrestleMania 36, request granted by WWE?

Pro Wrestling Sheet furr report, WWE has houred his request and Reigns will w be replaced by someone else in match against Universal Champion Goldberg. At time of writing, it remains who will replace Reigns or wher championship will be at stake for makeshift match.

It was earlier reported that WWE had been taping WrestleMania 36 matches in advance ahead of scheduled date of April 4. However, it remains unkwn if Goldberg's match has already been taped or if that still needs to happen.

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Roman Reigns pulls out of WrestleMania 36: Roman Reigns health update

Roman Reigns had been making headlines this past week as WWE as well Big Dog raised concerns over his heath during coronavirus outbreak. Reigns has been diagsed with leukaemia twice in past, with one being in October 2018 during his time in WWE. wrestler was forced to relinquish Universal Championship title and even took time off from company for his rapy. 

Big Dog made his return to WWE after four months of absence in 2019. While Reigns had few table feuds, his WrestleMania 36 match against Goldberg would have been first time he found himself back in title picture.

Roman Reigns pulls out of WrestleMania 36: Joins Rey Mysterio and Dana Brooke

News that Roman Reigns will miss WrestleMania 36 comes just a couple of days after it was reported that Rey Mysterio and Dana Brooke will miss pay-per-view and that duo has been put in quarantine for an indefinite period of time. While hosting show without a star like Rey Mysterio is a big blow, being forced to change one of main-event matches is a conundrum by itself. It'll be interesting to see, how company books Goldberg's championship match just a week out from WrestleMania 36.

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