For years now Roman Reigns has been involved in some of the biggest matches at WrestleMania, but The Big Dog won’t be part of the card this year.
Originally Roman was set to challenge Bill Goldberg for the Universal Championship, but it was later reported that Reigns pulled out of the match due to health concerns.
During an interview with Sports Illustrated Stephanie McMahon was asked if there was support for Roman Reigns when he made the call to pull out of the show, and she that WWE supports all superstars and their decisions not to perform.
“With all of our superstars, it really is a voluntary basis. It’s not my place to give his personal situation, but we support our superstars. We support their personal opinions and concerns, and again, this is all voluntary. Especially when you have a talent or a performer with pre-existing conditions, or whatever the reason might be. If someone is uncomfortable, we will absolutely honor that.”
“We want our talent to perform at WrestleMania, but only if they’re comfortable. Regardless of their reasons, they have to be comfortable. It has to be something they want to do. We absolutely support all of our superstars and their decision of whether or not to perform, especially at this time.”
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