Roman Reigns removed from WrestleMania match with Goldberg due to coronavirus scare

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has put WWE in a major spot as one of their biggest superstars Roman Reigns has apparently backed out of  WrestleMania 36. US Wrestling publication, Pro Wrestling Sheet broke out the news stating Roman Reigns' Universal Championship match against Hall of Famer Goldberg is now off as the company is forced to pull Reigns out of WrestleMania 36. 

WWE insider Ryan Satin noted that Roman Reigns expressed to WWE that 'he didn’t feel comfortable doing any more of the Performance Center shows during the coronavirus pandemic'. Due to Reigns' history with leukaemia, it is reported that Reigns believes 'he’s immunocompromised from his battle with leukaemia and didn’t want to risk his health'.

WWE has honoured his request and Reigns will now be replaced by someone else in the match against Universal Champion Goldberg. It was earlier reported that WWE had been taping the WrestleMania 36 matches in advance ahead of the scheduled date of April 4. 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 the pay-per-view and that the duo has been put in quarantine for an indefinite period of time. 

Breaking: Roman Reigns, who has had leukemia and is immunocompromised, will not compete at WrestleMania 36 against Goldberg due to coronavirus concerns, per @ryansatinpic.twitter.com/quev57mmr4

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