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Roman Reigns made his WWE return on last night’s RAW in Atlanta, his first appearance since announcing his second battle with leukemia and relinquishing the WWE Universal Title back in late October 2018.
Reigns opened the show to a major pop and announced that he is now in remission and that he is back.
Later in the show Reigns and Seth Rollins came to the rescue of Dean Ambrose who was getting beat down by Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley and Elias.
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia as the Road to WrestleMania 35 continues.
* The Big Dog is back – Roman Reigns is set to give an update on his leukemia battle.
* Ric Flair 70th Birthday Celebration
* NXT Superstars on the rise
* There’s something about Dean Ambrose
* Who will be The Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection’s first challengers?
New promotional material for Roman Reigns’ appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America tomorrow notes that Reigns will be there to make “an announcement you can’t miss.”
Another promo for the appearance on GMA, seen below, says Reigns will go one-on-one with host Robin Roberts.
There’s no word yet on what that announcement will be but Reigns will return to WWE TV on tonight’s RAW from Atlanta to give an update on his battle with leukemia. Reigns has been away from WWE since announcing the diagnosis and relinquishing the WWE Universal Title back in October 2018.
There’s been speculation on a WWE ring return for Reigns after comments made by a personal trainer who recently worked with Reigns while he was in Hawaii. The trainer, Dave Gonyea, first noted that he had been helping Reigns prepare for his “in-ring return” while at the Island Club & Spa in the Waikiki area of Honolulu. Gonyea posted the photo below and told fans to tune into tonight’s RAW for more on the “in-ring return.”
Gonyea posted another comment to fans over the weekend and said Reigns is still recovering. He wrote, “Nah man he’s still recovering. He won’t be in action for another few months… keep in mind what leukemia is… and that he has been in remission this was a flair up that he needed treatment for. I was working out with him and he was definitely moving slow. It’s the PG era they aren’t working cancer.”
Stay tuned for updates on Reigns’ status.
Sopurce: Wrestling Inc
WWE announced that Roman Reigns will be appearing on this upcoming Monday night’s episode of WWE RAW.
WWE.com posted the following:
Roman Reigns returns to Raw this Monday with an update on his battle with leukemia
Last October, Roman Reigns (Joe Anoa’i) revealed to the WWE Universe that he would be stepping away from WWE — and relinquishing the Universal Championship — to focus on his battle with leukemia, an illness that had returned 11 years after his initial diagnosis.
On Monday, The Big Dog returns to provide an update on his treatment, live in Atlanta.
What will Reigns have to say to the WWE Universe, more than four months after his last appearance on the red brand?
Don’t miss Roman Reigns’ anticipated return to WWE television on Raw Monday night, beginning at 8/7 C on USA Network.
Tuesday morning, Reigns will be appearing on the popular morning talk show, “Good Morning America,” live in Times Square in New York City.
This week in WWE, RAW and SmackDown audiences were exposed to some of the most talented stars NXT has to offer when Ricochet, Aleister Black, NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano, and NXT World Champion Tommaso Ciampa made their main roster debuts on WWE TV.
On the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer explained that WWE had a different episode of RAW put together sometime last week, one that didn’t include any new call ups. A week of ratings continuing to decline, All Elite Wrestling continuing to gain momentum, and the announcement that Undertaker is joining Starrcast 2 on AEW Double Or Nothing weekend, left McMahon feeling “off”.
McMahon decided to add some top tier wrestlers to the main roster, so he accessed the pool of available NXT stars and asked them to fly out their best four guys. Meltzer notes that Triple H didn’t initially know about the call ups and there was a lack of communication throughout the process.
The RAW match that ultimately saw Bobby Lashley & Lio Rush vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor & new NXT call up, Ricochet, was reportedly set to be Finn Balor vs. Ricochet in a singles match just before the show aired. It’s believed that Triple H made the call to switch up the singles match between the two babyface characters because he was concerned about how the crowd would react, and he didn’t want either star going over the other after Balor had just won the title and Ricochet had just debuted.
It was also noted that, for the foreseeable future, Ricochet, Black, Gargano, and Ciampa will be performing on WWE NXT, RAW, and SmackDown. The idea is to give each superstar their respective push and be “put over like crazy” in the process.
It will be interesting to see how this translates to NXT’s TakeOver special on WrestleMania weekend. It was mentioned that NXT already had storylines and a card laid out for the upcoming TakeOver event but the sudden change of plans may alter that.
Source: Wrestling Inc
Last night in the opening segment of RAW, Triple H announced that NXT Stars – Ricochet, Aleister Black, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa would debut on RAW later in the show.
Video packages were played to hype each competitor.
The footage WWE shared on social media was captioned “Triple H introduces WWE’s newest Superstars” and Michael Cole welcomed them to WWE, so it sounds like a permanent call up. No word on what this will mean for Ciampa’s current NXT Championship run and Gargano appeared on RAW as the NXT North American Champion.
Ricochet teamed with WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor to defeat Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush in tag team action. The match was made after Ricochet saved Balor from a double team by Rush and Lashley. The match saw Ricochet get the pin on Rush after hitting the 630 from the top rope.
Johnny Gargano teamed up with former DIY partner Tommaso Ciampa to defeat the RAW Tag Team champions The Revival.
Aleister Black interrupted Elias then went on to defeat him in a singles match.
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana with fallout from WWE Elimination Chamber.
* What fate awaits the inaugural WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions? – Bayley & Sasha Banks
* What will happen after Becky Lynch ruthlessly assaulted Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey?
* How will Bobby Lashley come at Intercontinental Champion Finn Bálor?
* What will the age of The Revival look like?
Last night on WWE RAW, Triple H & Stephanie McMahon announced that “The Man” Becky Lynch seen her doctors and was cleared and Becky apologized to them to end her suspension and get her Title match with Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 35. But then Vince McMahon came out and suspended Becky for 60 days in-which would mean she will miss WrestleMania. Vince announced that she will be replaced with Charlotte Flair.
Reports are that the plan for the RAW Women’s Title match at WrestleMania 35 is a triple threat match with Ronda defending her title against Becky and Charlotte.
The Revival finally defeated Bobby Roode and Chad Gable to become RAW Tag Team Champions, which you can see below plus some other highlights from last night’s WWE RAW:
Monday’s WWE RAW will take place from the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the last RAW before Elimination Chamber.
* Becky Lynch invited to Raw again by the McMahon Family after her controversial actions last week
* How will Seth Rollins respond to Brock Lesnar?
* Did Finn Bálor earn his Intercontinental Championship Match?
* Ruby Riott sets her sights on the Raw Women’s Championship
WWE announced today Becky Lynch has been invited back to this week’s RAW by the McMahon Family, despite being suspended by Stephanie McMahon earlier this week.
Stephanie told Lynch she needed to get clearance on her knee injury before she could face WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 35, and until she did so Lynch would be suspended.
On RAW, Lynch punched Stephanie McMahon and the very next night on SmackDown Live, slapped Triple H after he tried to convince her to do the same in regards to getting her knee injury cleared.
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