Roman Reigns addresses pulling out of WWE WrestleMania 36

On Instagram today, Roman Reigns addressed his decision to not wrestle at WrestleMania 36.

Reigns discussed staying positive during the coronavirus pandemic, treating each other well, and that carrying over to how we treat people online. He then talked about his situation: 

You already know what’s going on. It’s all over the news, the dirt sheets — whatever you want to call them — that I pulled out of WrestleMania. And it’s funny because, for years now, man — years — people were like, ‘Don’t show up to WrestleMania, we don’t want you in it.’ You know what I mean? There’s like a nice handful of dudes and haters that didn’t want me there, but the moment I make a choice for me and my family, I’m a coward, I’m a sissy, a lot of different things that I am now. But you don’t know the whole story. All you know is what you think. ‘Oh, well, his health and this and that.’ But you don’t know what else is going on in my life. You don’t know if I have newborns, you don’t know if I have family in my household — older family. So, yeah, just like the old saying, man. Go and flip that cover open and read a few pages, get into a few chapters before you really start running your mouth. And just take this time to better yourself, be present, and make the most out of this. Because if we can’t grow in a time like this, I don’t think we have a chance.

Reigns said he isn’t perfect and admitted to being a hater too sometimes. He challenged everyone to use this time to not just develop better hygiene habits but improve who they are on the inside as well.

Reigns also apologized to his fans for not getting to compete at WrestleMania:

For all my fans, I’m sorry I didn’t get to compete this year and put on a show and entertain, but sometimes things are more important and I had to make a choice for me and my family. But no matter what, you already know the deal, man. I showed up. I made the town, I made it to Orlando, and I had to make a decision for me. But it doesn’t take anything away from what I’ve done and what I’m going to do. I still love this game, I still love pro wrestling, sports entertainment. I love being in the ring, it’s a little weird being in the ring when nobody’s watching, nobody in the arena. But man, I’m ready to get back to work. And I’m just taking these times, this little bit of time we have, to build up the outside and come as close as possible to perfecting the inside.

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Reigns had been set to challenge Goldberg for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 36. WWE has yet to officially announce that Reigns is off the show or publicly reveal Goldberg’s new challenger, though that may be addressed on Friday’s SmackDown.

WrestleMania 36 was taped last week and will air on the WWE Network on Saturday (April 4) and Sunday (April 5).