Backlash against Reigns?
By Scott Keith on 26 February 2019
First of all, let me say I am truly happy for Roman that his cancer is in remission, and I don't want to come off as cold for what I'm about to say.
That being said, do you agree that once Roman is active again WWE will need to be careful not to overdo the narrative of Roman beating cancer? Right now it's a shoot:we're happy a man has beaten cancer, and all is well. Still, I can easily see WWE deciding, "Hey, alright! He's a babyface with his cancer stuff!" and having Roman come out smiling each week and going, "I beat cancer, y'all!" before it becomes annoying.
WWE isn't exactly good at portraying babyfaces in this era. It's great that he beat cancer. Now please, WWE, don't make him a smiling Finn Balor-type who tells us all that we can do whatever we set our minds to. He'll be booed again within a few weeks otherwise.
They certainly need to tread carefully with this one. I don't know that having him come out at the beginning of the show to announce the remission and then rushing to the Shield reunion at the end of the show is a great idea, either.