5 WWE Superstars whose careers were derailed by injuries or illness

#3 Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns is battling a lot of demons in his time away from WWE

A WWE Superstar who has a lot of reason to complain about his illness is 'The Big Dog' Roman Reigns.

Roman Reigns did not have the easiest path to the top of WWE. While WWE seemed eager to book him as the next big star in their company, the WWE Universe was not so eager to accept him in that position.

Even then, it was a long time before he held the WWE Universal Championship. 2 years and 6 months after the Universal Title was first introduced, his path to the Title was finally completed. He defeated Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam after multiple opportunities and won the Universal Championship.

This victory would be an incredibly short-lived one.

Soon after he won the title, Roman Reigns came out on WWE RAW and revealed that he was suffering from Leukemia. He had cancer earlier in life, and it had made a comeback. As a result, he had to take a step away from WWE to recover and fight the disease.

Coming so soon after he finally won the title, this was a huge blow. On top of that, it was a life-threatening disease. He had been fighting the disease for a long time now, and there were rumors talking of his recovery.

Roman returned to the WWE in Feb-2019 and declared that his Leukemia was in remission. He has been unstoppable ever since, teaming up with the wily Paul Heyman to claim the WWE universal title.

Reigns has also turned heel in the process, the first such character change since 2014 and is now ruling the roost in the WWE as one of the brand's top bad guys.