Roman Reigns announcing his leukemia diagnosis and relinquishing the Universal Championship in October 2018 was one of the most surprising events of last year.
During a recent interview with WrestlingInc, Rikishi who is the cousin of the Big Dog talked about a number of things such as the Rock becoming a movie star and more.
Talking about The Big Dog’s announcement last year, Rikishi who is also a part of The Anoa’i Family revealed that they knew about it beforehand and he claimed that he is proud of the domino effect it created:
“We all knew about it. But it was his timing and as a family we supported his thoughts and when it was right for him to come out with it, I can’t tell you how proud I am of him of being able to speak up because it’s a domino effect in helping other kids diagnosed with leukemia.”
The Hall Of Famer went on to say that Reigns using his meet and greets and charities to bring awareness to the disease is a beautiful thing and it’s bigger than wrestling.
Apart from this, Rikishi discussed Roman Reigns possibly leaving WWE for Hollywood, his wrestling school and what is the first thing he asks the new trainees at his academy.
He also talked about working with Vince McMahon and revealed what Mr McMahon told him before taking the Stinkface maneuver. You can check out his comments on the matter here.
