Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 22 ga Oktoba, 2018 na "Raw", Reigns ya ba da sanarwar cewa an sake gano shi da cutar sankarar bargo bayan shekaru 11 kuma zai ɗauki hutu don magance ta. A sakamakon haka, ya yi watsi da Gasar Duniya, yana kawo karshen mulkinsa na kwanaki 64. Da farko Reigns ya sami martani iri-iri lokacin da ya shiga fagen, amma an yi maraba da shi tare da kyakkyawar maraba da kuma waƙoƙin "Na gode, Roman!" bayan da aka sanar da cutar sankarar bargo. Reigns ya dawo a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, 2019 a cikin "Raw" don sanar da cutar sankararsa ta kasance cikin nutsuwa, inda ya sami babban yabo daga taron. A cikin shirin na gaba na "Raw", Reigns zai sake haɗuwa da Garkuwar, wanda zai haifar da wasa tsakanin Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley da Baron Corbin a Fastlane
, wanda The Shield zai ci nasara a wasan farko na Reigns tun lokacin da aka gano cutar sankararsa. A lokutan biyu, za a marabci Reigns da farin ciki. A WrestleMania 35, Reigns ya doke Drew McIntyre a wasan farko da ya yi tun daga watan Oktoba 2018. Koyaya, zai hadu da halayen jama'a, tare da "Pro Wrestling Dot Net" marubucin Jason Powell ya bayyana cewa kimanin "kashi 70 na magoya baya sun yi wa Reigns ihu yayin da kashi 30 ne kawai suka taya shi murna kafin wasan". Zai kuma bayyana wasan a matsayin "abin takaici".