R-Truth
R-Truth | |
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Birth name | Ronnie Aaron Killings[1] |
Born | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | January 19, 1972
Spouse(s) |
Pamela Killings (m. 2011) |
Children | 1 |
Website | theofficialronkillings |
Hip hop | |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2001–present |
Labels |
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Ronnie Aaron Killings; it is their first reign as a tag team and Truth's second reign individually.
Killings worked for World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as K-Kwik from 1998 to 2002, forming a team with
Killings returned to WWE in 2008 and was renamed R-Truth, winning the
Early life
Ronnie Aaron Killings was born on January 19, 1972, in
Professional wrestling career
Early Career (1997–2002)
Jackie Crockett of the National Wrestling Alliance met Killings at a halfway house after Killings' release from prison, and tried to convince Killings to become a professional wrestler, but he was determined to focus on his music career.[7] Killings spent two years working on his music career and then contacted Crockett once more and expressed an interest in becoming a wrestler.[4] Crockett, by now the senior cameraman for World Championship Wrestling, took Killings to several WCW and Pro Wrestling Federation events, introducing him to wrestling personalities.[6]
Killings debuted in the Pro Wrestling Federation (PWF) in 1997 as a manager, then spent three years traveling and training with Manny Fernandez.[6] In 1999, he debuted in NWA Wildside as K-Krush, where he was awarded the newly created NWA Wildside Television Championship on December 12. In 2002, he wrestled for Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) as K. Malik Shabaz.[2][8][9]
World Wrestling Federation (1999–2001)
At the urging of
K-Kwik was then promoted to the main roster and put in a
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
NWA World Heavyweight Champion (2002–2003)
Killings signed with the
On the July 17 TNA pay-per-view, Killings delivered an angry
3 Live Kru (2003–2005)
Between May and June, Killings began teaming with
After several abortive attempts to regain the tag title, the Kru began supporting Killings' bid to become NWA World Heavyweight Champion. On June 9, NWA World Heavyweight Champion
Dissension arose after James' former tag team partner from the WWE, Billy Gunn, joined TNA as "The New Age Outlaw" and began trying to convince James to reform their former tag team, the
Various tag teams (2005–2007)
Following the breakup of the
On June 19, Killings tried to resign from TNA, intending to work for the Mexican
Return to WWE
Early feuds (2008–2010)
In 2008, Killings re-signed with
On the July 10, 2009 episode of SmackDown, R-Truth debuted a new prankster
United States Champion (2010–2011)
On April 26, R-Truth was drafted to Raw as part of the
At
Little Jimmy and Awesome Truth (2011–2012)
On the April 11 episode of Raw, R-Truth became the number one contender for the
On the August 22 episode of Raw, R-Truth and The Miz attacked
On the December 26 episode of Raw, R-Truth returned to attack Miz after the latter lost to John Cena via countout, turning face once again in the process. This was followed by back-and-forth assaults on the two throughout January.[54] R-Truth entered the Royal Rumble Match at entry #3, but was eliminated by The Miz.[55] R-Truth wrestled for the WWE Championship against CM Punk, Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston and The Miz at Elimination Chamber.[56] He was eliminated by defending champion CM Punk.[57]
Teaming with Kofi Kingston (2012–2013)
R-Truth then began to contend for the
R-Truth began feuding with
Various alliances and feuds (2013–2016)
On the November 18 episode of Raw, R-Truth teamed with
At
The Golden Truth (2016–2017)
At the
On the May 15 episode of Raw, during a promo, Goldust attacked R-Truth, ending The Golden Truth.[102] On the June 26 episode of Raw, R-Truth and Goldust had a brawl before their match even started.[103] R-Truth was defeated by Goldust in a singles match on the July 10 episode of Raw.[104] On the August 28 episode of Raw, R-Truth competed in an Intercontinental Championship number one contender's Battle Royal, which was won by Jeff Hardy.[105] In October, reports suggested R-Truth suffered an arm injury during a match against Elias at a live event. R-Truth reportedly underwent surgery on October 26.[106]
Alliance with Carmella (2018–2019)
On April 17, 2018, R-Truth was moved to SmackDown brand as part of the
At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, R-Truth was attacked by
Multi-time 24/7 Champion (2019–2022)
On the May 20 episode of Raw,
Truth went on to become a 53-time 24/7 Champion, and became the first of only twelve people to stay as champion for over 24 hours.
In the later part of 2022, R-Truth made several guest appearances on episodes of NXT. On the November 1 episode of NXT, he suffered an injury in a match against Grayson Waller, which was expected to leave him out of action for "a long time".[141]
Awesome Truth reunion (2023–present)
After a year of absence due to injury, Truth returned at
At Day 1, Truth reunited with former tag team partner The Miz and defeated McDonagh and Mysterio in their first match as a team since 2019.[145] Over the next few weeks, Miz made several attempts to convince Truth that he was not a member of The Judgment Day, despite Truth's protests. At the Royal Rumble on January 27, 2024, Truth entered the men's Royal Rumble match at #24, lasting three minutes before being eliminated by Priest.[146] On the following episode of Raw, Truth was attacked by The Judgment Day after they officially declared that he was not a member of the group, and Miz tried to save him, but both were beaten down by the stable.[147]
On the March 18 episode of Raw, Truth and Miz defeated Indus Sher (
Personal life
Killings married Pamela Killings on April 7, 2011.[151] Their daughter was born on November 15, 2014.[152]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Head of State | Ron "The Truth" Killings | [153] |
2008 | The Wrestler | Ron "The Truth" Killings | [154] |
2016 | Break Dance Revolution | DJ R. Killings | [155] |
2018 | Blood Brother | Blaine | [156] |
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details |
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Invinceable |
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Killingit |
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Singles
Title | Year | Album |
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"What' Cha Do to Get It"[159] (featuring Black Pearl, JA and Big D) |
2015 | Killingit |
"Pump It Up"[160] (featuring Black Pearl and Iya Champs) | ||
"Rep My City"[161] (featuring Chop Blade) | ||
"Me Myself and I"[162] | ||
"I Be Like"[163] | 2016 | Non-album singles |
"Back Against the Wall"[164] (featuring Laroo RTK) |
2017 | |
"That'z Endurance"[165] (featuring Mannish Mania) |
2018 | |
"Dance Break"[166] (featuring J-Trx) |
2019 | |
"Run It"[167] (featuring Leah Van Dale and J-Trx) | ||
"Set It Off"[168] | 2020 | |
"Thank You"[169] | 2024 |
Championships and accomplishments
- CyberSpace Wrestling Federation
- Memphis Championship Wrestling
- National Championship Wrestling
- NCW Television Championship (1 time)
- NWA Wildside
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Tag Team of the Year (2012) with Kofi Kingston[176]
- Ranked No. 18 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2004[177]
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- World Wrestling Entertainment/Federation/WWE
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Impact![199]
Notes
- Freebird Rule.
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- ISSN 1083-9593
External links
- R-Truth on WWE.com
- R-Truth at IMDb
- R-Truth's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database
- WWE R-TRUTH on Twitter