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To answer emails we have received, here is your one stop R-Truth post:
1 - No, his announcement of a WWE departure was not a work. it was never a work. It was never meant to be a work. Anyone who says otherwise is deluding themselves.
2 - WWE reached out to Truth several days before Money in the Bank and is believed to have come to terms on Friday, the day before. They then hid him until the run-in. There were rumblings over the course of MITB in the locker room there was a big run-in happening but at least a few assumed that meant Travis Scott. If anyone in the locker room was aware it was Truth ahead of time, we've not heard it.
3 - Truth's son Christopher referred to his father's deal as a "last run."
4 - Fightful.com reported WWE President Nick Khan stepped in to get the deal done. Nothing we have heard contradicts that report.
5 - In regard to rumors that the Truth exit was a work because a "new" shirt being sold was seen on Rhea Ripley before his return, the alleged "new" shirt is a design Truth has worn in the past.
6 - Truth will be going by Ron Killings going forward.
7 - For those trying to argue it "must be a work" because when would WWE reverse firings, off the top of my head, they reversed a Jim Neidhart release in 1990 (even after filming The Hart Foundation dropping the WWF Tag Team belts to The Rockers, which was never officially acknowledged nationally), The Blue Meanie was released in 1999 but that firing was halted after a massive "Save The Meanie" campaign online, and of course Matt Hardy was set to be released in the wake of the Edge-Lita stuff but on the last day of his 90 day no compete, WWE brought him back with a new deal and ran an angle where the "fired" Matt Hardy attacked Edge. So, enough of that conspiracy theory, especially since this is a new company and a new management team.
8 - Why did this happen? WWE made a mistake. They cut someone based on math and realized that they had upset not just the audience but more importantly, the entire realm of their locker room, many of whom privately made their feelings known as much as some did publicly. So, the company course corrected. This doesn't mean every talent will get a reprieve when WWE cuts them, but Truth as a performer and locker room stalwart was a unique case, and the ripple effect of that unique case actually ended with a positive.
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