R-Truth Always Prevails: WWE Star Talks Unreleased Music With John Cena & How Wrestling Saved His Life

Trending on Billboard When WWE Superstar R-Truth was briefly released by the company last June, his heart sank. Truth - a beloved wrestler whose infectious humor drew smiles from fans of all ages - was stunned until the WWE universe rallied together for his reinstatement. Within days, their voices were heard. Truth returned to WWE, wrestled John Cena as part of the icon’s retirement tour, and reversed his misfortune. “I enjoyed every bit of it from the ‘Roota to the Toota,’ because there’s so much in the middle that we get and learn from that the end part is sweet,” says Truth ahead of WWE’s Season 2 Netflix docuseries, Unreal . “That’s the justification and gratitude we get from it, but in the middle, there’s a lesson to be learned and felt. There are emotions to be dealt with and things to be experienced for it to come out different, right?” Unreal gives avid viewers a behind-the-scenes look at how WWE programming is put together. For Truth, his dismissal and reinstatement will be a part of their five-episode series, slated to air Jan. 20. “I was so overwhelmed with so many different feelings and emotions,” remembers Truth, who hasn’t watched the new series. “I had over 100 million people worldwide who cared. It was just overwhelming, and it showed me the power not only in humanity but also in love. It showed who I was, who I am, and who I can be. There was so much that was wrapped up into that. It’s almost like 2Pac, dog - All Eyez on Me . Because there’s so much to come from it.” For Carl Lamarre’s newest entry of Mic Drops and Elbow Drops , he chats with R-Truth about his Grammy aspirations, unreleased music with John Cena and more. Read the article below. When you compare your journeys as R-Truth and K-Kwik, where do you think each persona could have benefited from the other? I think they all benefit from each other because they’re all products of life. They’re all parts of what I’m going through. That’s what makes each character so relatable. K-Kwik was young and inexperienced. You gotta remember I met [wrestling promoter] Jim Crockett in a halfway house. Wrestling saved my life. It was a whole new gift. I wasn’t aware of it, but it was something different for me. I was rapping my music and I’d sing some country songs after that. I was accepted. It was the first time that I was able to be accepted for doing something against the norm and where I come from. To go to R-Truth, that was made from [myself] Ron Killings, because a lot of people didn’t accept that type of dude with him just being as real as he is - as gutter as he is. He created R-Truth because R-Truth is a lovable guy. He’s charismatic and lights the room up. Everybody can relate to him. Everybody can relate to Ron Killings too because we’ve all...

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