R-Truth addresses the serious Ron Killings character quickly being dropped in WWE

As seen during the June 9th 2025 edition of WWE RAW, R-Truth cut his hair and transitioned into Ron Killings. However, the serious character was quickly dropped.

While speaking to CBSSports.com, R-Truth defended the creative direction…

“It went where it was supposed to. Ron Killings created R-Truth. Those hundreds of millions of fans who spoke and up-roared. They wanted R-Truth back. Ron Killings was the rebellious one who spoke up for R-Truth. Ron Killings has been around for years, but people had never come together in lockstep like that. They did that for R-Truth. You feel me? I wanted Ron Killings to go where he was supposed to go. He made a statement; he had eyes on him. When John Cena came back, R-Truth came back. Ron Killings was the cavalry.

I think [Ron Killings] was a selfish-type deal, more of a selfish move. I had more than 100 million views that wanted R-Truth. If numbers are real, that was the power of numbers.”