Ron Killings WWE Title Win Wouldn’t Shock This Major Star
Ron Killings has emerged as a serious threat in WWE and if he’s the one to defeat John Cena for the gold, it won’t come as a shock to one former champion.
The wrestling world rallied to support R-Truth after he revealed that his WWE contract was coming to an end and would not be renewed. However, those plans quickly changed, and R-Truth was back at Money In The Bank, where he laid out WWE Champion John Cena. However, it soon became clear that Truth now wanted to be known as Ron Killings.
That led to Cena facing Ron Killings once again on the June 20th edition of SmackDown. The WWE Champion got himself disqualified when he nailed Killings with a title belt, so the newly serious star still has a claim to another title match.
And Ron Killings as WWE Champion wouldn’t shock Big E.
Big E Fully Behind Ron Killings As WWE Champion
Speaking on WWE Raw Recap, Big E explained what this change of direction for Ron Killings has meant for him and why he’s so inspired by the 53-year-old star:
Man, I can’t help but smile because I can only imagine how chaotic that few days was for Truth. The reception online from his peers, from fans. We were in LA doing the pre-shows and the post-shows, the countdown shows, and the Truth chants, man, like people were so behind him.
I don’t know if you guys saw his Busted Open (interview). Where like the intensity that this man has brought, the rumors that it took Nick Khan to come in and broker this deal because Truth stuck to his guns. For me, I’ll always be talent first. That will always be my perspective, and to see someone who bet on himself, who knew his value and said, ‘this is what I want and demand, and if you can’t meet it, I’m gone. I’m looking elsewhere.’
So I’m so inspired by him, and man, to see someone who is in his 50s, and it feels like we’re seeing a version of him we have never seen in WWE. Which is, it is such a testament to an incredible performer. I think so often in this industry, when you’re really good at something, like Ron is amazing at comedy.
Ron is incredible at comedy, the way he brings smiles to people’s faces, not only on screen, but backstage as well. Honestly, maybe the most beloved man I have ever come across in this industry and maybe in life, just truly beloved. But I feel like we’re seeing a version of him that we haven’t seen.
Big E then went on to note that he wouldn’t be surprised at all if Ron Killings was the one to go on to dethrone John Cena as WWE Champion, something he accepts seemed unthinkable just a few weeks ago:
If he’s the one to dethrone John Cena- uttering that sentence two weeks ago, three weeks ago, you get locked out of the building. But now, now, it wouldn’t shock me one bit. This version of R-Truth can beat anybody. He is so focused, he is so locked in, he is so determined.
I see the look in his eyes, I buy every single word that this man says, I believe it and I believe he feels it in his core. It’s hard not to root for him. It is hard not to like- every time I see him on screen, every time I see a tweet, I smile because he is the picture of perseverance. He is the picture of endurance.
John Cena will defend the WWE Title against CM Punk at Night of Champions as Cena looks to continue his own reign of terror as he vows to retire with the gold.