{"id":72831,"date":"2020-07-19T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T23:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=72831"},"modified":"2020-07-19T19:26:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T23:26:11","slug":"kwik-to-the-truth-a-look-at-the-23-year-career-of-ron-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/19\/kwik-to-the-truth-a-look-at-the-23-year-career-of-ron-killings\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwik to the Truth: A Look at the 23-Year Career of Ron Killings"},"content":{"rendered":"

In professional wrestling, it’s hard to sustain a lengthy career at the top of your game. While it’s not unheard of – many wrestlers have had very long careers at a top-level – the average career is much shorter for those who enter this field. Whether it be injuries, inability to reinvent, or just the audience’s tastes, many wrestlers have found fleeting glimpses of glory before becoming nostalgia acts. But for Ron Killings<\/strong> – better known in the WWE Universe as R-Truth<\/strong> – his 23-year career has seen him constantly evolve and adapt to whatever situation he is put in, good or bad, and turn it into gold. At 48 years old, the South Carolina native is still one of the most popular WWE Superstars on the roster and continues to put smiles on millions of faces around the world.<\/p>\n

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Ron Killings started his career path originally intending to pursue his dream of making it as a hip-hop artist, but in doing so, turned to a life of crime (dealing drugs) to finance his career path. After 13-months in prison for his crimes, he happened upon Jackie Crockett<\/strong>, an employee of WCW, who convinced him to consider becoming a pro wrestler. Growing up in the Carolinas, Killings was a big fan of Ric Flair<\/strong>, and after considering it for a few years, went to North Carolina’s Pro Wrestling Federation (PWF)<\/strong> to begin training in 1997, where he spent several years as a manager. During several events, he caught the eye of NWA veteran “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez<\/strong>, who took Killings under his wing and trained him further in the industry. Killings, under the name K-Krush<\/strong>, began working for Atlanta, Georgia’s NWA Wildside<\/strong>. Killings took to the sport with ease and soon he became the NWA Wildside Television Champion. It wasn’t long after his debut as a wrestler that WWE first came calling, and in 1999, he was signed to a WWE developmental deal and assigned to Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n