R-Truth returns at WWE Survivor Series
At Survivor Series, a WWE veteran appeared for the first time in more than a year.
R-Truth returned to WWE programming by taking part in a backstage comedy segment at Saturday’s event. The segment was sponsored by Ruffles and also included Alpha Academy, Pretty Deadly, Chelsea Green, and Piper Niven.
What's up? @RonKillings is BACK at #SurvivorSeries!
Presented by @RUFFLES pic.twitter.com/cMPhcBKPVt
— WWE (@WWE) November 26, 2023
The 51-year-old Truth (Ron Killings) had been away from WWE since suffering a torn quad in November 2022. During an NXT match against Grayson Waller, Truth suffered the injury when he didn’t fully clear the top rope on a dive attempt and landed badly on his left leg. The match ended in a referee stoppage after Truth got hurt.
Truth underwent surgery to repair the quad injury. In January of this year, Truth gave an update on his condition and said he underwent a second surgery due to an infection.
“I’m going back to WWE. I just got to heal up. I had to have two surgeries — a lot of people don’t know that,” Truth said. “I caught an infection so I had to have another surgery.”
Truth was a 53-time WWE 24/7 Champion when that title was in existence.
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