Ron Killings
Sign in to saveRonnie Aaron Killings (born January 19, 1972) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name R-Truth and is one-half of the current WWE Tag Team Champions with Damian Priest in their first reign as a team. It is R-Truth's first individual reign.
Person
- Born
- 1972-01-19
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Film & TV
Acting · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Ronnie Aaron Killings is an American professional wrestler and rapper, best known by his ring name, R-Truth, who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Since working for the company, he has been a United States Champion, WWE Tag Team Champion, 24/7 Champion, and a Hardcore Champion (under the ring name K-Kwik). Killings has also worked for Total Nonstop Action (TNA)…
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- WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special — R-Truth2025
- WWE Backlash 2025 — R-Truth2025
- Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX — R-Truth2025
- WWE Backlash 2025 Post Show — R-Truth2025
- WWE Money in the Bank 2025 — R Truth2025
- Saturday Night's Main Event - John Cena's Final Match — R-Truth2025
- WWE: Unreal — Self2025
- WWE Royal Rumble 2024 — R-Truth2024
- WrestleMania XL Saturday — R-Truth2024
- WWE SummerSlam 2024 — R-Truth2024
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- 3,317
- Total plays
- 27,383
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Ron Killings (born January 19, 1972) is an American and Trinidadian professional wrestler and rapper. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, performing on the RAW brand under the ring name R-Truth. He is best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was a two time NWA World Champion. Killings was born in Atlanta but grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. His family struggled to make ends meet as a result of low-paying jobs and periods of unemployment <a hr
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Key facts
- Professional wrestler.name
- R-Truth
- Professional wrestler.image
- R-Truth 2024 (cropped).jpg
- Professional wrestler.caption
- R-Truth in 2024
- Professional wrestler.birth_name
- Ronnie Aaron Killings
- Professional wrestler.birth_place
- Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
- Professional wrestler.children
- 5
- Professional wrestler.names
- K. Malik ShabazK-KwikK-KrushRon KillingsR-TruthR–Ziggler Ron Cena
- Professional wrestler.height
- 6 ft 1 in
- Professional wrestler.weight
- 229 lb
- Professional wrestler.billed
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Professional wrestler.trainer
- Chris HamrickGeorge SouthItalian StallionManny Fernandez
- Professional wrestler.debut
Key dates
- Born
- 19 January 1972
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ron
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
- Employer
- WWE
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Article
30 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Professional wrestling career
- Early career (1997–2002)
- World Wrestling Federation (1999–2001)
- NWA: Total Nonstop Action / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion (2002–2003)
- 3 Live Kru (2003–2005)
- Various tag teams (2005–2007)
- Return to WWE (2008–present)
- Early feuds (2008–2010)
- United States Champion (2010–2011)
- Little Jimmy and Awesome Truth (2011–2012)
- Teaming with Kofi Kingston (2012–2013)
- Various alliances and feuds (2013–2016)
- The Golden Truth (2016–2017)
- Alliance with Carmella (2018–2019)
- Multi-time 24/7 Champion (2019–2022)
- Various storylines and brief departure (2023–2025)
- Return (2025–present)
- Personal life
- Music career
- Filmography
- Video game appearances
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Singles
- Championships and accomplishments
- Notes
- References
- External links
Ronnie Aaron Killings (born January 19, 1972) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name R-Truth and is one-half of the current WWE Tag Team Champions with Damian Priest in their first reign as a team. It is R-Truth's first individual reign.
Killings worked for World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as K-Kwik from 2000 to 2001, forming a team with "Road Dogg" Jesse James, and winning the WWF Hardcore Championship twice. After his release in 2002, he joined Jeff Jarrett's new promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). As Ron "The Truth" Killings, he headlined numerous pay-per-view (PPV) events and won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice, being the first African-American titleholder. He also formed 3 Live Kru with BG James (formerly Road Dogg) and Konnan and the trio held the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice. Killings established Team Pacman with football player Adam Jones and won the TNA World Tag Team Championship before leaving TNA in late 2007.
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