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R-Truth says he can still go, and he’ll let his body be the guide.
R-Truth, 52, has been wrestling for over two decades, and he remains a featured part of the WWE RAW roster. He and The Miz had a run with the tag team titles earlier in 2024.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, R-Truth commented on still being able to go on the ring. He noted that he would let his body be the guide.
“I like being in the ring. I think I’m like Rey Mysterio with this right here,” Truth said. “I’ll let my body be the guide and be the answer to that. I always listen to my body, always. And right now, man, to be honest, I’ve never felt as healthy as I feel now, clear-minded, clear-headed.
“Still can do my back flips, still can do my splits. There’s a lot of things that this generation hadn’t even seen me do yet, and I still can do, like you said, just sometime I don’t need to do it. Give me an opportunity, I will go out there and show that oh, sh*t, he could still go.”
R-Truth On His Career Nearly Ending
Truth also detailed how he thought his career was over after he tore his quad, as he was dealing with a severe infection.
“At one point I thought it was [the end], because it was when I caught the infection,” R-Truth said. “A lot of people thought I just tore my quad. I did tear the quad tendon, but a couple of weeks out, when I go to get the stitches out it wasn’t healing. And that’s when they found out I had five different bacteria like staph, MRSA, their cousins and kinfolks and relatives. Yeah, it was bad. It was so bad the doctor wouldn’t even give me a high five. I know it sounds crazy, I want a high five with the doctor. He’s like you don’t have time for high fives, this is serious. I just went to get my stitches out. He said, ‘What are you doing this afternoon?’
“I said, I’m gonna pick my kids up. He said ‘Can somebody else go do it?’ I’m like, why? [He said] ‘We need to take you to surgery now.’ Yeah. So everything went from haha to you better be ready. It was serious. There was a chance I could lose my leg. That’s how serious it got. The infection was that bad that he thought they would have to amputate if they couldn’t get it slowed down. I was on antibiotics that was like, it was $4,700 a week for it, I was on the heavy stuff. I had a picc line the first 6 weeks. Deep down it was like it might be gone. He told my wife if we don’t get this under control we are going to have to think of other options. My wife said what other options? He said amputation. I’m like what the? But that’s when I was thinking I may never come back to this, how can I adapt?”
