R-Truth was first introduced into WWE as K-Kwik with Road Dogg and it was Brian James who helped instill confidence in the young star before going out on his own. Truth was recently on the Battleground podcast and talked about how important Road Dogg was to getting his WWE kicked off in a unique fashion. Truth wrestled as Kwik up until 2002 in WWE.
“I cherished The Road Dogg when I was in Memphis, TN wrestling Jerry Lawler,” Truth said. “The first time he saw me rapping going to the ring, he said, ‘Would you want to be my tag team partner?’ I’m like, ‘Hell yea, I’ll be your tag team partner.’ I was in developmental and wrestling was new to me. I got discouraged and I got depressed. I had a child at home. I was driving 10 hours from Memphis every week to go back home and see my kid. I wanted to give up, but I was still holding on. Road Dogg was on vacation with his wife. They left the casino and came to one of the TV tapings, saw me rapping, fell in love with me, and I told him, ‘Man, I don’t think I’m cut out for this.’ He said, ‘Don’t fool yourself. Don’t sell yourself short.’ He saw something in me right then and there. He said, ‘If you don’t give up, I’ll have you out of here and tagging with me in less than a month.’”
There’s plenty more from this interview as R-Truth details his relationship with Vince McMahon.
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