After sharing that he was leaving the company, R-Truth made a shocking return to WWE Money in the Bank on Saturday evening, coming in as a masked man and laying out WWE Universal Champion John Cena before revealing himself.
His return led to speculation on whether the entire situation was an elaborate work as Triple H seemed to imply or whether it was simply a matter of fan (and internal) reaction forcing WWE's hand to reconsider their decision. As reported yesterday, it was the latter and more details have no emerged on Truth's "return" to WWE.
Fightfulselect.com once again reported yesterday that when the WWE fanbase erupted in disbelief over Truth's exit, the company made contact with him to negotiate a return, however, the veteran wrestler apparently ghosted officials and didn't seem interested in entertaining their calls. This prompted WWE President Nick Khan to take over negotiations and that is when "things opened up" and ultimately led to a new agreement between the two sides. Khan almost never gets directly involved in contract discussions but felt compelled to step in as R-Truth's return was considered important to the locker room as well as for business.
One source noted that with WWE reversing course and bringing Truth back, it was a good sign that feedback from fans and the roster overcame any other reason that caused WWE to part ways with the wrestler; as expected, the locker room is "ecstatic" that Truth is back with WWE. Prior to agreeing to come back to WWE, Truth had reportedly received interest from TNA and GCW about coming in.
Truth's deal with WWE came together late in the week and there's been reports that he will move forward using his real name "Ron Killings" instead of the R-Truth moniker. While WWE sources haven't confirmed or denied that rumor, it was shared that Killings had indicated in the past that he wanted at least one more run as a serious in-ring wrestler before retiring.
