R-Truth

Ronnie Aaron Killings (born January 19, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and rapper.

He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name R-Truth.

Ronnie Aaron Killings was born on January 19, 1972, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

To make extra money in his early 20s, Killings would sell cocaine on the streets for extra income.

From a young age, Killings had developed a love for hip hop and breakdancing and attended Harding University High School where he competed in football alongside future MLB second baseman Ray Durham.

Killings also competed in track and field, and was talented at both sports, receiving various college scholarships, but turned them down to further pursue a career in music.

Killings graduated high school at 18, but he also continued dealing drugs in order to help his music career financially and was arrested four different times, spending small amounts of time in jail before eventually spending 13 months incarcerated.

Killings spoke in an interview with Lilian Garcia that after this incident, he was finished with that lifestyle.

Jackie Crockett of the National Wrestling Alliance met Killings at a halfway house after Killings' release from prison, and tried to convince Killings to become a professional wrestler, but he was determined to focus on his music career.

Killings spent two years working on his music career and then contacted Crockett once more and expressed an interest in becoming a wrestler.

Crockett, by now the senior cameraman for World Championship Wrestling, took Killings to several WCW and Pro Wrestling Federation events, introducing him to wrestling personalities.

Killings debuted in the Pro Wrestling Federation (PWF) in 1997 as a manager, then spent three years traveling and training with Manny Fernandez.

Killings worked for World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as K-Kwik from 1998 to 2002, forming a team with "Road Dogg" Jesse James, and winning the WWF Hardcore Championship twice.

In 1999, he debuted in NWA Wildside as K-Krush, where he was awarded the newly created NWA Wildside Television Championship on December 12.

He was signed to a two-year developmental contract in 1999 and under the ring name K-Kwik was assigned to Memphis Championship Wrestling, a WWF developmental territory.

On April 12 in Robinsonville, Mississippi, he won a battle royal to claim the vacant Southern Heavyweight Championship.

He lost the title to a masked Jerry Lawler on May 24 in Tunica, Mississippi, but reclaimed it from Joey Abs several months later in Memphis, Tennessee on August 19.

His second reign ended on November 3, when he lost to Steve Bradley in Manila, Arkansas.

K-Kwik was then promoted to the main roster and put in a tag team with Road Dogg.

He debuted on the November 13, 2000 episode of Raw is War, attacking William Regal during a match against Road Dogg.

K-Kwik and Road Dogg began rapping together, performing a song called "Gettin' Rowdy" as they approached the ring.

Upon the return of Road Dogg's former partner Billy Gunn later that month, K-Kwik was involved in a D-Generation X (DX) quasi-reunion.

At Survivor Series, K-Kwik teamed with former DX members Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, and Chyna to face The Radicalz in a Survivor Series match.

K-Kwik was eliminated and the Radicalz went on to win the match.

At Armageddon, K-Kwik and Road Dogg took part in a four-way tag team match for the Tag Team Championship, which was won by Edge and Christian.

After Road Dogg was suspended in December and eventually released on January 26, 2001, K-Kwik became a singles competitor and a successful mainstay on Jakked.

He took part in the 2001 Royal Rumble, but was eliminated by Big Show.

K-Kwik then began competing in the hardcore division.

He defeated Raven for the Hardcore Championship on February 3, but lost the title to Crash Holly that same evening under the title's 24/7 rules.

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) and the first African-American world champion in TNA history.

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.

In 2002, he wrestled for Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) as K. Malik Shabaz.

At the urging of Rick Michaels, Killings sent a promotional videotape to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

Killings established Team Pacman with football player Adam Jones and won the TNA World Tag Team Championship before leaving TNA in late 2007.

Killings returned to WWE in 2008 and was renamed R-Truth, winning the WWE United States Championship, and the WWE Tag Team Championship (with Kofi Kingston) over the next several years.

He headlined multiple WWE pay-per-view events during the early 2010s, including matches for the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship.

He was thereafter used in comedic roles and primarily wrestled on the undercard until 2018, when he teamed with Carmella to win the second edition of Mixed Match Challenge.

He then captured the United States Championship for a second time in 2019.

Later that year, he won the newly instated WWE 24/7 Championship, and holds the record for the most reigns at 54.