Real Reason R-Truth Cut His Hair On WWE Raw Revealed

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WWE star Ron Killings has revealed the real reason he chose to cut off his dreadlocks on the June 9 edition of Raw.

For a brief period in 2025, R-Truth was no longer a WWE star, making a return at Money in the Bank on June 7.

The aftermath of his return would see Truth appear on WWE Raw, declare he is Ron Killings and cut off his iconic dreadlocks.

Killings has now stated that he only revealed that he was going to give himself a haircut in the ring on that day, and named the individual who he told.

Speaking on The Ringer, Killings would say that Triple H did a double-take when he told him the plan, saying:

“Nobody knew about it except, I asked Triple H that day. He did a double take, ‘What did you say?’

“It’s business. That was my trademark. Life is all about, we live, we learn, we evolve and adapt. ‘That’s your trademark. Why do you want to do it?’

“I said, ‘It’s time.’ We don’t have nothing but time for time. We have to make time for time. I said, ‘It’s time. Can I do it tonight? I want to do it on TV.’ ‘Why?’ ‘I feel I need to do it.’

“You know when it’s time. DeMario, he was like, ‘Bro, they just told me to get you some scissors, what are you doing?’ The look he gave me. He didn’t believe I was going to do it.”

Killings would go on to address some of the reactions to his decision to cut his air, stating that the fans fell in love with him not his hairstyle, stating:

“When I did it, when I knew I was going to do it, that ain’t where my powers are. I saw somebody post, ‘He lost his powers.’ That’s bulls**t. My essence is being me.

“They fell in love with me, not this hair. This is me. This hair is just to let y’all know, ‘I don’t need that. That doesn’t represent who I am.’ It gave you a visual of who I look like, but they fell in love with me.

“It was me proving myself. ‘I don’t need this. I just need y’all and I’m back because of y’all.’ We’re fitting to reinvent, adapt, and drive.”

His decision wasn’t just for a change of character, with Killings revealing that it was time as he was going bald, explaining:

“It had to be done to prepare me for where I want to be at mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally. It was time. I was going bald anyway (Laughs). I was going bald.

“Now, we’re going to flip it, this is Ron Killings. R-Truth has been nice to y’all. It took me to read a couple of DMs. I saw one tweet that said, ‘It’s time to cut the dreads.’ I ain’t looking at him. When I saw that girl say, ‘Boo boo, we’re still gonna love you. You got three dreads hanging on by a thread.’ That took me out. I had to go re-evaluate myself.

“The straw that broke the camel’s back, I did Chris Van Vliet’s show. They had the light shining on me. I’m laughing. When I watched the tape back, that’s when I said, ‘Ah s**t, Chris set me up. He got me.’ You could see where the hair was trying to grow back, but the other one was, ‘I’m outta here, see ya.’

“I did go to Hunter and he gave me the double take and was like, ‘You gonna cut it?’ ‘It’s time.’ I looked at Road Dogg and he said, ‘I saw my hair in the monitor and I knew it was time.’ I said, ‘I did an interview with Chris, I saw my hair, it’s time.’ It took all I had to come and tell you that. I just wanted to tell you, ‘I want to cut my hair, but if I gotta be real about it, it’s time. I have spots. I’ve seen the memes. It’s time.’ What better place than national television?”

Killings has previously revealed that he pitched the idea of John Cena being the one to cut his air, sharing a humorous conversation he had with Triple H.

Transcript from Fightful.

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