10 Short-Lived WWE Pushes You’ve Totally Forgotten

6. R-Truth (2011)

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Jackson wasn't the only guy getting pushed to the moon at Capitol Punishment.

R-Truth traded in his happy-go-lucky midcard babyface routine for a delusional conspiracy theorist gimmick in mid-2011. Suddenly, Truth appeared to lose his damn mind and claim that guys he used to look up to (John Cena, mainly) were holding him back from main event greatness.

The whole exercise was riotously entertaining, to be fair, but Truth's headline run was never destined to last too long. He started sliding back down the card following that June pay-per-view, and it became obvious that WWE just needed to plug a gap in Cena's schedule for the one-off show.

In fairness, the rapper did find some doubles success alongside The Miz later that same year. Their 'Awesome Truth' tag also earned Truth the distinction of working opposite The Rock for big Dwayne's first WWE match in over seven years.

Still, Truth's main event-sized push was fleeting at best.

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