9 Exact Moments WWE Booking Stopped Making Sense
2. The R Stands For "Retcon"
When R-Truth's contract wasn't renewed by WWE in June, the outpouring of support was even strong than that usually extended to those that have sadly just lost their jobs.
It was understandable; Truth was a near-two decade long TV fixture, and a charming comedic one at that. He'd accomplished plenty in and out of WWE before a 2008 return that stuck, and for periods where there was almost nothing to enjoy about WWE, R-Truth was there to ensure fans had at least something - if fleeting - to smile about. He'd continued that following the regime change in 2022, working his way into The Judgment Day by the end of 2023 and Tag Team Title glory as part of a critically acclaimed WrestleMania XL weekend.
He was and is a made man, but fans of a certain age found out for the first time that no jobs in WWE are ever forever when Ron Killings was given notification that his services were no longer required. Until, strangely, he was. Responding in kind to loud protests, the market leader (allegedly Nick Khan himself) reversed the call, had him re-signed and revealed as much during John Cena and Logan Paul's tag battle with Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso at Money In The Bank. The only problem was, it didn't appear as though the returning hero had been in Triple H's longterm plans.
'The Game' made space for Truth to cut one serious promo and cut his hair, but whispers of a top-line push were deemed laughable within weeks. Speaking of which - the entire Ron Killings character got its own time machine after John Cena stepped out of one in the summer. When 'Big Match John' saw the light, so too did Medium Match Ron.