R-Truth was almost forced to retire because of a brutal infection following his torn quadriceps.
Back in November of 2022, during a match with Grayson Waller on NXT, Truth would suffer a torn quadriceps muscle that would end up keeping the former 24/7 champion out of action for a year. He would make his return to WWE at Survivor Series 2023 and has been working with The Judgment Day since.
While speaking to Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp in a recent interview, Truth would discuss the injury, revealing that he not only had to deal with a torn quadriceps muscle, but also a serious infection and a hole in his knee.
"The part of the injury that I would say was questionable was it got infected and there was a hole in my knee. Oh, yeah. I had a hole in my knee. See, people thought I just tore my quad tendon. It was an infection. I went like, really, three months without even bending my knee because they had to get the infection under control. So mentally and emotionally, once I got past that stage, I was pretty much ready for the rehab. The rehabilitation was like a cake walk. I was ready for that. When you’re hungry and you’re thirsty and you want it, you just go get it."
Truth would also explain that he had concerns he would have to retire from the ring, but said that he needed to be his own cheerleader and continue to push himself to get back to the squared circle.
"Yes. Oh, yeah. Concerns out the yin yang. ‘Cause you gotta think, I had five different infections in my knee along with MRSA, staph, their cousins and brothers and sisters, too. Yeah, you’re thinking that. I thought all those thoughts. All those thoughts, I felt all those emotions. That’s where it comes from; I always tell people you have to be your own cheerleader sometimes. Sometimes you gotta push yourself. You gotta shake your own pompoms sometimes. I don’t even know if that was PG. But sometimes you gotta mentally discipline yourself or mentally stay real, true to yourself. ‘Cause sometimes motivation don’t be there. Life can send stuff your way where motivation ain’t there. Discipline and just having that faith and knowing, man. Now you see me now."
Elsewhere in R-Truth's interview with Fightful, Truth said he and The Miz's chemistry was still there after over a decade of not tagging together. You can read more here.
Fans can see the full interview for Fightful's interview with R-Truth above.
