Interview with Ron "The Truth" Killings

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RON” THE TRUTH” KILLINGS

 

As part of 3Live Kru along with Konnan and BG James, Ron “The Truth” Killings is now one-half of the NWA World Tag Team Champions as well as a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Originally looking for a career in the music industry, Killings ultimately became a wrestler and learned to mix his two loves. Recently NWATNA.com’s own Tim Welch sat down with The Truth to get his thoughts on TNA, 3Live Kru and his time with the WWE.

 

TW: As the world witnessed on January 7, you and 3Live Kru debuted your new single “Beware.” Were you pleased with the final cut?

 

RK: Man, I feel like a big ball of fire ready to blow up. The single is hot, the tempo is a lot slower because it’s all business. We just went into the studio and did the damn thing!

 

TW: The last song was really upbeat, but it feels like “Beware” is more of a song you can bounce your head to.

 

RK: You can bounce to it, barbeque to it, ride in your car to it, watch TNA to it – it’s all good.

 

TW; Of course, as of this writing 3Live Kru are the NWA World Tag Team Champions, but let’s go back in time a little bit to when you became the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. The first black NWA World Champion as I remember correctly?

 

RK: That was without a doubt the best moment of my career. Being in the history books meant a lot to me. People still remember it and I still get praise from the fans for it. Thank God for it and thank TNA for it. I’m just glad TNA had enough confidence in me to put the gold on me and let me run with it for a while.

 

TW; Let’s talk about how you got into the business. Where did you train?

 

RK: I first started when Jack Crockett took me into PWF which was run by George South and the Italian Stallion. I got recognized by Manny Fernandez and he took me under his wing and we traveled for about three years. From there, it just got in my head that I had to train as hard as hell everyday.

 

TW: What did you do before you got into wrestling? What was little Ronnie Killings like before he ever wanted to be a wrestler?

 

RK: I was always into music. The music business, entertaining, rapping, dancing, etc. As a matter of fact, I was trying to get Jack Crockett to invest in my music so I could go record and put my own CD out. But he said I was so athletic and gifted, why don’t you combine the music and the wrestling? I was like “Man, I don’t know.” But he told me to trust him and I did and it worked. So I was pretty much locked into the music business and the wrestling business came along on top of it.

 

TW: And you’ve made quite a pairing of the two

 

RK: Thanks, I think I have too.

 

TW: So let’s talk about the time you spent with WWE. You were wrestling with BG James, who is your partner now. Tell us about your experience there.

 

RK: It was a great experience, especially for anyone who has ever been a fan of this business. I was new to the game and the national exposure, so BG James took me under his wing up there. But I learned and listened and paid a lot of dues. It introduced me to the fans on a national level and I enjoyed that.

 

TW: What happened when you left?

 

RK: What happened was they said they couldn’t think of anything for me to do once BG James was released from their company. I think I stayed there for another six months after his release, then I left.

 

TW: They couldn’t think of anything for you to do? Are you kidding me?

 

RK: No, that’s what they told me. I don’t know whether there was a big ass ball of kryptonite in the locker room or what, but they had nothing for the Suntan Superman. I was disappointed in the WWE and the creative staff. I was at the point there where I would have done anything for them. I was a team player and never got the chance to prove it.

 

TW: But that of course opened the door for Ron Killings to enter TNA, and you’ve really evolved yourself as a wrestler. Explain how your character changed when you came into TNA.

 

RK: I sat down and had a talk with Jerry Jarrett, and we had a long discussion about my birth name, Ron Killings. I accomplished a lot in WWE, but here in TNA I’ve experience more good things in my life. I wouldn’t be in the history books if it wasn’t for TNA. This company is hot and ready to take off on a major level. Personally, TNA has brought a lot out of me that WWE didn’t. When I came into TNA, they let me be myself and let me be who I am, and I truly enjoy that.

 

TW: When you were the NWA World Champion, we saw a different side to your in-ring character – more of a harsh and angry wrestler. The real Ron Killings is a pretty happy guy, so what did you draw on to get across that message in the ring as the champion?

 

RK: I drew on the anger of being released from the WWE for no reason. I drew anger from losing a lot of things personally in life. And I drew anger from the not being able to express myself the way I wanted to all those years. And when I got the chance to let it out, I became that character in the ring. I became that anger.

 

TW: Ron Killings, thanks for joining us!

 

RK: Thanks for having me on nwatna.com!