An Idea How To Get R-Truth Over As A Face

[RKOrob]

So, ever since The Miz and R-Truth ended their partnership, the WWE has been trying to push R-Truth as a face. In my head this makes sense, as he's a complete lunatic, with some hilarious 1-liners, who is hilarious to watch on the screen. However, he's still getting booed by the fans (for what I'm assuming is because of all he's done with the Miz in the last 6 months).

I'm a huge R-Truth fan, and would love to see him get over as a face. I think if the draft still happens after Wrestlemania, draft him to Smackdown and form a mid-card alliance with Booker T, possibly in a tag team. Even if Booker isn't wrestling full-time, this could still work. R-Truth reminds me of Booker but 100x more unstable. I think these 2 could play really well off each other and have some hilarious segments but at the same time could be legit tag team title contenders. If Booker wasn't gonna come back to wrestling full-time then they could have each other's back in matches, and Booker could help out R-Truth at ringside whilst still commentating. This could also work as a heel alliance I guess.

I may be alone in this, but I think it'd be a perfect match! What do you guys think? And also, why don't you think R-Truth is getting over as a face right now? Is it because of his previous alliance with The Miz or do people genuinely dislike his goofy unstable gimmick?

 

[mrfantastic111]

Who is booing R-Truth? The guy is over, he's just new to the face scene. He's only been a face for like 2 months or something, give him some time to develop a standout feud. Cena didn't get over by having a promo once every 2 weeks, he got over by feuding with the top stars in the company. Give Truth a few months and I absolutely know that he'll be receiving some of the biggest pops on RAW.

 

[ProWrestlingFan]

Why don't you think R-Truth is getting over as a face right now?

Fans are still booing R-Truth because they liked him better as a heel. He was very entertaining as a heel but since he turned face his jokes have been lame. His complete lunatic character was much better as a heel and talking to "Little Jimmy" doesn't fit him as a face.

An alliance with Booker-T is a good idea. WWE is in needs of tag-teams and Booker-T is a horrible commentator. Booker-T /R-Truth can be a good team but there are no other teams for them to face other than Primo/Epico. WWE needs some serious tag-teams to revamp their tag-division maybe bring Curt Hawkins/Tyler Reks to RAW or a team of Tyson Kidd/Justin Gabriel. Let Booker-T/R-Truth win tag-team Championships from Primo/Epico.Then have some tag-teams and have a tag-team tournament in which the winner faces the team of Booker-Truth.

 

[sjdigitall]

Fans are still booing R-Truth because they liked him better as a heel. He was very entertaining as a heel but since he turned face his jokes have been lame. His complete lunatic character was much better as a heel and talking to "Little Jimmy" doesn't fit him as a face.
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Umm u must have a sad sad life if u didnt laugh at R-Truth on commentary a cpl of weeks ago. It was the most fun ive had watching in a while. Respect what R-Truth is doing, he is getting over as a face because i dont know what RAW you are watching but he seems to be getting a great reaction. Im sick of people on this board just seeming to be in love with heels ,far out give props when theres a new and exciting face on the scene.

 

[ThisIsLCS]

Sad enough I remember thinking to myself one day when he Was heel "This would be So AWESOME if he were to turn Face. This could Work."

And Now here we are, He Is pretty much the same but there's Something that just doesn't seem to fit now. Maybe it is him Being face. Who knows.

I Do know however that Joke he made a while back about Pinocchio and his nose "Not being PG" was the best thing Id heard since Cena and Lawler went off on Vickie G.

 

[Rock Furious]

Fans are still booing R-Truth because they liked him better as a heel. He was very entertaining as a heel but since he turned face his jokes have been lame. His complete lunatic character was much better as a heel and talking to "Little Jimmy" doesn't fit him as a face.

I must be hard of hearing because I haven't heard many boo's, or at least any more than most faces get any way.
As for the character, he is pretty much the same lunatic as he was being a heel except now he just beats up on the Miz so I don't really understand why he should be any less entertaining.

 

[BigPoppaPunk]

I personally can't see R-Truth ever getting over in any signifigant way. Certainly never being a WWE or WHC. The reasoning is very simple to me, one originally in WWE, as K-kwiq, he was part of a failed attempt to salvage their lacking tag team division. Secondly, even in TNA as their World Champion, it wasn't done b/c he earned it, it was more for shock value(which would IMO be the only reason WWE would do it). And that leads me to his current run in WWE. Sure, it was cool seeing him back in WWE under a new name(albeit in the exact same rapping type of gimmick he had as K-kwiq). I was thinking that if he could turn heel and show more personality, then he might be able to succeed finally in wrestling. Unfortunately, his heel turn was done completely wrong and was far too dependant upon The Miz getting heat for him.

With all that said, I do like R-Truth, but IMO he's way too one dimensional and needs to improve on being a better entertainer and trying to reinvent himself. If he doesn't, I cannot see him being that successful in WWE...

 

[Vyris]

Fans are still booing R-Truth because they liked him better as a heel.

Wah? Who are all these people that are booing him? I watch every week, do me a favor and remind me which segments the fans are booing him in because I must be missing something.

An alliance with Booker-T is a good idea. WWE is in needs of tag-teams and Booker-T is a horrible commentator. Booker-T /R-Truth can be a good team....

I'm not a huge fan of Booker commentating, but Vince is so this won't happen. I wouldn't be in favor of pairing him with Booker regardless, what's the point in pairing those two up other then the fact that they are black? I thought we moved past this racist crap by now.

I do agree though that the tag team scene sucks and R-Truth would be a good candidate to put up. Honestly, my pick would be Swagger. I've said this forever, that guy should be a face. He is goofy looking, talks with a lisp, and can get over similar to how Angle did with the Rock/Austin. Him and Truth would not only produce some funny segments, but good in ring action as well.

 

[Youngsleez]

R Truth is awesome, all hands down. He has his own gimmick, his own image, and his own character. Sorry, I love what R Truth is doing, and I think any person that watches Raw to be entertained is completely entertained by R Truth.

 

[ProWrestlingFan]

Wah? Who are all these people that are booing him? I watch every week, do me a favor and remind me which segments the fans are booing him in because I must be missing something.



I'm not a huge fan of Booker commentating, but Vince is so this won't happen. I wouldn't be in favor of pairing him with Booker regardless, what's the point in pairing those two up other then the fact that they are black? I thought we moved past this racist crap by now.

I do agree though that the tag team scene sucks and R-Truth would be a good candidate to put up. Honestly, my pick would be Swagger. I've said this forever, that guy should be a face. He is goofy looking, talks with a lisp, and can get over similar to how Angle did with the Rock/Austin. Him and Truth would not only produce some funny segments, but good in ring action as well.

If you read the OPs post it was his idea to let R-Truth team with Booker-T and its not a bad idea hence I agreed. Don't read into everything with negativity in your mind.

And on you comparing Jack Swagger to Kurt Angle I disagree. Yes their wrestling style matches other than that there is nothing simillar between Kurt Angle and Swagger. Kurt Angle was just naturally funny....Swagger on the other hand is completely bland and boring. They need to repackage him and give him a character then maybe it could work. Other than that Swagger is nothing more than mid-card material. His World Heavyweight Championship reign was completely boring and forgettable.

 

[brighamosity]

I've loved everything about R-Truth's face run so far with only one exception: the time Miz suckered him into attacking Ricardo Rodriguez. I know it's subtle, but Ricardo Rodriguez is clearly over with most of the fans. The fans seem to like him. When R-Truth attacked him I kinda felt sorry for Rodriguez and was mad at R-Truth for being dumb enough to fall for Miz's blatant manipulation. I wish this had backfired on Miz.

 

[OutsiderDX]

Getting R-Truth over is such a daunting task in this racist country.

Being black in wrestling is hard enough, being a dark-skinned black makes it harder.

One of the biggest factor for a wrestler getting over with fans is by having them relate to their character. And as we all know the majority of fans are white. So it's hard for many to related to a black rapper gimmick.

We have heard it a million times- stone cold got over cause he related to fans who wanted to rebel against their boss.

I'm not saying people hate R-truth because of his skin, but we are kidding ourselves if that isn't a reason why fans will never give undying support.

They will find him entertaining, they will applaud his atheleticism, they will sing along, and laugh at his Lil Jimmys. But he will never be over completely because he is black and because the WWE has rarely pushed black stars as heroes (with exception of course)

I may open myself up to criticism, but it's part of the discussion.

 

[WolfNyte]

I have yet to hear anyone booing Truth....In fact even when he was a heel he got alot of cheers as well as boos. As a heel he had signs poping up that said " I'm with jimmy" and other ones that you could see throuout the crowd.

He is over and dats da truth.

For the record what people forget is if you get a reaction then guess what you are over. If when you walk thru the curtain or walk down the ramp or do a promo and you get crickets well you are NOT over.

Ron Killings has been over for a long long time.

Oh and for the record as well @ Bigpoppapunk...as K-kwik they were trying to give BG James a Tag teamwhile was Kip was out injured with Ron Killings who was just off the farm so to speak it didnt work he was too green and accident prone. He had only been around for 5 years and then BG got suspended then fired and well they didnt know what to do with him. So eventually he got FEed

 

[Vyris]

If you read the OPs post it was his idea to let R-Truth team with Booker-T and its not a bad idea hence I agreed. Don't read into everything with negativity in your mind.

And on you comparing Jack Swagger to Kurt Angle I disagree. Yes their wrestling style matches other than that there is nothing simillar between Kurt Angle and Swagger. Kurt Angle was just naturally funny....Swagger on the other hand is completely bland and boring. They need to repackage him and give him a character then maybe it could work. Other than that Swagger is nothing more than mid-card material. His World Heavyweight Championship reign was completely boring and forgettable.

We probably agree more than you think. Swaggers run as the WHC was forgettable, bland, and boring. He is a mid carder at best. But you can't deny he has great talent in the ring, and that's exactly the kind of person you want with a charismatic R-Truth. Repackaging him with a goofy type face gimmick to play off of Truth's already goofy crazy gimmick could work. Swagger doesn't necessarily need to be gold on the mic for that to happen, because he would be playing off and reacting to Truth. Not to mention that their styles wouldn't overlap in the ring. They both bring something different to the table. That's why I think pairing those two together would work.

 

[enviousdominous]

I would love to see Truth get over as a face, how he does that is pretty subjective. I have ideas for how he could get there, but they'd probably piss off most other fans.

I liked it when he rapped his way to the ring. I realize that this is what a lot of people did not like about him early on, the kids in the audiences I was in were on their feet screaming "WHAT'S UP!!" when he was coming out.

I imagine that his "What's up" days are over. It would be nice if they could put their heads together and brainstorm something for him to do in terms of a rap song when he goes to the ring. I don't know if he isn't creative enough to do this himself, or if he hasn't been allowed to shine in that way because it might make us think less of Cena's role as a (ugh) white rapper.

I think they could give Truth the Harlem Hangover as a move, as I don't know of anyone else who does it these days.

 

[enviousdominous]

To clarify my opinion. Truth may be over and loved by the fans, but until creative pushes him as the guy who saves other faces in distress or has a high profile fued with a notable heel (miz really doesn't count in this sense), he's over as himself and not necessarily over as a face.

 

[Notorious718]

I was really on the fence about R-Truth's face turn when it happened because I was enjoying his heel work so freaking much. While a part of me still longs for the heel lunatic R-Truth, another part of me is enjoying what Truth is doing now. I've always thought that Truth was one of the most underrated workers on the roster and I was so happy to see him become one of Raw's most consistently featured superstars. His current face run isn't going as bad as I initially thought it would. I still find him hilarious and I was pleasantly surprised to see him wear a Little Jimmy shirt (I was wondering when WWE would finally come out with those).

As far as a tag team with Booker T is concerned... I wouldn't be against it. It would help add to the tag team division. Thing is that I'd much rather see Truth as a singles competitor and while he's not the best on commentary, listening to Booker makes the commentary on Friday nights more tolerable than it would be if it were just Michael Cole and Josh Matthews.

 

[cmpunk4lyfe]

r truths main issue is that he ever turned face to begin with. r truth was the perfect heel. there have been heels in the past that people have booed but still found to be entertaining. r truth is one of those guys. once this feud with the miz is over r truth needs to go back to being a heel and face some top midcarders. from there he can face some top main eventers and maybe get a serious title run before he retires. this is the best thing for him right now. because clearly he gets very bland as a face but as a heel he steps up to his game to a whole nother level...............or he can end up like MVP. lol

 

[Da Solo]

R Truth is already over as a face. He was over as a heel, then he beat the sh!T out of Miz,then all that heel overness turned to face overness... if that makes sense.

As a heel, Truth was already getting pops to a certain degree. Sure, he was insane and did lots of heel moves and tactics like throwing a soda in that dad's face, but he was funny while he did it, so he still had likability, more so than when he was a rapper. People were just looking for a reason to like him, and they got that reason once Miz got GOT.

 

[Dagger Dias]

Booker and Truth would be a very strange team. I'd be willing to watch them work together, just to see how funny it would be. They are both weird enough by themselves. I imagine that them doing promos together on a weekly basis would provide some of the funniest moments we have seen in a while. It could help Truth get over as a face to work with someone like Booker. Truth has been hilarious lately, but just cannot be taken seriously as a contender. He probably never will be, and he will blame Little Jimmy for that while simultaneously thanking him for making him more interesting again.

As for Truth's lack of a strong face reaction.... His jokes get laughed at, and the fans enjoy his responses to the WHAT chants that have become relevant again thanks to him. Other than that, he's not getting much support. His actions this summer and fall are definitely to blame. Remember what Truth was like BEFORE he turned heel? All he did was rap and yell WHAT'S UP. That's all he did in his first face run. When he was with Miz he was more interesting, but that of course was as a heel. It's difficult for some fans to cheer a character they are so used to boo'ing. It may take a while for Truth to win everyone over, and I like the idea of teaming him up with Booker for a little bit because that could help him get over. Booker has to announce too though, so I'm not sure how it would work out unless they move Striker back to the announcing team until the two disband.

 

[Police Penis Sucking Goat Fucker]

I love what R Truth is doing now

I thought that he was a face now. I like this whole weird crazy act he is doing he always makes me laugh. I was cracking up when he started talking about spider stew on Raw last night. I also like how everyone else calls him crazy now too. R Truth is great in all aspects