WWE souring on R'Truth

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Earlier this evening, I read a report on ProWrestling.net that stated World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] officials have soured on Ron Killings, aka R'Truth as a result of what they deem as a lack of basic wrestling skills.

Killings re-entered WWE this summer after a series of video vignettes that hyped his return by showing where he had come from and was met with hot fan response. It was also reported that after seeing the fan reaction, there was talk within WWE that Killings could be the next "chosen one."

However, it appears that over the last several weeks, WWE officials have turned cold on Killings in-ring performances as they feel Killings should improve in the ring and even though he can hit flashy spots, such as his spinning flying forearm, he needs to go back and work on the basics.

As much as I like Killings, I have to agree with WWE officials on this one as Killings isn't doing anything different in the ring than he did when he was K'Kwik seven-years ago in WWE. As R'Truth, he still performs his entrance song except now, he comes through the crowd rather than the Gorilla Position. In addition, the only things he does in his matches are the spinning forearm, backflip-into-single-leg-split, jumping heel kick and spinning scissors kick.

Also, another issue I feel that is hampering Killings is that he has had no camera time to develop a character or cut a promo. Rather, Killings comes out, does his random matches and yells, "WhatsUp?" such as when he confronted Shelton Benjamin on Smackdown a while back.

What WWE needs to do is put Killings into a meaty storyline that will have him cut some real, serious promos that will give the fans a reason to emotionally invest in him.

Also, if WWE does have high hopes for Killings, and they must since they do see something in him, there is nothing wrong with having Killings stop by the Florida Championship Wrestling [FCW] training center whenever he has an off day to help brush up his basic wrestling skills to give him the complete package as he already has the charisma, mic skills and high spots down.

Yes, Killings has a long way to go, but he is still pretty young at age 36 and can still get there. He hasn't had any standout matches yet and while he may move awkwardly in the ring sometimes, not pushing him too hard is a good thing at the moment as he can work on improving his craft to show WWE that he really is The Truth.