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"I'm not an angry black man. I'm just the damn truth - and the truth will no longer be denied"

Promo

Promo Data

Title:

Worker(s):

K-Krush

Date:

17.07.2002

Promotion:

National Wrestling Alliance Total Nonstop Action

Event:

NWA Total Nonstop Action #5 (Card with guide)

Promo

K-Krush: " Shut the hell up and sit down. I got somethin' to get off of my chest right now. I want every one of you folks in here, everybody that's watching this to look at me - look at me!

I look like a star. Every time I grab this microphone I sound like a star. Whether I'm dancin' down that ramp, whether I'm dancin' in the ring or whether I'm just knockin' the dust off somebody's stankin' ass, I move like a star. I even smell like a star. So tell me this. Why, at this point in my career, am I not the biggest damn star in the business?

Tell me this. Why, in my first few weeks here, do they put me in the ring with a damn NASCAR driver?! Why in the hell did the WWF--WWE, whatever the hell they call themself, why in the hell did they let me go? Terminate my contract? What the punk damn thunder is that about?

I'll tell you what it is. I'll tell every last one of you what it is. They was afraid that K-Krush was gonna become something that they was scared of. They was afraid, whether you like it or not, I was gonna be the hottest item they had. And you know what that means? That means you would have had to promote me - they woulda had to sell my T-shirts. Good Lord, forbid I get the damn gold round my ripped-up-ass waist.

My whole life I've been kept down. My whole life I've been treated like a damn second hand citizien. And why? You want to know why? Because they know that I'm better than them and they are afraid of that.

You better be afraid! You need to be afraid. You better be afraid. Because from this point on, I'm gonna take what's supposed to be mine. I'm gonna spit some damn face while I'm doing it. After years and years of being pressured and suppressed, its time for me to move some damn things to the top of the mountain, blow the top off that son of a bitch! But you know what, don't get it twisted. I'm not an angry black man. I'm just the damn truth - and the truth will no longer be denied."

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Average rating: 8.83 [6]

Average rating in 2025: 9.33 [3]

Average rating in 2024: 7.00 [1]

Average rating in 2023: 8.00 [1]

Average rating in 2014: 10.00 [1]

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JacquesRougeauCanHaveMyWife wrote on 02.12.2025:

[8.0] "We could have gotten this Killings in 2025, but instead he went back to that stupid comedy gimmick, which makes the whole promo ironic. Nevertheless, the promo itself is great, and Krush is such a natural on the mic that you believe every word he says. Add his angry, one-of-a-kind delivery and intensity, and it becomes incredibly easy for him to get over."

MrRaider959 wrote on 10.06.2025:

[10.0] "One of the best promos I've seen in a hot minute. This is the beginning of Ron "The Truth" Killings. This is the exact moment where he became a top player in TNA in these early days, eventually winning the NWA title from Jeff Jarrett. It's a 10/10 promo and deserves so much recognition."

BlackVikingGZ wrote on 17.03.2023:

[8.0] "Truth is a star, great on the mic, so this is a great promo, in which he stablishes him as a star. He is been treated bad, been booked with the NASCAR drivers in horrible segments, when he is really capable of doing great things. Really good work that would pay off with him winning the NWA World Champioship a weeks later."

Phenomenal91 wrote on 12.09.2014:

[10.0] "If I were at the TNA Asylum the day this promo was cut, I would have stood up, applauded, and cheered. Ron calls out the big giant in Stamford for the way they mistreat wrestlers with talent and hold guys like him down in exchange for guys who don't have HALF the talent he has. He would make history in TNA, becoming the first African American NWA World Heavyweight Champion... only to go back to the WWE and become the very thing he rallied against here: a second hand citizen. I see R-Truth getting squashed by whoever's the next big thing at the moment, and all I can think of is "This guy is capable of so much more. " Such a devastating downfall. K-Krush/Ron "The Truth" Killings rules. R-Truth sucks."