WWE legend R-Truth recently opened up about a terrifying health scare that nearly ended his career. In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, the charismatic wrestler revealed that a serious infection following a quadriceps tendon tear nearly led to amputation, forcing him to contemplate retirement.
“At one point I thought it was [the end], because it was when I caught the infection,” R-Truth confessed. “A lot of people thought I just tore my quad. I did tear the quad tendon, but a couple of weeks out, when I go to get the stitches out it wasn’t healing. That’s when they found out I had five different bacteria like staph, MRSA, their cousins, kinfolks and relatives. Yeah, it was bad,” he recalled.
WWE Star R-Truth Reveals Possible Wrestling Retirement After Near Career-Ending Infection
The situation quickly escalated. “It was so bad the doctor wouldn’t even give me a high five. I know it sounds crazy, I want a high five with the doctor. He’s like you don’t have time for high fives, this is serious. I just went to get my stitches out. He said, ‘What are you doing this afternoon?’ I said, I’m gonna pick my kids up. He said ‘Can somebody else go do it?’ I’m like, why? [He said] ‘We need to take you to surgery now.’ Yeah. So everything went from haha to you better be ready. It was serious. There was a chance I could lose my leg. That’s how serious it got,” he revealed.
The infection was so severe that R-Truth required expensive antibiotics and a PICC line for six weeks. “He told my wife if we don’t get this under control we are going to have to think of other options. My wife said what other options? He said amputation. I’m like what the? But that’s when I was thinking I may never come back to this, how can I adapt?”
Despite this harrowing experience, R-Truth remains optimistic about his future in wrestling. “I like being in the ring. I think I’m like Rey Mysterio with this right here,” he said, referring to his longevity in the industry. “I’ll let my body be the guide and be the answer to that. I always listen to my body, always. Right now, man, to be honest, I’ve never felt as healthy as I feel now, clear-minded, clear-headed. Still can do my back flips, still can do my splits. There’s a lot of things that this generation hadn’t even seen me do yet, and I still can do, like you said, just sometime I don’t need to do it. Give me an opportunity, I will go out there and show that oh, sh*t, he could still go.”
R-Truth’s candid reflection on his health scare and his unwavering determination to continue performing in the ring serve as a testament to his resilience and love for the sport.
