WWE: 5 Reasons Why R-Truth's WWE Conspiracy Theory Is True

After more than four months as a heel, the conspiracy theory that R-Truth has been speaking on has seemed to have gained some evidence. It has even been clear enough for The Miz to begin listening. A lot of what has gone on for R-Truth in recent weeks has led to some conspiracies from fans' perspectives.

For instance, last week's RAW took place in Canada, a country that R-Truth has previously been banned from competing in due to his criminal record. However, R-Truth appeared on RAW last week. R-Truth has also had countless things occur to him in the past few months that have not added up entirely.

Even though R-Truth is being booked to be the whack job that speaks to two imaginary people, here are a few reasons why R-Truth's line of thinking might not be that crazy.

Lack of Non-White World Champions

It's the immediate knock on the title, especially when talking about an African American superstar. I might as well get this one out of the way. The WWE Championship, the title that is the top prize in the entire company and represents the face of the company at the time, has only been held by 43 different wrestlers in its 48+ years of existence. None of them are African-American.

Outside of a handful of Hispanic champions, including current champ Alberto Del Rio, the only other non-white world champions are Yokozuna and The Rock, who are both of Samoan descent. Despite The Rock's father being African-American, he is still Samoan. And yes, the Samoan man who was Yokozuna portrayed a Japanese man, despite not being Japanese. That is one of countless examples of WWE being afraid of the actual ethnicity of their superstars.

The Lil' Jimmy Screwjob

R-Truth actually did get a world championship opportunity, gaining a WWE Championship match against then-champion John Cena at Capitol Punishment. Truth was booked well going into the match, lighting off great promos and having pretty decent matches, including a victory over Cena himself.

R-Truth seemed poised for his first world title victory in WWE as he played with a fan at ringside. R-Truth put the kids hat on and took a sip of the kid's drink. The fan, which had to be a plant, took the drink and threw it into his face. Cena would regain control by throwing Truth into the ring, hitting an Attitude Adjustment, and retaining his WWE Championship.

In any other match, this drink being thrown would result in a disqualification and Cena retaining. Despite the same result, R-Truth would have been declared the winner and be in line for a rematch.

R-Truth's One-Time Chance

The following night on RAW, R-Truth got booked into a six-man tag team match, while being held out of the triple threat match for the number one contender to the WWE Championship. The match was won by CM Punk and that began Punk's storyline that involved his scathing promos. R-Truth has not been able to get a chance for that title since that day, being overshadowed by the championship reigns of John Cena, CM Punk, Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio.

How has R-Truth not gotten a title shot against any of these four men during their title reigns? If he was good enough to be the top contender for Cena's title, on top of Punk, Mysterio and Del Rio, then why should it be any different when they jump over him for the title?

R-Truth Too Old?

Many will argue about R-Truth's age being an issue. R-Truth turns 40 years old in January, which may mean that he is not going to be around for too many years in the future. However, it isn't exactly like WWE Champions have been on the younger end of the line either.

I came across an interesting stat when doing this article. It was not up-to-date, but it was from earlier this year. From October 2007 until May of this year, the WWE Championship has been held by eight different men in 21 different reigns. The average age of these men as WWE Champion: 35 years old. This also accounts for The Miz, who was 30 during his title reign, as well as the six times that the now-31-year-old Randy Orton held the title. If you take those numbers away, the average age of the champion is that much higher.

WWE Doesn't Like R-Truth and Gold

So what does it all come down to? Perhaps, it is that WWE doesn't enjoy seeing R-Truth with gold on him. R-Truth has had two stints in WWE that add up to six total years. In those years, R-Truth is a one-time United States Champion, which he held for only three weeks, and had two stints as Hardcore Champion when his name was K-Kwik.

Even in those stints, the reigns happened on consecutive nights in his home state of North Carolina. K-Kwik would win the title from Raven, only to lose it to Crash Holly, who would give it back to Raven. Both of those reigns happened during house shows, which means that nobody ever saw K-Kwik televised with a championship in WWE until he had his name changed to R-Truth.

Not even a formidable tag team with John Morrison did R-Truth any good. Even TNA gave R-Truth the NWA world title on two occasions. For R-Truth to not even have two one-on-one title matches? That smells like a conspiracy to me.