What initially turned me into an R-Truther (Is that a thing?
Can we get that going?) was his absolutely psychotic heel turn. His crazy
faces, bugged out eyes and jarring cadence all made him a believably terrifying
presence, even when he wasn't wearing a CSA uniform. But now, since his return
from a drug-related suspension, Truth has developed into a face and I'm
becoming less and less thrilled about it.
There were a couple ways WWE could have gone with Truth's
face turn. They could have kept him legitimately crazy - more a tweener than a
full on face - and retained much of what made his character successful. Instead,
they appear to be turning him into a comedy face, complete with knowing glances
at the camera, animal impressions and fun interactions with kids in the crowd.
I like comedy faces as much as (maybe more) than the next guy, but do we really
need another Santino? Worst of all, I worry that this character development
will result in a fast track to the promotion's purgatory, AKA WWE Superstars.
On a separate, but related note: How absolutely nutso is it
that R-Truth's signature foreign object is an empty water bottle? The first
time he used it I thought it was odd, seeing as it wouldn't, you know, really
hurt anyone, but now that it's become part of his gimmick, I find it
increasingly irritating. Is this a result of WWE's PG rating, a joke for
someone in the back or just an amazing example of wrongheadedness?
