WWE: Triple H on R-Truth’s WWE Contract Situation & Return in 2025, Aleister Black Reportedly Suffered Broken Tailbone Injury at 1/2 WWE SmackDown Show, Bron Breakker Return and More Set for 1/26 WWE RAW Show

Triple H Comments on R-Truth’s WWE Contract Situation & Return in 2025

As noted before, R-Truth made his surprise return to WWE at this past June’s Money in the Bank 2025 following him departing the company earlier that month after his contract was not renewed at the time.

WWE recently released a sneak peak trailer for their upcoming new season of the WWE: Unreal docuseries on Netflix. This trailer featured WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque addressing R-Truth’s contract situation in WWE in 2025 and stated that Truth was never fired from the company.

“We got to a point in Truth’s run where his contract was coming up. When you are dealing with contracts and money and you’re very far apart in the numbers and communication breaks down, it’s very easy for both sides to read into the communications differently. ‘Okay, well, if you’re not going to come to us, then Truth, we’re going to let your contract lapse. Your contract is at the end. We’re not going to renew.’ Knowing that hopefully maybe this will force his hand to say, ‘Well, hold on a second. Can we talk?’ He immediately went out on social and said he was fired — which, he was never fired, contrary to prior belief. He was never not under contract with us.”

WWE SmackDown co-lead writer Brian “Road Dogg” James also addressed Truth’s contract situation and stated that WWE’s decision to release Truth was heartbreaking but he believed it made perfect business sense due to Truth being in his 50s for his age.

Here's an exclusive sneak peak at Season 2 of Unreal! 🔥

#WWEUnreal Season 2 premieres tomorrow, January 20th, on @netflix! pic.twitter.com/OcRKnxVVDV

— WWE (@WWE) January 19, 2026

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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Aleister Black Reportedly Suffered Broken Tailbone Injury at Jan. 2nd WWE SmackDown Show

The January 2nd WWE SmackDown show in Buffalo, New York featured Damian Priest defeating Aleister Black in an Ambulance match.

The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reported that his sources stated that Black had suffered a broken tailbone injury during his Ambulance match against Priest. Those spoken to reportedly stated that Black’s injury was minor in terms of severity.

Meltzer reported that Black had been planned to take some time off after the match anyways.

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Bron Breakker Return and More Announced for Jan. 26th WWE RAW Show

WWE announced one new match and one new segment for the card of next week’s WWE RAW show on January 26th at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Current card for January 26th WWE RAW show:

• WWE World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Fatal Four-way match – The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs. Alpha Academy (Otis & Akira Tozawa) vs. Los Americanos (Bravo & Rayo Americano) vs. American Made (Brutus & Julius Creed)