They say that anything can happen in the WWE, and you never know when a title might change hands. Back in January of 2019, R-Truth challenged Shinsuke Nakamura for the United States Championship, and it was Truth who walked out with the belt.
However, original plans for the match called for Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the title, but the finish was botched when Truth rolled Nakamura up and the referee counted to three, resulting in the belt changing hands.
Former WWE referee Mike Chioda spoke to Wrestling Shoot Interviews about the title change, and he noted that R-Truth told him the wrong finish. Chioda also claimed that Vince McMahon loved the finish even though it was botched.
“Vince loved it. R-Truth tells me the wrong f***ing finish. ‘You said you were only getting schoolboyed once!’ And he was like, ‘Oh, my bad, dawg, I’m sorry, man.’ He had the US title or something, 24-hour title… US title, I think. So it was kind of funny. I thought I was gonna get a bunch of heat coming back and Vince was like, ‘That was phenomenal, I loved it!’ I’m like, ‘What? Okay, great.’”
Shinsuke Nakamura only held the title for two days while R-Truth ended up holding it for 35 days before dropping it to Samoa Joe on the March 5, 2019 episode of Raw.
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