Titus O’Neil is currently the man in charge of the Titus Brand on Monday Night Raw, but last year he was suspended from WWE. After Daniel Bryan made his big retirement speech he had what was described as a “playful physical encounter” with Vince McMahon, and he was later suspended for 60 days.
The suspension confused a lot of people as some felt that it was far too drastic of a punishment considering the circumstances. O’Neil opened up about the suspension during an appearance on Chasing Glory With Lilian Garcia, and he said that to this very day he still doesn’t understand it.
“I still don’t understand it. I literally put me my hand out and said, ‘Ladies first.’ So I don’t know what the wrong time is to say, ‘Ladies first’ or the right time. It’s water under the bridge. It happened and I took ownership of it regardless if I was right, wrong, or indifferent, or if the situation could have been handled different. It happened. I served my suspension and its over with. It goes back to the fact that I know who I am and I know what I did and I know why I did it and God has rewarded me tenfold.”
Titus O’Neil went on to say that while he does have a passion for the wrestling business, he’s not a big fan of the politics.
“Hardest thing I’ve ever done. The art of it is the hardest thing, the psychology-things like that, but I’ve done physical sports all my life. But then also too, the politics of it, I’m not a fan of that part. People ask me all the time, ‘Are you in love with the wrestling business?’ No I’m not in love with the wrestling business, I’m in love with what the wrestling business does for people. Gives people opportunities to make a living, it gives people opportunities to escape their realities, it gives people opportunities to have heroes and be heroes. I one hundred percent love that aspect of it. Most of the performers on our roster, if you ask them the same question, you’re going to get a varying amount of answers because some went through the independents and it’s all they ever wanted to do, you got some like myself came off the streets and got into it. I have a very deep passion and love for the profession and for the people that came before me and for the people that are involved in it with me.”
You can check out two clips of the exchange between Titus and Vince McMahon below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHIEdvwgE8w
