Former Tag Team champion Titus O'Neil's current WWE status revealed

Time of India

5 days ago

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WWE star Titus O'Neil, whose real name is Thaddeus Bullard, has been absent from in-ring competition since November 2020. Despite his long hiatus, the WWE star remains associated with the company, and he's still very much a part of the WWE family.
The star has revealed details about his current WWE status and clarified that he is not retired but is currently rehabbing from a knee procedure, leaving the door open for a potential return to the ring in the future. Let's take a look at the fresh insights that have emerged recently.
Backstage update on Titus O'Neil's current WWE status
Fresh insights have emerged about Titus O'Neil's current WWE status, who has been away from the ring since 2020. Despite his absence, the wrestler has been actively associated with WWE and other philanthropic work.
A recent backstage update suggests that he is not retired and fully plans to return to the ring one day.
According to
Fightful Select
, the former
WWE Tag Team Champion
remains 'affiliated with the company,' even though there are no current plans for him to compete in the ring. Meanwhile, WWE has no plan to book him for the active roster, but Titus hasn't ruled out stepping back into the squared circle.
In fact, O'Neil has made it clear to
Fightful
'a number of times' that he's open to wrestling again 'under the right circumstances.'
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The former WWE Tag Team champion revealed the same thing just six months ago, in an interview with '
The Business of the Business.
' During the interview, he revealed, "I do get the itch to get back in the ring. I love competing, I love entertaining, but as I said in previous interviews here recently, if there's an opportunity that works well for me to do…'
Since joining WWE in 2009, Titus has built a versatile career, debuting on the second season of NXT in 2010. He found success as part of The Prime Time Players alongside Darren Young, capturing the WWE Tag Team Titles in 2015. O'Neil also had singles runs and led the
Titus Worldwide
faction before stepping away from active competition in late 2020.
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Though he is very much a part of WWE, the star is not fully prepared to come back to the ring. Over the years, the WWE global ambassador has done an immense amount of charity work for the company over many years.
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O'Neil has received the WWE Hall of Fame 2020 Warrior Award, and he is a former WWE Tag Team Champion and was the inaugural holder of the WWE 24/7 Championship. He was last seen in action in November 2020, where he unsuccessfully challenged Bobby Lashley for the WWE United States Championship.
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