{"id":22165,"date":"2016-06-08T11:23:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T16:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=22165"},"modified":"2016-06-08T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T17:05:20","slug":"video-titus-oneil-talks-wwe-suspension-u-s-title-match-weekly-sit-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/08\/video-titus-oneil-talks-wwe-suspension-u-s-title-match-weekly-sit-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; Titus O&#8217;Neil talks WWE suspension &#038; U.S. Title match in weekly sit-down interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1568045044\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Titus O&#8217;Neil joined Michael Cole for this week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/videos\/titus-o-neil-gets-some-breaking-news-and-opens-up-about-his-suspension-wwe-com-exclusive-june-8-2016?sf28222467=1\" target=\"_blank\">sit-down interview on WWE&#8217;s website<\/a> promoting the Money in the Bank PPV.<\/p>\n<p>Cole officially announced O&#8217;Neil <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/08\/mitb-spoiler-new-title-match-added-money-bank-ppv\/\" target=\"_blank\">challenging Rusev for the U.S. Title at the Money in the Bank PPV<\/a> on Father&#8217;s Day, June 19.<\/p>\n<p>Cole then asked Titus a vague question about\u00a0being suspended earlier this year. Cole was produced to not specify <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/10\/titus-oneil-suspended-90-days-incident-raw\/\">why Titus was suspended<\/a>, nor did Titus address details of his suspension in the official WWE setting.\u00a0WWE&#8217;s avoidance of the details\u00a0indirectly turned into a sales pitch for an off-season or talent rotation system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I turned a negative that I feel like I&#8217;ve turned into\u00a0a positive,&#8221; Titus said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve done that by having more time to be a father, son, brother, and seeing things outside of WWE and being able to expand on things I do within WWE, like community service efforts, and things I do with sports. And, bettering the relationships with all those I love around me &#8211; family and friends. I have had time to do that. As you know with this job, time is very spare in some situations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cole and Titus then discussed his title shot against Rusev at Money in the Bank. 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