| Awesome Truth | |
|---|---|
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| Tag team | |
| Members | The Miz R-Truth |
| Name(s) | Awesome Truth The Miz and R-Truth |
| Billed heights | The Miz: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) R-Truth: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 441 lb (200 kg) |
| Debut | August 22, 2011 |
| Disbanded | September 30, 2024 |
| Years active | 2011 2013 2019 2024 |
Awesome Truth was aprofessional wrestlingtag team inWWE consisting ofThe Miz andR-Truth. They are formerone-timeWorld Tag Team Champions. Their initial run started in 2011 with both wrestlers performing asvillains, before reuniting asheroic characters in 2024.
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On the August 22, 2011 episode ofRaw, The Miz and R-Truth attackedSantino Marella before his match and then proceeded to cut a promo bashingTriple H about not using them properly. The next week, R-Truth interfered in The Miz's match and both of them attackedCM Punk. On the September 5 episode ofRaw, The Miz and R-Truth, now collectively known as "Awesome Truth", challenged Air Boom (Evan Bourne andKofi Kingston) to a match for theWWE Tag Team Championship atNight of Champions, but were disqualified after The Miz assaulted a referee during the match.[1] The Miz and R-Truth were subsequently fired by Triple H the following night onRaw SuperShow.[2]
AtHell in a Cell, Awesome Truth attackedAlberto Del Rio, CM Punk,John Cena and referees after theWWE Championship match ended. After this, the entire WWE roster came out to find a way into theHell in a Cell structure before police officers were able to get the door open and arrest them.[3] On the October 10 episode ofRaw SuperShow, Awesome Truth were reinstated byJohn Laurinaitis. AtVengeance, Awesome Truth defeated Punk and Triple H in a tag team match, due to interference fromKevin Nash.[4] Later that same night, they attacked Cena during his WWE Championship match with Del Rio, costing him the match and sparking a feud with Cena in the process.[5] On the October 24 episode ofRaw SuperShow, Awesome Truth attackedZack Ryder backstage just before Ryder would team up with Cena. As a result, Laurinaitis announced a tag team match forSurvivor Series, but allowed Cena to choose his own partner, who ultimately choseThe Rock. At Survivor Series on November 20, Awesome Truth were defeated by Cena and The Rock in the main event.[6] The following night onRaw SuperShow, Cena instigated an argument between R-Truth and The Miz, which ultimately led to the team's dissolution as The Miz attacked R-Truth with aSkull Crushing Finale onto the stage.[7][8] Following the event, Killings was suspended for 30 days for violating the Wellness Policy.[9]
On the December 26 episode ofRaw SuperShow, R-Truth returned to attack The Miz after The Miz lost to Cena via countout, turning R-Truthface in the process. This was followed by back-and-forth assaults on the two throughout January.[10] The Miz and R-Truth crossed paths in the2012 Royal Rumble match, with The Miz entering at #1 and R-Truth entering at #3, but R-Truth was eliminated by The Miz, who would go to last 45:39 before being eliminated byBig Show.[11] Both The Miz and R-Truth wrestled for the WWE Championship against CM Punk,Chris Jericho,Dolph Ziggler, and Kofi Kingston atElimination Chamber, but neither were able to win.[12][13] The two were subsequently in opposite teams atWrestleMania XXVIII, with R-Truth joiningTheodore Long's team while The Miz joined Laurinaitis' team in a12-man tag team match to determine the General Manager of bothRaw andSmackDown, in which Laurinaitis' team would win when The Miz pinned Zack Ryder.[14]
On September 21, 2013, The Miz and R-Truth facedThe Shield (Roman Reigns andSeth Rollins) for the WWE Tag Team Championship on ahouse show. They won the match by disqualification but did not win the championships since titles do not change hands via disqualification.[15]
In early 2019, The Miz was involved in a feud withShane McMahon and the latter's alliesDrew McIntyre andElias. The Miz and R-Truth teamed together on the June 18, 2019 episode ofSmackDown Live in a losing effort against McIntyre and Elias.[16]
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In November 2023, R-Truth became involved in a storyline withThe Judgment Day, a stable consisting ofDamian Priest,Rhea Ripley,Finn Bálor,"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, andJD McDonagh, in which R-Truth thought himself to be a member of the stable. This ended when the entire stable attacked R-Truth in the ring on the December 11 episode ofRaw.[17] AtRaw: Day 1 on January 1, 2024, The Miz hosted an in-ringMiz TV segment with The Judgment Day, but they refused to appear. R-Truth appeared instead and spoke on behalf of the group. Subsequently, the group confronted R-Truth over his delusion before The Miz defended R-Truth. The Miz and R-Truth subsequently defeated Mysterio and McDonagh in their first match as a team since 2019.[18] Over the next few weeks, The Miz would continue to try and convince R-Truth that he was not a member of The Judgment Day, despite R-Truth's protests. AtRoyal Rumble on January 27, both The Miz and R-Truth participated in the men's Royal Rumble match, where they briefly teamed up and performed their signature Awesome Truth dance, before they were eliminated byGunther and Priest, respectively.[19] On the following episode ofRaw, R-Truth was attacked by The Judgment Day after they officially declared that he was not a member of the group. The Miz tried to save him but both were beaten down by the stable.[20]
On the March 18 episode ofRaw, The Miz and R-Truth defeated Indus Sher (Veer andSanga) to qualify for thesix-pack ladder match for theUndisputed WWE Tag Team Championship atWrestleMania XL.[21] At Night 1 of WrestleMania XL on April 6, R-Truth climbed the ladder and retrieved the Raw Tag Team Championship, giving Truth his first WrestleMania win and the team's first title win.[22] On the April 15 episode ofRaw, the Raw Tag Team Championship was renamed to theWorld Tag Team Championship and the team was presented with new championship belts by WWEchief content officerPaul "Triple H" Levesque and thegeneral manager of RawAdam Pearce.[23] On the April 22 episode ofRaw, The Miz and R-Truth successfully defended their titles in their first title defense against#DIY (Johnny Gargano andTommaso Ciampa).[24] On the June 24 episode ofRaw, they lost the titles to Bálor and McDonagh after interference fromCarlito, Mysterio, andWomen's World ChampionLiv Morgan, ending their reign at 79 days.[25]
On the July 29 episode ofRaw, The Miz was announced as the official host ofSummerSlam in his hometown ofCleveland,Ohio. On the September 30 episode ofRaw, following repeated instances of Truth signing the two of them up for matches without Miz's knowledge, The Miz attacked Truth and walked out on him causing the team to lose against theAuthors of Pain, ending the team once again in the process.[26]
