Awesome Truth Awesome Truth was a tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment consisting of R - Truth ( Ron Killings ) and The Miz ( Michael Mizanin ) . They were active from August 22 until November 21 of 2011 . They have had one theme , a remix of R - Truth ' s " What ' s Up " theme , called " You Suck " , but the lyrics " Toronto , here , li - sten up " involve Toronto , Ontario , Canada , so the theme may be changed every match they have . On the November 21 edition of RAW , The Miz turned on R - Truth by hitting him with a Skull Crushing Finale on the ramp , hinting a possible face turn for Truth and ending the alliance . R - Truth was suspended from WWE for 30 days for violating his Wellness Policy . Formation . On the August 22 episode of " Raw " , R - Truth and The Miz attacked Santino Marella before his match . They would then cut a promo agreeing there was a conspiracy in the WWE keeping both of them out of the main event picture , and declared they would , together , seize any opportunity that came their way in the future . They also bashed WWE ' s Chief Operating Officer Triple H about not being used properly . The duo would soon begin referring to themselves , on Raw and in other media , as " The Awesome Truth " . On the August 29 episode of " Raw " , Truth interfered in the Miz ' s match and duo attacked CM Punk . On the September 5 episode of " Raw " , they announced that they would challenge Air Boom ( Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne ) to a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship at Night of Champions . At the pay - per - view they lost by disqualifacation after Miz assaulted a referee during the match . Seeking retribution , the duo later attacked both Triple H and CM Punk during their no disqualification match in the main event and even assaulted more referees . The following night on " Raw , " they appoligzed to Triple H but later on after they were defeated in the main event by Punk and John Cena , they were subsequently fired by Triple H due to their actions the previous night . In retaliation during a backstage segment Miz and Truth attacked Triple H who ordered them to be thrown out of the building . At the conclusion of the main event match at Hell in a Cell , R - Truth and The Miz jumped the barricade wearing black hooded sweatshirts and entered the cell as it was being raised . They then used weapons to attack Alberto Del Rio , CM Punk , John Cena , and several others while the cell was again lowered . After this , the entire WWE roster led by Triple H came out to find a way into the cell , before New Orleans Police Department officers were able to get the door open . Truth and Miz surrendered to the police and were arrested . As they were walked out , Triple H assaulted them . The duo later posted a video on YouTube apologizing to the WWE Universe for their actions claiming that they just wanted their jobs back . Also in the video they decided to press charges on Triple H claiming that they were attacked defensely as they were walked out in handcuffs . On the October 10 episode of " Raw " , R - Truth and The Miz were reinstated by John Laurinaitis . At Vengeance , Miz and Truth would go on to defeat CM Punk and Triple H in a tag team match , due to interference from Kevin Nash . Later that same night they assaulted John Cena during his WWE Championship match with Alberto Del Rio which resulted in Truth and Miz feuding with Cena . On the October 24 episode of " Raw " , Awesome Truth attacked Zack Ryder backstage just before Ryder would team up with Cena . As a result , Laurinaitis announced a tag match for Survivor Series , but allowed Cena to choose his own partner . Cena chose The Rock . On the November 7 episode of " Raw " , Miz and R - Truth defeated Cena and Ryder . On November 20 at Survivor Series , R - Truth and The Miz were defeated by Cena and The Rock . Split and Feud . The following night on " Raw " , Cena instigated an argument between R - Truth and Miz , which ultimately led to the team ' s dissolution as Miz attacked R - Truth with a Skull Crushing Finale onto the stage resulting in Truth suffering a concussion . In reality Truth was suspended for 30 days after violating the Wellness Policy . The Following week Miz bragged about taking out Truth . On the December 26 episode of " Raw " , R - Truth returned to attack Miz after the latter lost to John Cena via count out , turning face in the process . The following " Raw " , Truth would hide in the audience and attack Miz again during his match with Sheamus . After assaulting Ricardo Rodriguez On the January 9 edition of " Raw " , Miz attacked R - Truth until Truth retaliated and chased Miz out of the ring . On January 16 , edition of " Raw SuperShow , " R - Truth was blindsided by both Wade Barrett and Miz until Sheamus saved him . SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long ordered a Royal Rumble preview match between R - Truth , The Miz , Barrett , and Sheamus in an Over The Top Rope Challenge which Truth ultimately won after last eliminating both Miz and Sheamus . On the January 23 edition of " Raw " , R - Truth defeated The Miz to determine the first participant in the 2012 Royal Rumble event ending the feud .