Truth Martini Martin Krcaj ( May 8 , 1975 ) is an Albanian - American professional wrestler , manager and trainer . He is perhaps best known for his time as a manager at Ring of Honor for the stable The House of Truth . Career . Early Years . He made his professional wrestling debut for ] ] Insane Championship Wrestling ] ] losing to Andy Muscat in a high school . He later joined Juggalo Championship Wrestling and participated in their first show . Krcaj adopted the gimmick of Doink the Clown and teamed with another Doink who was Tarek The Great . They faced Insane Clown Posse members Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J for the vacant JCW Tag Team Championship which ICP would win . Wrestling Revolution ( 2002 - 2007 ) . Truth teamed up with Chris Sabin in their first match for Independent Wrestling Revolution where they would be defeated by Frankie The Face & Jaimy Coxxx . On July 24 , 2002 , Truth and Anthony Rivera , calling themselves The Threat , beat Chris Sabin and Jimmy Jacobs for the IWR Tag Team Championship . They lost it a month later to Kamikaze and Tenacious Z , but regained the championship only a day later . After almost a year the pair would lose the championships to Gavin Starr and Jimmy Jacobs . On October 25 , 2003 , Truth and Rivera would beat Popular Mathematics , Bobby Bambino and Jimmy Shalwin , for the vacant IWR Tag Team Championship . At the beginning of 2004 they would lose the championships to The Bump N Uglies , Bubba MacKenzie and Josh Movado and would regain them in March . They would then lose the championships in the three way tables match which was won by Bump N Uglies , the match also included Jaimy Coxxx and Jimmy Shalwin . The Threat would then recruit Breyer Wellington and N8 Mattson however Truth would leave the stable to focus on a singles career . On April 16 , 2005 , Truth would beat Breyer Wellington , Eddie Venom , Gutter , Jaimy Coxxx and Stevie Lee for IWR King Of The Indies Championship , Truth would then lose the championship but regain in October . Truth would hold the championship until May 6 , 2006 , where he would lose the title in an eleven man gauntlet match which would be ultimately won by N8 Mattson . His last match for the company would be in October 2007 . AAW : Professional Wrestling Redefined ( 2006 - 2007 ) . On December 15 , 2005 N8 Mattson & Truth Martini defeated Gary Havok and The Golden Ninja in their debut match . The would form the tag team called the Michigan Invasion and in 2006 they had multiple chances to become the AAW Tag Team Champions but would be beaten every time . They participated in AAW Tag Team Championship tournament on June 2006 and reached the semi final before being knocked out by Dan Lawrence & Ryan Boz . After months of trying the Michigan Invasion would win the AAW Tag Team Championship in a four corners match which involved Dan Lawrence and Ryan Boz , Jayson Reign and Marco Cordova and The Phoenix Twins . They would hold the championships until April 2007 where they lost them to Krotch and Zach Gowen . Ring of Honor ( 2010 - present ) . A self - professed Life Intervention Expert , Truth Martini and his House of Truth stormed onto the scene of Ring of Honor in 2009 . Debuting at Violent Tendencies managing the team of Josh Raymond and Christian Able . Kevin Steen and El Generico defeated Raymond and Able in a tag team match . His first singles client , Roderick Strong struggled with achieving his ultimate goal but with the help of Truth Martini became the ROH World Champion at Glory By Honor IX . Martini also formerly managed Michael Elgin , a former member of The House of Truth . In April 2012 , Martini enlisted the services of Rhino to become the hired muscle of the House of Truth . During late 2012 , both Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong quit the House of Truth . In Wrestling . Wrestlers Managed Wrestlers Trained