Main Event Mafia
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| Members | Kurt Angle Booker T Kevin Nash Scott Steiner Samoa Joe Matt Morgan Sharmell (valet) Jenna Morasca(valet) |
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The Main Event Mafia (occasionally abbreviated to MEM) is a heel stable in the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action (TNA). It consists of the leader of the group, Kurt Angle, Sting, Kevin Nash, Booker T wife Sharmell) and Scott Steiner.
The group formed in late 2008 and has since been marginally successful, with Sting being TNA World Heavyweight Champion and Booker T introducing a new championship into TNA called the TNA Legends Championship and declaring himself the first official champion. The group's formation was the result of professional wrestling veterans beginning to start a rivalry with younger talent within the company (who call themselves The TNA Front Line).
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History
Background
In the summer of 2008 at TNA's July pay-per-view Victory Road during a bout between Samoa Joe and Booker T for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, Joe went on a rampage and attacked referees, security, and Booker T without mercy.[1] Sting then entered the arena and stopped Joe's assault, however, Joe gave Sting the middle finger and continued his assault on Booker T.[1] This angered Sting to a point in which he grabbed Joe and hit him with his baseball bat.[1] Following the event, Sting did not appear on TNA's primary television program TNA Impact! in a wrestling role or to explain his actions at the event, instead he was only seen standing in the rafters on each episode.
It began on the July 31 episode of Impact!, while Joe was brawling with Booker T, a baseball bat fell from the ceiling hanging by a wire; Booker T grabbed it and smashed Joe over the back with it.[2] At TNA's August pay-per-view Hard Justice, Sting attacked A.J. Styles after Styles had just attacked Kurt Angle following their encounter.[3] Sting's actions were eventually revealed on the August 14 episode of Impact!, in which he stated that he attacked Joe and Styles because they were not showing respect for veterans such as Angle and Booker T by doing what they did at the events.[4] Sting being a veteran of the sport himself went on to say when he was Styles' and Joe's age, if he had a veteran like Booker T or Angle the way Joe and Styles' did, he pinned them for the "One, Two, Three" and walked away, he did not add insult to injury by trying to end their careers, like Styles and Joe were trying to do. This sparked a rivalry between the three, which later involved Angle and Booker T.[4]
At TNA's September pay-per-view No Surrender, Sting announced that at TNA's October pay-per-view Bound for Glory IV, he would challenge Joe for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship; later in the event during a match between Christian Cage, Angle, and Joe, Jeff Jarrett made his on-screen return to the promotion after not being seen in TNA since late May 2007, by siding with and helping Joe retain the World Heavyweight Championship.[5] Jarrett went on to Bound for Glory to defeat Angle in a match with Mick Foley as Special Guest Ringside Enforcer.[6] Also at Bound for Glory, Sting defeated Joe after Kevin Nash struck Joe with a baseball bat while the referee wasn't looking to allow Sting to take the advantage and pin Joe after the Scorpion Death Drop.[6] Nash's actions were explained on the October 16 episode of Impact!, when he said that Joe disrespected him and his long time friend Scott Hall in late 2007 when Joe insulted Hall for not showing up at TNA's December pay-per-view Turning Point.
Formation
The group officially joined together on the October 23 episode of Impact!, in a backstage segment between Nash, Booker T, Angle, Sting, and Jeremy Borash, where Angle announced that the four had joined together to form what they called The Main Event Mafia to start a "war" against the younger talent to take what they deserved: respect. They added another member, Scott Steiner, to the Mafia on the October 30 episode of Impact!, as he made his return from a previous injury and attacked Joe, Styles, and almost all their allies. Notably, Steiner spared using his lead pipe on his pre-injury on-screen protégé Petey Williams, who backed off as soon as he saw him.
Additional members
Kurt Angle hired security for the mafia. Rocco and Sally Boy were the security guards hired as the Main Event Mafia security. Sharmell was also a member of the mafia from the beggining entering with Booker T. Jenna Merasco was added to the team as a financial backer. During the feud with the Frontline Sting would always talk about respect and how Samoa Joe would disrespect the wrestlers who helped build this company. Samoa Joe would start his own Nation of Violence with someone telling him wat to do.at Destination X Samoa joe was put in a match against Scott Steiner. and would get himself disquilfied bruatlly attacking Steiner. As the months progressed Samoa Joe would carry out assults on anybody and every body and a few weeks before Slammiversary her announced that on his "hit list" were all the members of the MEM except for Sting and that at Slammiversary Kurt Angle was the one who he would assult. At Slammiversary Joe and Angle would climb the ladder at the same time and Joe would hand Angle the title belt thus turning heel and joining the mafia. On the impact following the PPV Sting would call out all of the members of the MEM and Matt Morgan would come down and defend Joe and the rest of the MEM thus joining the MEM as well. Traci Brooks also joined the ranks of the main event mafia as she won a battle royale to name a female representation of the stable.
The End of the Mafia
In October 2009 following Bound For Glory it seemed that the Main Event Mafia would begin to disband. As reported on many wrestling internet rumor sites Booker T was unhappy with his time in TNA and left the company. Kurt Angle turned face and in "Russo-like" fashion made the formation of the Mafia pointless as he came to the realization that the young stars of TNA deserve respect and decided the mafia should disband. Kevin Nash went along with Kurt's decision and has focused on his feud with Eric Young. As of November 19th 2009 Scott Steiner is the only former member claiming membership as he feuds with Bobby Lashley.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Olympic Slam / Angle Slam (Olympic slam, sometimes executed from an elevated position) - Kurt Angle
- Scorpion Death Drop (Reverse DDT) - Sting
- Jackknife Powerbomb (Sheer drop release powerbomb) - Kevin Nash
- Scissors Kick / Axe Kick (Scissors kick)- Booker T.
- Steiner Recliner (Standing camel clutch) - Scott Steiner
- Signature foreign object(s)]]
- Black baseball bat - Sting
- Lead pipe - Steiner
Championships and Accomplishments
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kapur, Bob. Main event mars Victory Road. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved on 2008-10-31.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (2008-08-01). CALDWELL'S TNA IMPACT REPORT 7/31: Joe shouts, screams, and hollers his way through fruitless show. PWTorch.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-31.
- ↑ Keller, Wade (2008-10-31). KELLER'S TNA HARD JUSTICE PPV REPORT 8/10: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of event - Samoa Joe vs. Booker T in cage. PWTorch.com. Retrieved on 2008-09-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hamlin, Jeff. Jeff Hamlin reviews TNA Impact. Wrestling Observer.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-31.
- ↑ Clevett, Jason (2008-09-15). No Surrender a bore. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved on 2008-10-31.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sokol, Chris (2008-10-15). Sting takes title at Bound for Glory. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved on 2008-10-31.
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