[Boom Baby]

I think you are missing what the whole point of The Main Event Mafia was about as they were all veterans who had been World champion's in the past and were not giving their spot's up but now people are talking about people who are not even main event wrestler's let alone former World champions and which goes against everything the group were about in the first place. If they are going to start giving spot's in the group to younger wrestler's who have either been buried in the last year or not yet established then they might as well be called The Mid Card Mafia.

I am not saying that i was overly looking forward to Kevin Nash and Booker T coming back to join the group because i don't particularly want the group back at all but if they bring back the stable then you have to have the original stable or at least the majority of it. Can you imagine if WWE would have brought in The New World Order with Hogan, Scott Norton and Buff Bagwell rather than what they did bring back and think how their next incarnation of that group in WWE was, then think about how The Four Horsemen were with Steve McMichael, Chris Benoit and Jeff Jarrett which never worked either.

But MEM mainly is - Sting, Angle. Steiner is a good bonus.
And again, TNA never said "MEM is coming back!".

 

[Stormbringer]

On paper it seems to have been pointing the gun down. But I honestly think they knew things could fall through.

All they need is to have Angle cut a promo that Steiner, Crimson, RVD and Kennedy are gonna stand up and fight. Now we have Immortal's 14 vs. 5. Now that's off, but then you add the fact that, Gunner/Murphy/Terry can be taken out, AJ is about to turn and you now have 10 vs. 5, 6 if AJ joins Angle. Hell maybe down the line you get the Guns in because Beer Money have the straps, now it's 8 to 10.

All in all, this could be Frontline vs MEM done right. Which in turn would be New Blood vs. Millionaire's Club done right, which in turn would fulfill an 11 year old prohecy that wCw would return!!!!!

 

[Loopee]

I hope we get Booker

 

[Stinger Fan]

Instead of a MEM return they should make a new stable to get rid of Immortal. It makes perfect sense imo. Have Steiner,Angle and a couple other guys to fit the group. Have Anderson and Morgan as part of it because they're also fueding with Immortal as well. It can work , just have guys who have one common goal ...to get rid of immortal

 

[ZackDanielson]

I think its simple. New MEM should consist of: Angle, Sting, Steiner, Joe, Morgen and Crimson. Others to possibly join are RVD , AJ Styles (face turn) or even Desmond Wolfe.

If you think bout it, Could be a pretty badass group

 

[muttgeiger]

I think its simple. New MEM should consist of: Angle, Sting, Steiner, Joe, Morgen and Crimson. Others to possibly join are RVD , AJ Styles (face turn) or even Desmond Wolfe.

If you think bout it, Could be a pretty badass group

As much as sting sucked during his hast run, they need him now, bad. They absolutely shot themselves in the foot here, especially by blowing their wad w/ steiner a week early. If they had just waited one week, they would have had at least one new guy to debut that wasn't with the company, and if they had to round out the group with guys who were already there it would have been ok. Got to be honest though, i kind of hope sting fucks them over and goes to WWE too, they need to stop planning storylines around unsigned talent. This isn't the first time this kind of thing has happened.

 

[The Boy Wonder]

There's an old rule in wrestling: never promise the fans something and fail to deliver. Technically, TNA never promised or promoted to the fans that the Main Event Mafia would be returning. So if they changed the storyline I don't think it would be a big deal. Let's be honest here: was bringing back Nash and Booker going to have a make-or-break impact on TNA? Probably not.

This is TNA's chance to give the MEM a younger, more exiting look. AJ Styles and Samoa Joe are Main event players, and Matt Morgan has had that carrot dangled in front of him long enough!

 

[ShiftyLWO]

Wouldn't it be funny if WWE brought in sting as well? talk about a short handed Main event mafia.

 

[CoRyP2008]

Had they come out and said that the Main Event Mafia was indeed returning, without having Nash and Booker signed then yes that would have been TNA shooting themselves in the foot but really they never said anything official about it, it was all speculation. If they can still sign Sting, that should be great plenty. Angle, Sting, Steiner, Joe, Morgan, Crimson, that's not a bad group right there. Plus it gives some of the younger guys a chance, instead of focusing all on the older veterans, isn't that important?

 

[SHIRLEY]

It's a blessing in disguise, for TNA, because now they'll have to do something creative, for once, and don't have as many old washed-up guys to spam with...

...but yes OP, it is amateur hour again.

 

[miles berg]

Upgrade Nash & Booker to RVD & Anderson while promoting Crimson in the process.

A new and improved MEM just like that.

Kinda glad Booker & Nash arent coming back, not only does it keep them off of my television it also gives me a reason to read the Royal Rumble live coverage just to see if Kevin Nash can actually take an over the rope bump at this point in his career.

Great news for TNA. RVD & Anderson are more than capable to step right into the MEM.

 

[Nuglet McJunior]

I say leave Anderson out of the group.

 

[dave 1981]

But MEM mainly is - Sting, Angle. Steiner is a good bonus.
And again, TNA never said "MEM is coming back!".

As someone else said in an earlier post TNA made it very obvious to everyone that "They" were going to be The Main Event Mafia with little subtle hints like Crimson wearing a suit and saying he was "made an offer he couldn't refuse" or Scott Steiner returning in a suit to help Kurt Angle, then there are the reports from around the time the tapings were done a few weeks ago that TNA were bringing the group back to feud with Immortal. No TNA didn't promote the return as such of The Main Event Mafia but this isn't 1992 in which there was no internet and no links to what goes on backstage and i think everyone who use's wrestling sites knew that TNA were planning on bringing back that group.

What TNA were obviously hoping to do was to tease us with the return of Scott Steiner as the start and then on the February 3rd show have the whole group return and although they have promoted as such it is very clear that was the plan. What TNA do is leave clues and hints and go with shock value for their "surprises" which is why they never as such promoted the arrival of Paul Heyman although everyone knew it was him they were talking about and they never promoted Matt Hardy either because they believe that surprise is better than promotion.

There's an old rule in wrestling: never promise the fans something and fail to deliver. Technically, TNA never promised or promoted to the fans that the Main Event Mafia would be returning. So if they changed the storyline I don't think it would be a big deal. Let's be honest here: was bringing back Nash and Booker going to have a make-or-break impact on TNA? Probably not.

This is TNA's chance to give the MEM a younger, more exiting look. AJ Styles and Samoa Joe are Main event players, and Matt Morgan has had that carrot dangled in front of him long enough!

Bringing in AJ Styles and Samoa Joe come in to join Sting, Kurt Angle and Scott Steiner in The Main Event Mafia would be the only real way that TNA could get away with not re-signing Kevin Nash and Booker T before going ahead with the storyline because they are both former World champions but the plus is that they are TNA originals as well which is better for TNA long term. The only downside on Samoa Joe joining though would be that it would mean Samoa Joe switching his attentions to Immortal rather than The Pope which right now is the best thing in TNA now that Styles/Williams has seemingly finished but the upside in AJ Styles turning back face i guess would cover that.

 

[sharkboy22]

Au contraire, TNA doesn't have anymore feet to shoot. They're slowly working their way up to the day they put that fatal bullet through their head.

 

[Taroostyles]

I actually think it's a blessing in disguise, I really didn't want Nash or Booker T back as full time guys anyway. Plus they never actually promoted the MEM on TV, Steiner came back in a suit but they never mentioned the group itself.

Now they can take Angle, Steiner, and Sting or whoever and have them in a group with guys like Crimson, Morgan, Anderson, Joe, AJ, etc. and actually let them get over taking out Immortal.

 

[Thumbinthebum]

Probably, what was the question in the OP anyway? :lmao

 

[BigPawr]

To be honest, I'm so tired of the current TNA storyline I hope Booker, Nash, and Sting show up in WWE. Im a big Sting fan and have always supported his anti WWE kind of history, but I'm so ready for him to get the recognition he deserves and would love a quick WWE run and retirment. I know it will never happen, but TNA will never be able to give him anymore than they have already.

 

[Freelancer]

TNA only has themselves to blame for this. They should have signed them before starting to go through with this storyline. Once again, poor decision making on TNA's part.

 

[SHIRLEY]

Honestly, I'm so glad some people on here don't book wrestling promotions...:no:

I FINK WE SHUD HAVE A MAIN EVENT MAFFIA WITH RVD KEN ANDERSON TEH UNDERTAKER TOMMKO AND SHANNEN MOORE IT WUD BE AWESOME AND DEN DEY CUD HAVE EN ULTIMET X MATCH WIV TEH JERSY SHORE PEEPUL

 

[PauseMenuNotWanted]

What TNA do is leave clues and hints and go with shock value for their "surprises" which is why they never as such promoted the arrival of Paul Heyman although everyone knew it was him they were talking about and they never promoted Matt Hardy either because they believe that surprise is better than promotion.

Except, TNA (or rather Dixie Carter) said that "change was coming" but it went nowhere. I'm still waiting for the announcement that'll change everything. At least Dixie could bullshit by saying that it was Impact going on the road or something.