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Main Event Mafia

  • 08-11-2008 11:02pm
    #1
    Machismo Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭


    Little mention of this around here so for those that don't know:

    The Main Event Mafia were formed two weeks ago and consisted of Angle, Sting, Booker and Nash. Steiner (who looks a little smaller) joined this week, so what do people think of it?

    Personally, I think TNA needed to define the sides so the MEM does just that.


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  • #2
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,006 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    1999 just flashed before my eyes...I think it actually is a good idea..I might be wrong but id imagine there feud with the younger guys will bring in more ratings..Everyone in the MEM is v.good on the mic, excluding Steiner (Punk) :D


  • #3
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Machismo Fan wrote: »
    Little mention of this around here

    That made me laugh for a number of reasons.
    Machismo Fan wrote: »
    Personally, I think TNA needed to define the sides so the MEM does just that.

    They've defined sides by giving them a name but this is about it really.


  • #4
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    callaway92 wrote: »
    1999 just flashed before my eyes


    It was 2001 WCW and the The Magnificent Seven for me.


  • #5
    Bubs101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    callaway92 wrote: »
    .Everyone in the MEM is v.good on the mic, excluding Steiner (Punk) :D

    Steiner is the best of them on the mic when he wants to be.

    I like the group itself but their are some really obvious problems. For one, Booker has to drop the accent or figure out how to say "can you dig that" in faux African, preferably the former. They need to add team 3D as not only are they more legit main eventers than Booker and Steiner (and maybe Nash, certainly at this stage) but they go on the road, unlike Nash, Steiner and Sting (and maybe Booker). If they're gonna build their shows around this angle they have to build house shows around it too. Lastly, they have to figure out how to turn the most popular guys there into legit heels. Don't have a clue how. They also need to not have Christian bring it down from the inside too early if he loses on Sunday.


  • #6
    gimmick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    rovert wrote: »
    That made me laugh for a number of reasons.

    And those reasons were?


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  • #7
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    gimmick wrote: »
    And those reasons were?

    You must not have read todays threads, the fact it is TNA after all and eventhough ratings are marginally up there is no buzz for Sunday's PPV.


  • #8
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,336 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    Can't stand them. Can't wait til Jeff comes back and knocks the **** out of Kurt...again.

    What's really annoying about the storyline is the inserts where the wrestlers are being interviewed and talking as if it's real.


  • #9
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    HalloweenJack wrote: »
    Can't stand them. Can't wait til Jeff comes back and knocks the **** out of Kurt...again.

    Who says Jeff wont SWERVE us all and join MEM?


  • #10
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,006 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    rovert wrote: »
    Who says Jeff wont SWERVE us all and join MEM?

    That would be the ultimate twist..But surely they couldnt do that after the stuff Angle said to Jarrett around the time of Bound for Glory..The fans arent that stupid to just accept Jarrett to be friends with Angle...


  • #11
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    callaway92 wrote: »
    That would be the ultimate twist..But surely they couldnt do that after the stuff Angle said to Jarrett around the time of Bound for Glory..The fans arent that stupid to just accept Jarrett to be friends with Angle...

    They accepted that Nash befriended Joe for an entire year to lull him into a false sense of security so he could turn on him.


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  • #12
    Machismo Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭Machismo Fan


    rovert wrote: »
    Who says Jeff wont SWERVE us all and join MEM?

    I say Foley.


  • #13
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,006 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Machismo Fan wrote: »
    I say Foley.

    I doubt Foley will have a big part in this..He will be the fence sitter..


  • #14
    Bubs101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    rovert wrote: »
    They accepted that Nash befriended Joe for an entire year to lull him into a false sense of security so he could turn on him.

    I accepted that Nash was friends with Joe for a year but he whined too much and pissed him off so he turned on him. TNA can't say that outright so they need the fans to fill in the blanks


  • #15
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Bubs101 wrote: »
    I accepted that Nash was friends with Joe for a year but he whined too much and pissed him off so he turned on him. TNA can't say that outright so they need the fans to fill in the blanks

    Nope Nash said the Scott Hall no show incident was the beginning of the plan so to speak.

    Yes I know Wikipedia but still

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Nash
    On the September 11 edition of Impact, prior to the No Surrender pay per view, he seemingly parted ways with Samoa Joe on good terms, telling him that he has taught him everything he knows, and he is on his own now. This was all due to the fact that Nash's contract was up, and briefly left TNA due to contractual and merchandising disputes. One month later, Kevin Nash returned at Bound for Glory IV and in a swerve turned heel on Samoa Joe by cracking him in the back with Sting's bat and helping Sting win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the Live HD edition of Impact on October 23rd, he formally joined Sting, Booker T, and Kurt Angle to create a heel stable called the Main Event Mafia. He explained that he never forgave Joe for his scathing comments directed at his best friend, Scott Hall's infamous noshow almost a year prior, and befriending him was all part of a long term plan to screw him out of the title.


  • #16
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    rovert wrote: »
    It was 2001 WCW and the The Magnificent Seven for me.

    and the Millionaires Club They were faces and the heels were the New Blood


  • #17
    Machismo Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭Machismo Fan


    rovert wrote: »
    Nope Nash said the Scott Hall no show incident was the beginning of the plan so to speak.

    Yes I know Wikipedia but still

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Nash

    Nash thinks ahead.:)


  • #18
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Machismo Fan wrote: »
    Nash thinks ahead.:)

    IT WAS A PLAN ALL ALONG :pac:


  • #19
    Machismo Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭Machismo Fan


    rovert wrote: »
    IT WAS A PLAN ALL ALONG :pac:

    Exactly!!! Now you've got it.


  • #20
    Bubs101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    rovert wrote: »
    Nope Nash said the Scott Hall no show incident was the beginning of the plan so to speak.

    I was taking the piss. Makes too much sense for TNA


  • #21
    SASR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭SASR


    HalloweenJack wrote: »
    What's really annoying about the storyline is the inserts where the wrestlers are being interviewed and talking as if it's real.
    Yeah, if there's one thing I can't stand it's wrestlers who refuse to break kayfabe on TV!


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  • #22
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Bubs101 wrote: »
    I was taking the piss. Makes too much sense for TNA

    Nope Russo loves to FOOL the audience always has.


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