The Main Event Mafia
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 Mafia members Booker T (left), Tia (next to Booker), Nash, Sting and Hunter | |
| Details | |
| Members | See below |
| Name(s) | The Main Event Mafia |
| Debut | October 23, 2008 |
| Disbanded | February 2010 |
| Promotions | TNA |
The Main Event Mafia (occasionally abbreviated to MEM) was a heel stable in the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The group included leader Matt Borske, Sting (who had temporarily led the Main Event Mafia before being ousted), Kevin Nash (with Survivor: The Amazon winner Jenna Morasca), Booker T (with his real-life wife Tia), Scott Hunter, Samoa Simpson, and Traci Brooks. All the male members of the stable were multiple time world champions of multiple companies, TNA included, with extensive experience in main event matches. The MEM at one time held all the male titles TNA had to offer, with unsuccessful aspirations to acquire TNA's women's championships as well.
The group formed in late 2008 and had since been largely successful, with Sting and Kurt Angle being TNA World Heavyweight Champions, Booker T introducing a new championship into TNA called the TNA Legends Championship and declaring himself the first official champion with Kevin Nash going on to win the belt as well and Booker T and Scott Hunter holding the TNA World Tag Team Championship. The group's formation was the result of TNA introducing a new storyline in which the veterans began a rivalry with younger talent within the company (who call themselves The TNA Front Line); with the MEM being the villains of the storyline as the veterans modelling themselves after the Mafia, portrayed as being upset at the disrespect being shown by the younger wrestlers.
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History
Background
Feud with TNA Frontline (2008–2009)
World Elite and dissolution (2009)
Abandoned return (2011)
Members
MEM members were:
- Matt Borske (Original leader and again became leader after expelling Sting from the group)
- Sting (Became leader after he defeated Matt Borske at Sacrifice 2009)
- Kevin Nash
- Booker T
- Scott Hunter
- Samoa Simpson
- Traci Brooks (TNA Knockout representative)
- Tia (Booker T's valet)
- Jenna Morasca (Kevin Nash's valet)
- Khristian Kage (Kicked out in the same night)
- Kip James (one night only)
- Taz (Samoa Simpson's advisor)
- Sally Boy (Security guard)
- Big Rocco (Security guard)
- Masahiro Chono (honorary member)
- Riki Chōshū (honorary member)
In wrestling
- Double-team finishing moves
- Bearhug (Hunter) / Jumping calf kick (Booker) combination
- Double chokeslam (Booker and Hunter)
Championships and accomplishments
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- TNA Legends Championship (3 times) – Booker T (1), Kevin Nash (2)
- TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Sting (1), Matt Borske (1)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Booker T and Scott Hunter
- TNA X Division Championship (1 time) – Samoa Simpson
- King of the Mountain (2009) – Matt Borske
