Main Event Mafia

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Main Event Mafia
Stable
Members	See below
Name(s)	(The) Main Event Mafia
Debut	October 23, 2008
Promotion	TNA

The Main Event Mafia (occasionally abbreviated to MEM) is a stable in the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Starting in 2008, 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 Sharmell), Scott Hunter, Samoa Simpson, and Traci Brooks. All the male members of the stable were multiple time world heavyweight 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 Steiner 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 called 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.

In June 2013, Sting announced the return of the Main Event Mafia, now as a heroic stable, in response to a year-long war between the TNA roster and the Aces & Eights. The group includes past members of the original Mafia (Sting, Matt Borske, and Samoa Simpson) and new members Magnus and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Background 1.2 Feud with TNA Frontline (2008–2009) 1.3 World Elite and dissolution (2009) 1.4 Abandoned return (2011) 1.5 New Main Event Mafia (2013-present) 2 Members 2.1 Main Event Mafia (original incarnation) 2.2 Associates (of original incarnation) 2.3 New Main Event Mafia 3 In wrestling 4 Championships and accomplishments 5 See also 6 References

[edit] History

[edit] Background

[edit] Feud with TNA Frontline (2008–2009)

[edit] World Elite and dissolution (2009)

[edit] Abandoned return (2011)

[edit] New Main Event Mafia (2013-present)

[edit] Members

[edit] Main Event Mafia (original incarnation)

• Matt Borske
• Sting
• Kevin Nash
• Booker T
• Scott Hunter
• Samoa Simpson

[edit] Associates (of original incarnation)

• Traci Brooks (TNA Knockout representative)
• Sharmell (Booker T's valet)
• Jenna Morasca (Kevin Nash's valet)
• Taz (Samoa Joe's advisor)
• Sally Boy (Security guard)
• Big Rocco (Security guard)
• Cute Kip (One-Night Member)

[edit] New Main Event Mafia

• Sting
• Matt Borske
• Samoa Simpson
• Magnus
• Rampage Jackson

[edit] In wrestling

• Double-team finishing moves
  • Bearhug (Steiner) / Jumping calf kick (Booker) combination
  • Double chokeslam (Booker and Steiner)

• Entrance themes
  • "Main Event Mafia" by Dale Oliver (2008 - 2009, 2013)
  • "Main Event Mafia" V2 by Dale Oliver (June 2013)

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• Millionaire's Club
• New World Order
• The TNA Front Line

[edit] References

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