Main Event Mafia fails

[Jabroni900]

What does the Main Event Mafia have to offer? Well let's see. Sting will turn 50 in March, Nash in July. And Nash has been so badly banged up over the years, he has difficulty standing upright. When he bumps he needs to use the ropes to pull himself back up. Kurt Angle is still mobile, but he's no spring chicken, either at 39. And Booker T, age 43, is showing his age and is barely worthy of being called a main eventer. Does this bunch have the star power to garner the popularity of the Four Horsemen in the 80s or the nWo of the 90s?

The nWo was born in the 90s and was so popular, it eclipsed the Four Horesmen angle that preceded it. Again, all the main players in the angle -- Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan, Sting, Sean Waltman -- were in the primes of their careers, too, with Nash just recently holding the WWF title and Hogan the then reigning WCW champion.

The reason for its popularity was how well it blurred the line between story and reality. The internet was still in its infancy then, so fans couldn't easily distinguish between what was real and what was in storyline. So a lot of wrestling fans saw the invasion and the enmity between them as real. It won ratings the likes of which WCW had never seen before and even had non-wrestling fans tuning in to see what all the fuss was about.

I dont think MeM will last more than 6 months.

 

[The Shua]

MEM certainly hasn't failed. In fact, Sunday night, they all won.

Sure, there are some health issues.....but, hell, Ric Flair still wrestled until the day he retired, and I hardly saw anyone say "oh wow, he sucks!".

How is Booker barely worthy of being called a main eventer? Just because WWE gave him the shaft? Booker was main eventing WCW forever. He's got a buttload of titles on his resume.

 

[xtremebadass]

Well the MeM is just good to say that TNA has assembled the first group of former world champs. That's all their good for it just statistics. What they can actually do as a group is nothing more than the past TNA team angles...like Christian Coalition vs. Team Angle. They do this every year leading up to Lockdown...

 

[WCW Rules]

How is Booker barely worthy of being called a main eventer? Just because WWE gave him the shaft? Booker was main eventing WCW forever. He's got a buttload of titles on his resume.

He did win many championships, but once WCW was turning to shit around 2000, was when Booker T had his 'chance' in the spotlight. When the WCW World Title meant NOTHING, he was Champion. 5 times in one year? A plethora of titles means nothing if the titles themselves meant nothing, and unfortunately for Booker T, he was WCW Champion when the title meant absolutely shit. It was paraded around by so many unworthy contenders they're not worth mentioning. Of course, arguably, he's a proven ME by now, but he was Champ at a time when WCW was dying. He was only main eventing WCW once the millenium hit, and WCW was bombarded by suspicions surrounding racism and old vets keeping guys down.

 

[xtremebadass]

Booker won the WCW title 5 times in one year? Are you serious?

 

[WCW Rules]

His first reign was on July 9th, 2000. WCW folded in March of 2001. Not even a year. More so four times under WCW, and once under WWF, when he defeated (surprise, surprise) Angle in July and held it until August losing it to Rock. He also lost to Vince Russo on his second reign.

 

[Emperor DC]

What does the Main Event Mafia have to offer? Well let's see. Sting will turn 50 in March, Nash in July. And Nash has been so badly banged up over the years, he has difficulty standing upright. When he bumps he needs to use the ropes to pull himself back up. Kurt Angle is still mobile, but he's no spring chicken, either at 39. And Booker T, age 43, is showing his age and is barely worthy of being called a main eventer. Does this bunch have the star power to garner the popularity of the Four Horsemen in the 80s or the nWo of the 90s?

The nWo was born in the 90s and was so popular, it eclipsed the Four Horesmen angle that preceded it. Again, all the main players in the angle -- Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan, Sting, Sean Waltman -- were in the primes of their careers, too, with Nash just recently holding the WWF title and Hogan the then reigning WCW champion.

The reason for its popularity was how well it blurred the line between story and reality. The internet was still in its infancy then, so fans couldn't easily distinguish between what was real and what was in storyline. So a lot of wrestling fans saw the invasion and the enmity between them as real. It won ratings the likes of which WCW had never seen before and even had non-wrestling fans tuning in to see what all the fuss was about.

I dont think MeM will last more than 6 months.

Age has nothing to do with it. Do you expect 23 y/o's to play the part of the Veterens? It's a god damn Veterens/Youngblood storyline, that's part of the reason Cage is not in it (amongst other things). These men are some of the best wrestlers of all time, or well known at least, whether we like it or not.

I actually applaud TNA for grouping them together and trying to drag the young stars up to thier level, something that has sorely been missed from years gone by when TNA was at its best.

 

[J]

ARE YOU NUTS. The Main event Mafia is the best thing to happen to TNA in forever. I been watching TNA for about a month straight now. Where as before the M.E.M. I hadn't watched TNA in a month or two and could have cared less. Now I make sure not to miss an eposide. So how could it have failed. Cuase I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.

 

[Namek]

Booker won the WCW title 5 times in one year? Are you serious?

Jeff Jarrett won it 4 times in like a month and a half.

 

[THE Brian Kendrick's Biceps]

What does the Main Event Mafia have to offer? Well let's see. Sting will turn 50 in March, Nash in July. And Nash has been so badly banged up over the years, he has difficulty standing upright. When he bumps he needs to use the ropes to pull himself back up. Kurt Angle is still mobile, but he's no spring chicken, either at 39. And Booker T, age 43, is showing his age and is barely worthy of being called a main eventer. Does this bunch have the star power to garner the popularity of the Four Horsemen in the 80s or the nWo of the 90s?

The nWo was born in the 90s and was so popular, it eclipsed the Four Horesmen angle that preceded it. Again, all the main players in the angle -- Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan, Sting, Sean Waltman -- were in the primes of their careers, too, with Nash just recently holding the WWF title and Hogan the then reigning WCW champion.

The reason for its popularity was how well it blurred the line between story and reality. The internet was still in its infancy then, so fans couldn't easily distinguish between what was real and what was in storyline. So a lot of wrestling fans saw the invasion and the enmity between them as real. It won ratings the likes of which WCW had never seen before and even had non-wrestling fans tuning in to see what all the fuss was about.

I dont think MeM will last more than 6 months.

Ah, your first paragraph instantly undoes your argument. You open up by saying that the MEM are all old, but you see, that's the whole point to this. The MEM are the older guys, that's what they're meant to be. They're meant to look like older wrestlers who don't want to give up their spots to the youngsters, because they feel they don't deserve it.

The angle is rather simple, yet does a good job at the same time. The young guys fighting them will get a good rub, and as a result look great when finally beating the MEM and ending this thing. You bring up age, but what you fail to mention is that this whole thing is intended to help the younger guys. You say that these people don;t deserve to be main eventing, well this angle will move them down the card a bit, and move the younger guys up effectively.

Your second point is invalid the instant you say Hogan was in his prime. Clearly, Hogan was past it. Once again, I will point out that these guys aren't meant to be in their prime. They are meant to be guys who are trying to hang onto their spots.

You also say that Hogan was in his prime because he was the reigning WCW Champion. Well shit, then I guess Sting is in his prime.

You bringing up the ratings seems highly irrelevant here. It's not like TNA expect this angle to push them up above WWE. They're simply putting on an angle that may gain ratings (though not significant enough to have them topple WWE, obviously), but will mainly set them up for the future by elevating a whole list of new wrestlers. People complain TNA doesn't push their own kind. Well it's happening now.

How long you think the MEM will last is irellevant. A group doesn't 'fail' based on time spent together. And for the record: this angle should last until BFG next year, IMO.

You can say the MEM fail until you're blue in the face. I'm going to go the other way though and say you fail to grasp the concept of this angle, and therefore, you fail.

 

[chessarmy]

^ exactly.

I think you're complaining just for the sake of complaining. The Main Event Mafia are supposed to be old, thats the point of a VETERAN TEAM. BKB said pretty much everything that I have to say, so I'll just tell you this. If you want to complain about something, then don't complain about quite simply the best angle in pro wrestling today. (imo)

 

[phantomgerald]

If MEM doesn't put the younger guys over, then I think it sucks.

 

[_-_-Magnus-_-_]

MEM is making TNA more entertaining than most (not all) of Smackdown and ECW episodes. This is a good move by Russo and company and I feel like they are doing a great job of setting up the young guys to get a huge boost. I don't care how old they are...they are getting the job done.

 

[monkeystyle]

If MEM doesn't put the younger guys over, then I think it sucks.

There are many similarities to this story and the one done with the Millionaires Club in WCW. The WCW angle failed miserable because none of the older guys really ended up putting anyone over. Now of course this WCW angle was conceived by Vince Russo, whom I also would assume is the originator of this storyline. As much as I have disliked Russo in the past, I think maybe he might be trying to do the angle properly here, and actually end it the way the WCW angle should have ended.

 

[Montana]

Shouldn't this thread be titled GOING to fail??

Isn't the idea of the whole Veterns, vs. Young guys, is to fail, and put over the young guys??

How many TNA factions lasted over 6 months????