Can you guys please keep doing long uploads like this! TNA/Impact is so nostalgic to a lot of us. We would love to see video about: Aces & Eights, Christian Cage TNA Run, The early ppv days
Booker T was the goat man….I watched him from WCW all the way until he stopped wrestling. He shoulda been a multi time WWE Champion! I was so hype when he showed up in the WWF invasion angle
Agreed. Had they stayed the course in building up the talent who knows where impact could’ve gone. Bucks, AJ, joe, angle, sting, lethal, daniels….. the list goes on and they had a nice balance of veterans and young talent.
booker was insane in tna. He would constantly go between his fake British accent and i think at one point blended it with a fake Nigerian accent and his normal voice. He was at peak insanity
The MEM was so awesome. The way it was written, the way it was produced, the great acting. Perc Angle was the GOAT! Some of the best character work from Sting, Angle, and Nash.
The Main Event Mafia was arguably one of the most unique ideas for a faction ever. They took all the best ideas from our favorite factions and set themselves apart.
Even though 2006-2009 was a dark time for Kurt I really think this faction saved his career bc not only could he still go in the ring like a machine but he was able to recreate his character in such a cool way we wanted to see him healthy or not
Classic. Everybody played their roles perfect. Some of the best mic work for everyone. Black Snow was hilarious on commentary. The promo with Kurt on Christian going to WWE was top notch.
This was such a great story... Especially how Kurt Angle got into the ring and brought it full circle from the beginning... This was a beautiful storyline
Man 06-11 Was TNA mania. They had a bunch of talent and story lines I absolutely grew up watching WWE but man when Thursday came TNA definitely lived up to the hype
Do you watch OSW Review? Thats why Impact uploaded this. OSW is doing a story line arc on Main Event Mafia and Impact is capitalizing on the momentum of the series OSW is doing.
This was basically a modern day version of New Blood, similar storyline in WCW in which younger guys were put together on war with older guys. Not suprisingly, Sting, Nash, Booker T and Steiner were all involved heavily in both storylines. However the roles were reversed this time. In WCW, older guys were pushed as faces, while younger guys were pushed as heels. Many saw this as the reason that New Blood storyline was not working out, as it turned audience against the younger guys, including Booker T and Steiner who were members of New Blood, and they cheered for older guys. This time they did the right thing by making older guys heels in war against younger guys. And it totally worked out.
9:54 in this short moment when Booker made the chicken reference I saw Joe try hard not to laugh and Sting put his head down trying as hard as he could not laugh 😂😂😂
I haven't seen that clip since it first happened so I completely forgot he said "RESPECT" that many times 🤣🤣 after the first time he said it I thought he was done, but he said it again and again 😂😂 had me crying bruh 😭😭 Booker T with the african accent was pure gold 💯
I don’t know if people realize just how many stars this stable of the Main Event Mafia elevated. AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, The MCMG, etc. all benefited so greatly from working with and being rivals with these guys
All these guys had won Championships in various Professional Wrestling Promotions before they met The Main Event Mafia. They may have been young, but they were not inexperienced. Still, it is nice to look back at so many Wrestlers that I now see retired or working for WWE, AEW, NJPW, ROH, Impact Wrestling and other Professional Wrestling Promotions.
That's not cool at all, and nobody eve a kid But not it's not right at people. I'm a dead field, and you're the friends and your parents are the first alive I'm going to let you get that Papa feelings and military hurts. It's not right to edit facebook thanks the offers be there Eric, flash off and talk to. Yeah, I don't care do it And to take her Shane undertaker Sally Kane Unlike you stop to other people, you dig about it. You don't take a daddy and Chris Chow a call. Do not do not and do not mcleod do you understand tnot and the best way for you are a little worst 39:24 Undertaker Shane mcmahon Kane mcmahon Vince McMahan vs Linda McMahan gave us an idea for the next week or so much Angele JacklynJackson know from now
This is one of THE greatest factions created . Original & authentic . The storyline was amazing. Can also be reborn today & still have a respectable run .
Brings back memories watching the main Event Mafia in TNA and the amazing talent in the ring especially the Frontline too so much and amazing in TNA back in the past.
It's funny how nostalgia can be. If i remember correctly at the time, the Main Event Mafia was blamed along with Hulk Hogan and Bischoff for pushing older wrestlers instead of the younger guys on the roster, which ended up being one of the reasons for the downfall of TNA.... oh wait, impact wrestling.
@@themastermind5638 Definitely not, we’re were enjoying the Mafia because they were feuding with The Originals over Power and Respect. Admittedly this was Russo’s, so I’ll give him credit on that. After that with Hogan/Bischoff/Flair saga, yeah it was like F**k this lol
I always loved the MEM and getting to relive this is really cool, thanks for uploading this. Only a few minutes into watching when I had to comment, the Uprising vs MEM was a really cool idea but wish they played a bit more on the fact that a lot of the guys involved in the Uprising were mentored at one point or another by the guys in the MEM, Sting and Kurt and AJ, Kevin Nash and the MCMG, Big Papa Pump and Petey. All had really fun story lines before this and could have been used more. You get to see that when Scott joins and he hits everyone with the pipe but Petey.
It's a shame that Kevin and Booker went back to WWE in 2011 and ruined a proper return for them. I dunno about you but Main Event Mafia vs Fortune during that time would have been one of the best dream matches to have ever come out of Impact Wrestling.
I skimmed through the comments before watching the video and saw this comment but I didn't take note of the time-stamp so thought I'd watch the video for myself and see if I could spot the best moment. I'm now at 1:10:10 AND yup! Best moment ever 🤣🤣🤣
I know why i'd rather be pokemon and LY. Did the pool of get a virtual life? I'd like to live in it. Even though I feel like i'm going to get that Unless you're alive and I wanted to get that. I guess i'm more trouble if you wednesday's office be I would like you to live it, and you're saying that report? Why do you live in a state? That's guy taking me out. Sebastian cancel You ain't neat cloud 47:55
Mannn Booker definitely legendary for fighting and commentating but I also wanna say I think we've all did this in our room by ourselves 😂😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🎯 Thanks Booker 🔥🔥🔥😂
I like how Sting included Sharmelle in that initial introduction segment at the beginning. He didn't have to do that. Classy. You could see the appreciation in Booker's face.
also loved that Kevin said: Respect Sharmell! at 1:02:52, really lovely move of him for the Beauty Queen, so I was really disappointed he brought a Thing like Morasca into the Mafia after those words...
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Can you guys please keep doing long uploads like this! TNA/Impact is so nostalgic to a lot of us. We would love to see video about: Aces & Eights, Christian Cage TNA Run, The early ppv days
Impact gang fo lyfeeeee
The World Title match between Nike Aldis vs Alex Shelley should be played in a steel cage at Slammiversary #21.
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Next one should be Team Canada.
How Nash and Angle held it together when Booker T was yelling respect is beyond me i was absolutley cackling
😅
Especially with that African accent 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@deroistewart2548Right why did he have a African accent?!?
Booker needs to yell respect from here on out
You can hear someone snicker at the 1:58 mark
31:23 - Booker T doing his own commentary in the 3rd person, while beating up people in the ring, was absolutely hilarious.
CAN YOU DIG IT, SUCKA ??!!
I was CRYING, he shoulda did that every week😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ong 😂😂😂
Uploading the entire MEM run?! Much *RESPECCC!!*
how does it feel Jay knowing that your arc is probably one of the reasons they made this video
I knew you‘d be here!
Quick Jay! Do a Roxxi retrospective!
Legs
Respeccc
Scott steiner just yelling "HE'S FAT" towards Samoa Joe is great😂😂 Kills me everytime
Booker T doing commentary while he’s beating up guys is the most legendary thing I’ve ever seen
Booker T was the goat man….I watched him from WCW all the way until he stopped wrestling. He shoulda been a multi time WWE Champion! I was so hype when he showed up in the WWF invasion angle
@@philip-op6de 💯💯💯
Imagine if he got beat up, and still commentated. XD
@@datemasamune2904 that would of been hilarious 😂😂😂
It was so horrible
1:41:47 Angle trying to keep it together as soon as Booker T starts talking 😂😂
The Golden Era of TNA. That run from 2007 - 2011 was ridiculous. They had so many stars, they were making so many stars.
no they had wwe stars after their primes minus a few bright lights like aj samoa joe abyss and christopher daniels
@@TheOnlyDTMyeah but 2007-2011 waa definitely peek tna
"You cant work a worker"
Worst line in humankind
Legendary!! Every single episode was off the chain
Agreed. Had they stayed the course in building up the talent who knows where impact could’ve gone. Bucks, AJ, joe, angle, sting, lethal, daniels….. the list goes on and they had a nice balance of veterans and young talent.
Sting walking away like a Boss when the Mafia was jumping Bubba in the Parking Lot was Straight up Gangster. 😂
Yeah I definitely feel that they really should have continued this character development
It was at that moment Sting vs Kurt Angle was coming into fruition.
Back in WCW, Sting & Lex Luger told the fans: "We got free hotdogs & Mountain Dew in the back.." (Sting def wasn't gangster back then lol)
booker was insane in tna. He would constantly go between his fake British accent and i think at one point blended it with a fake Nigerian accent and his normal voice. He was at peak insanity
Tbh I loved him most for that reason he went to pure insanity
His king Booker gimmick
yoooooo ong fr
Book was trying to use his TNA promos as a promo reel for acting
@crazyhayn just watching it now and thought the same thing
Kurt was so high on percs it’s was unreal. What a great time!
No he's old and broke down,all caught up with him
I bet Angle is in alot of pain now tho
@@dreadxplayzs7849 ??
*"RESPECT!"* - Booker T.
King Booker kept saying that Respect in the interview
Respect!
African Booker was hilarious
OSW
yeaa he's amazing at taking on gimmicks for sure. but Ikno I'm the only 1 to notice Booker T had a blunt of 🍃🤣 instead of the traditional cigar💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The MEM was so awesome. The way it was written, the way it was produced, the great acting. Perc Angle was the GOAT! Some of the best character work from Sting, Angle, and Nash.
Booker T with the African accent was too funny bruh.😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
RESPECC!!!😂
Proper respect to all those guys keeping a straight face when he talked. I can't 😂
@@sylvainhaube5063 Respect!
@@sylvainhaube5063 4 Real tho.
The Main Event Mafia was arguably one of the most unique ideas for a faction ever. They took all the best ideas from our favorite factions and set themselves apart.
Just Booker T yelling “RESPECT!!!” everytime someone says it has me dying! Also, “Dinosaur wrestler!!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Guarantee they were smirking off camera
😂😅
😂😂😂
31:27 Booker is a certified gem 😂
I’M BLACK SHNOOOOOWWWWWWW
Even though 2006-2009 was a dark time for Kurt I really think this faction saved his career bc not only could he still go in the ring like a machine but he was able to recreate his character in such a cool way we wanted to see him healthy or not
Their segment with Christian is iconic! TNA was something else between 2005-2009. I wish they could've kept it up afterwards.
Main Event Mafia was incredible. Ended way too soon in my opinion. Kurt did amazing character work as a the Godfather.
They was all kinda past there prime at that point,they couldn't keep up with the younger cats like that
The Main Event Mafia was my very first exposure to all of these legends. This really took me back
“RESPPEECCTT” booker had me rolling 😂🤣
Booker T commentating while beating guys up is priceless!
Kurt went from stalking to being in a faction with Queen Sharmell only in professional wrestling 😂😂😂😂
I was looking for this one 😂😂😂😂😂
Only in professional wrestling 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Wrestling Folks.....WRESTLING 😅😅😅😅 -
BRIAN ZANE
Classic. Everybody played their roles perfect. Some of the best mic work for everyone. Black Snow was hilarious on commentary. The promo with Kurt on Christian going to WWE was top notch.
1:10:00 Outside of Steiner Math, I think this is the most memed Steiner quote in his TNA run 😂
"HE'S FAAAAAAAT"
I'LL MAKE HIM BLEEEED😂😂😂😂
Booker T was hilarious throughout the whole thing
Booker T with the commentary while wrestling is probably the most iconic moment of the MEM for me. Classic!!!😂❤
Facts
It's a professional wrestling all time moment forshure
Booker T was killing me with the “RESPECT” line 😂😂😂😂
Fax💯
Bruh I literally almost died 😂🤣🤣
Booker T is sooooooo funny 😂😂 I love how he talk the African accent and of course the commentator of black snow
Crazy that Angle was in TNA longer than in WWE.
9:50
Book: "You see: in my country..."
ODB: "Bruh"
🤣🤣🤣
I kept saying "You from texas!"
This was such a great story... Especially how Kurt Angle got into the ring and brought it full circle from the beginning... This was a beautiful storyline
I still can't get over that accent coming out of Booker T. 😂😂 One of the best of all time... I love that man
Man 06-11
Was TNA mania.
They had a bunch of talent and story lines
I absolutely grew up watching WWE but man when Thursday came TNA definitely lived up to the hype
Looking back at this run/storyline… I don’t think we gave it enough credit back then. It’s actually a dope storyline
thankfully MarkyD has been covering this era on his channel. So much stuff to remember
Bloodline is basically main event mafia 2.0
@@dbmikeyg255 No way Bloodline is in MEM Level MEM was formed to build new stars. Bloodline is formed for only Roman.
It’s been done already though
You right what a Shane
The concept of this is still top tier. Would love to see another company try it again but in their own way.
Aew is about to
Miss the Main Event Mafia they were part of my childhood thank you TNA/impact wrestling for uploading the entire history
Do you watch OSW Review? Thats why Impact uploaded this. OSW is doing a story line arc on Main Event Mafia and Impact is capitalizing on the momentum of the series OSW is doing.
such a time to be alive. growing up a wrestling fan was the best
Did Booker just call Africa "my country" 😂😂😂
This was basically a modern day version of New Blood, similar storyline in WCW in which younger guys were put together on war with older guys. Not suprisingly, Sting, Nash, Booker T and Steiner were all involved heavily in both storylines. However the roles were reversed this time. In WCW, older guys were pushed as faces, while younger guys were pushed as heels. Many saw this as the reason that New Blood storyline was not working out, as it turned audience against the younger guys, including Booker T and Steiner who were members of New Blood, and they cheered for older guys. This time they did the right thing by making older guys heels in war against younger guys. And it totally worked out.
PERC Angle in FULL BEAN MODE I LOVE THIS ALREADY
That brawl between World Elite, MEM & The Frontline is forever one of the best moments in Impact
I couldn't agree more
I saw it like a "the peak of TNA", man i trust that was a legendary night for all TNA fans
How they didn't break character when Booker was talking I don't know how 😂😂😂 Hilarious!!!😂
@juts_samastoooop😂😂😂😂
RESPECTTTUHHH
No disrespect
The part where Booker T was arguing with the Eric Young and his crew was hilarious n funny lol 😂😂😂😂
Uploading the entire run of the greatest faction of early TNA gives you honor, respect and dignity!!!
Respect!
@@markshaw309 RESPECT!!!
You see jeremiah respecttttttt
@@kennyistiredif it look like a chicken if it talked like a chicken if it gave respect like a chicken ITS A CHICKEN JEREMIAH!
Riisspeeeectttt...!!!!
Steiner is hilarious!!!! “He’s Fat!!!” 😂😂
They were a heel group and still I loved this group back when I was a kid
9:54 in this short moment when Booker made the chicken reference I saw Joe try hard not to laugh and Sting put his head down trying as hard as he could not laugh 😂😂😂
Whah chicken reference?
@@Cblock1985sorry I over shot the time it was back in the 9:54 mark
2:10 BOOKER T IS FREAKING GOLD😭😭😭😭😂😂😂 HOW DID NASH NOT BREAK CHARACTER!?😂😂😂😂
Right Booker with the African accent was too funny.😂
RESPECT 😅
@@reggiewolfpacit threw me off I laughed so hard
RESPECT
I haven't seen that clip since it first happened so I completely forgot he said "RESPECT" that many times 🤣🤣 after the first time he said it I thought he was done, but he said it again and again 😂😂 had me crying bruh 😭😭 Booker T with the african accent was pure gold 💯
1:34:30 The lack of effort Bubba Ray putting in with them chair shots 🤣🤣🤣
😅😅😅 he looked bored hitting the chair!
Man TNA in the early 2000’s was on another level!! Don west (RIP) and Mike Tenay made watching TNA feel so legit
It's amazing that all the members of the main event mafia are in the WWE Hall of Fame.
I don’t know if people realize just how many stars this stable of the Main Event Mafia elevated. AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, The MCMG, etc. all benefited so greatly from working with and being rivals with these guys
All these guys had won Championships in various Professional Wrestling Promotions before they met The Main Event Mafia. They may have been young, but they were not inexperienced. Still, it is nice to look back at so many Wrestlers that I now see retired or working for WWE, AEW, NJPW, ROH, Impact Wrestling and other Professional Wrestling Promotions.
Kurt was sweating profusely 😂😂
When booker T was commentating while fighting, LEGENDARY 😭
I'm split between that and Steiner being the ring announcer
"HAILING FROM DUNKIN DONUTS, FROM THE GREAT STATE OF OBESITY!"
Booker laughing mad at Scott steiner 😂😂😂
This is the one of the most absurd yet greatest arcs of all time. The Joker Sting arc was my personal favorite. Thank you Impact.
agree
That's not cool at all, and nobody eve a kid But not it's not right at people. I'm a dead field, and you're the friends and your parents are the first alive I'm going to let you get that Papa feelings and military hurts. It's not right to edit facebook thanks the offers be there Eric, flash off and talk to. Yeah, I don't care do it And to take her Shane undertaker Sally Kane
Unlike you stop to other people, you dig about it. You don't take a daddy and Chris Chow a call. Do not do not and do not mcleod do you understand tnot and the best way for you are a little worst 39:24
Undertaker Shane mcmahon Kane mcmahon Vince McMahan vs Linda McMahan gave us an idea for the next week or so much Angele JacklynJackson know from now
@@jacklynjackson4240bruh what???
@@jacklynjackson4240😂😂😅😅
The Sting vs. Kurt Angle rival was something else n also crazy n hilarious at the same time especially Kurt Angle lol 😂😂😎😎
MEM was amazing. Thank you for uploading this legendary era in TNA
Big Poppa Pumps ring abouncing is absolutley comedy gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When booker t came in with the mic nd was commentating 😂😂😂😂 31:20
This is one of THE greatest factions created . Original & authentic . The storyline was amazing. Can also be reborn today & still have a respectable run .
Brings back memories watching the main Event Mafia in TNA and the amazing talent in the ring especially the Frontline too so much and amazing in TNA back in the past.
legendary moment right here at 28:59…perc angle in his natural habitat 🙏🏽
P(erc)ak Angle
I’d love to see you guys keep doing this with all your other big factions. Aces & Eights and LAX mostly
One of The Greatest Underrated Wrestling Faction of All Time
It's funny how nostalgia can be. If i remember correctly at the time, the Main Event Mafia was blamed along with Hulk Hogan and Bischoff for pushing older wrestlers instead of the younger guys on the roster, which ended up being one of the reasons for the downfall of TNA.... oh wait, impact wrestling.
@@themastermind5638 Definitely not, we’re were enjoying the Mafia because they were feuding with The Originals over Power and Respect. Admittedly this was Russo’s, so I’ll give him credit on that. After that with Hogan/Bischoff/Flair saga, yeah it was like F**k this lol
@@themastermind5638sounds familiar
I always loved the MEM and getting to relive this is really cool, thanks for uploading this. Only a few minutes into watching when I had to comment, the Uprising vs MEM was a really cool idea but wish they played a bit more on the fact that a lot of the guys involved in the Uprising were mentored at one point or another by the guys in the MEM, Sting and Kurt and AJ, Kevin Nash and the MCMG, Big Papa Pump and Petey. All had really fun story lines before this and could have been used more. You get to see that when Scott joins and he hits everyone with the pipe but Petey.
Booker T was obviously having fun
"No one messes with The Main Event Mafia. YEAH!!!"
So much respect for uploading this Impact
RESPECT
RESPECT!
RESPECT!!!
RESPECT!!!!
😭😭😭😭😭
30:00 The single greatest clip in the whole storyline. Classic Big Poppa Pump. Respect! 😂
It's a shame that Kevin and Booker went back to WWE in 2011 and ruined a proper return for them. I dunno about you but Main Event Mafia vs Fortune during that time would have been one of the best dream matches to have ever come out of Impact Wrestling.
100% agreed upon!
“Booker is setting up the kick! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh”😂😂😂I was dying.
I love seeing the entire MEM story got uploaded. It really was one of the coolest things to happen to TNA.
Booker t doing commentary on the mic while fighting was hilarious 😂😂😂
Booker T running his own commentary😂 31:38
9:50 “In my country,” of Houston, Texas 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You see here Jeremiah 😂😂😂😂
You gotta love Booker and that accent
This era of Impact is Golden!!! Some of the best promos out there till this day
29:06 One of the greatest moments in Impact history, and you know that!
Yeaaaaah
Really the only reason we included that moment was for the YEAAHHHHHHHHHH.
@@tnawrestlingYEAAAAHHHH
@@tnawrestling I did a comment.
Yeahhhhhhhh
Booker T saying RESPECT was great!😂
Booker T was hilarious with MEM 😂
Booker adlibing Kevin is too funny 😂
1:10:03 is the one of the greatest moments in TNA/iMPACT history
I skimmed through the comments before watching the video and saw this comment but I didn't take note of the time-stamp so thought I'd watch the video for myself and see if I could spot the best moment.
I'm now at 1:10:10 AND yup! Best moment ever 🤣🤣🤣
Chiseled Adonis bought this meme before
I know why i'd rather be pokemon and LY. Did the pool of get a virtual life? I'd like to live in it. Even though I feel like i'm going to get that Unless you're alive and I wanted to get that. I guess i'm more trouble if you wednesday's office be I would like you to live it, and you're saying that report? Why do you live in a state?
That's guy taking me out. Sebastian cancel You ain't neat cloud 47:55
Mannn Booker definitely legendary for fighting and commentating but I also wanna say I think we've all did this in our room by ourselves 😂😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🎯 Thanks Booker 🔥🔥🔥😂
Ong 😂😂😂
Wow soo much memories this definitely was a high point for TNA wrestling 💯🙌🏾
Booker T saying “Respect” in that accent had me hollering🤣🤣 I don’t get how Nash and Angle didn’t bust out laughing I know I would have 😂😂
Can’t help but notice this is perfectly timed with OSWs recent story arc…
Booker T was talking like Bernie Mac in the 3rd interview lol 😂😂😂😂
Kurt Angle was sensational in his MEM role.
1:41:40 Kurt trying his best to contain his laughter after Booker T goes off 😅
Booker is mad funny in the beginning 😂😂
Sting made it even more interesting because he was never down for the backstage beat downs, he was always trying to settle it in the ring.
Thank you TNA!! For the Complete History of the Main Event Mafia!! Gonna binge-watch all of these for sure, which is now
This group was very popular in those times. There will be no other groups that can surpass it.
Booker's accent, I can't 😂😂😂
I love this video. I was a lapsed fan for about 15 years and I missed this entire thing. Can’t wait to watch more TNA Angle matches.
One of TNA's greatest factions. I miss that. TNA was at its best then. 5 great Legends
I like how Sting included Sharmelle in that initial introduction segment at the beginning. He didn't have to do that. Classy. You could see the appreciation in Booker's face.
also loved that Kevin said: Respect Sharmell! at 1:02:52, really lovely move of him for the Beauty Queen, so I was really disappointed he brought a Thing like Morasca into the Mafia after those words...