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 Kurt Angle, 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 Steiner, Samoa Joe, 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 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 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. The group originally disbanded in 2010
In June of 2013, Sting announced the return of a new Main Event Mafia, returning as a heroic stable after one year of war between the TNA roster and the Aces & Eights being the villains of the storyline. The group so far includes past members of the original Main Event Mafia; Sting, Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe.
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