TNA Tries To Cover Up The Fact Their Main Event Mafia Plans Were Destroyed By WWE; Details On The Angle That Went Wrong

WrestlingNewsWorld.com is reporting that Spike TV requested TNA bring back the Main Event Mafia to increase ratings, which had stopped growing at the rate they were a couple of years ago. This is why Scott Steiner was signed to a new contract with the company.

The day after we broke news of the Main Event Mafia returning, TNA officials were furious but still planned on going forward. On January 26th, I reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium that the return date was scheduled for February 3rd (to go along with the Nielson ratings sweep scheduled for that day) and Kevin Nash had gave a verbal commitment to return. Company officials felt they would be able to get Booker T to return as well although there was an issue over how long of a contract he was willing to sign. TNA was very nervous with neither being officially signed but they were optimistic something would get done before this week's television tapings.

Sometime late last week, Kevin Nash decided not to return to TNA and Booker decided to go with Nash. I'm told Nash was furious that negotiations regarding his TNA contract had leaked online and he felt like the company was trying to sabotage him. Nash reached out to his former employer and WWE flew him to Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday and a deal was worked out for he and Booker T to work Sunday's 40-man Royal Rumble match. TNA was left in a "chaotic state" and re-wrote this week's television tapings and scrapped all plans of a resurrected Main Event Mafia.

The decision was made to turn Fortune on Immortal and use them in place of the Main Event Mafia. As part of the contingency plan, TNA is promoting the angle like they actually surprised the audience when in fact the surprise they had been promoting never happened because they couldn't get any of the original Main Event Mafia members to agree to return.