What’s the Future of the Main Event Mafia?

The addition of Samoa Joe to the Main Event Mafia last week was certainly a surprise.

But what else is in store for the faction?

Considering TNA’s penchant for wild and unexpected booking, expect more wild additions to the faction in the near future.

With Joe, Sting and Kurt Angle in the group currently, it’s obvious that the company wants only former World Champions in the “elite” faction.

So the question is, what former champions are left in the company?

It’s easy to say that Abyss and Sting won’t join the group, as their wild card status is more enjoyable than having them pinned down in a faction. That leaves Austin Aries, Bobby Roode and possibly the long-forgotten Jeff Jarrett as potential members. With Aries the new X-Division champion, ready to cash in the title for an opportunity at the World title, the addition of Aries makes sense. Plus, the guy would be great in a suit, a modern day Tully Blanchard, oozing charisma and ring polish.

The same thing can be said for Roode, who, once upon a time was the longest reigning TNA champ. He, too, like Aries, could use a spruce up creatively. Sting and Angle’s “eyeing” of Roode backstage last week was a damn good hint that Roode will eventually find a home in the gang.

However, while Roode and Aries’ eventual arrival in the MEM are logical, one man’s addition to the group would be monumental and different enough to get some attention.

Jeff Hardy.

It would be like seeing Chris “Bird Man” Andersen in a suit.

Imagine the rebel with dark sunglasses and a decent haircut. The Hunter S. Thomspon of professional wrestling has always been his own man, but sees the power of conformity in order to eliminate the threat of the Aces and Eights. That would be cool.

Hell, if the rotund and mohawked Joe can join the group, why not Hardy? Not the youngster he used to be, it may be time for Hardy to start an image change. While he still sells merchandise and women love him, his biggest supporters look like worn-out Def Leppard fans. All the wrestling fans that grew up watching him are older and working. While hes a relic of the “Attitude” era, those days are over. A clean image and a push maybe the best thing for him in terms of extending his career. You can’t be the wild man forever, Hardy.

The return of the Main Event Mafia may give Hardy an opportunity he won’t have again.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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