Sep 18, 6:06 PM
Kurt Angle picks a modern-day version of TNA’s Main Event Mafia
Cageside Seats • TNA
Before someone asks, yes, it’s been a bit of a slow news day. But we’re wrestling fans, and we’ve been known to enjoy fantasy booking and other speculative exercises. Plus, anything is better than another “Mount Rushmore”, amirite? Just me? Alright, moving on… Olympic gold medalist and WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle did an interview recently (it’s on The Men’s Journal website, but credited to Gambling.com, so…) in which he talked about his TNA stable from the late aughts. Formed in 2008, the Main Event Mafia began as a group of men who’d had multiple World title runs in numerous top companies, with Angle leading Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner, Sting, and Booker T. Samoa Joe would join the group’s initial incarnation in 2009, and in 2013 Magnus (aka Nick Aldis) joined its second. Angle was asked who he’d cast in a reboot of the Main Event Mafia made up of “only currently active wrestlers from any company”. His picks? “Ooh, man, I’d have to pick four members. I would say Roman Reigns, definite