Who should Booker/Steiner work their last TNA program against

[johnbragg]

Ok, so based on what we read on the Internet, Steiner and Booker are both looking to leave TNA soon.

If you were Dixie Carter/Vince Russo, who would you have Booker's last program with? Steiner's last program? (I assume you break up the tag team. But if you want, you could keep it.)

LetEmKnow, I expect your wrestling genius to come up with the best answer since TNA has all those young stars ready to go.

Me?

For Steiner, I had already decided that I would bring back Pete Williams as Steiner's protege. Steiner talks about how he knows he doesn't have much time left, so he needs someone else to carry the chainmail hat. Steiner manages Williams for some matches, have some Steiner-Williams tag matches where Williams carries the team, and bring back and rebuild a TNA midcarder.

For Booker, maybe use the African persona, wedge himself into World Elite, and ultimately set up a program against Eric Young where Young goes over Booker.

 

[Jimmbo420]

i would have them stay as a team and fued with beer money for the tag titles, and have beer money go over them.

to go with this sort of passing the torch type of feel TNA has had as of late

 

[Super Crazy]

What you could do is have these respectfully feud with one another. These two were the last champions of WCW. They could work a short program against beer money and turn on ea9h other and then feud.

 

[Kenny Powers]

I would like to see either Beer Money or MCMG. Maybe they can feud with Beer Money, then Beer Money can feud with Motor City. I don't think Steiner and Book will have the titles after Bound For Glory anyway.

 

[johnbragg]

What you could do is have these respectfully feud with one another. These two were the last champions of WCW. They could work a short program against beer money
and turn on ea9h other and then feud.

Wasn't the whole point of having the big-name veterans in TNA to give the rub to the future stars of TNA? I am really curious as to who the TNA fans/marks would want Booker and Steiner to elevate on their way out.

Beer Money really doesn't gain anything by beating Booker&Steiner. BMI are already one of the top teams in TNA.

Doesn't having them feud with each other waste the opportunity to build someone new? You guys are looking at losing Booker, Steiner and Sting by springtime.

 

[Super Crazy]

Wasn't the whole point of having the big-name veterans in TNA to give the rub to the future stars of TNA? I am really curious as to who the TNA fans/marks would want Booker and Steiner to elevate on their way out.

Beer Money really doesn't gain anything by beating Booker&Steiner. BMI are already one of the top teams in TNA.

Doesn't having them feud with each other waste the opportunity to build someone new? You guys are looking at losing Booker, Steiner and Sting by springtime.

That is true. But to be honest I am not sure who could work a believable program with either and become elevated to the next level. The only guys I see right now that could be main eventing within the next year is Hernandez Matt Morgan and EY. I know Morgan is already main eventing but I mean really main eventing as in one on one for the championship. Other then that I am not sure who they can build. Samoa Joe is being built as the X Division champ right now so that doesn't work out. They could elevate Beer Money and break them up as I'm sure Robert Roode and James Storm would do great in the main event. I know breaking up another team is not a good thing to do but I am not sure what they can do really.

All I know is that I do not see these guys getting an amazing send off. I imagine they will drop the belts and just not appear anymore. Steiner....while he may or may not deserve a send off I doubt he will receieve one as Sting is the focus with the potential retirement and such.

I was merely suggesting they feud with each other because I hadn't had time to really think on it. But I am sure TNA creative will do the right thing and hopefully elevate some people. Hopefully Eric Young.

 

[Alundarn]

I would make it more of an entire angle arch instead of just the standard "give a rub on the way out" stuff. Basically I'd use it as part of a storyline to break up the Main Event Mafia. Something like this:

Continue the collapse of communication between the MEM and World Elite to the point where it's a full-blown feud between the two factions. Have the announcers stress that the MEM are now fighting a war on multiple fronts (the World Elite, Matt Morgan, Lashley, etc.). This goes extremely well with the random riots breaking out that they've been doing lately. At the November Pay-Per-View, have the British Invasion go over Booker/Steiner after a very long match, a very intense match that once over sees the entire World Elite come down and destroy Booker and Steiner. Just absolutely destroy them with beatings, weapons, the whole nine yards. Then have them stretchered out.

Later in the Pay-Per-View, Morgan goes over Nash with the Carbon Footprint. It's important that it is the Carbon Footprint and not the Hellevator, because a few minutes later you run a backstage interview with Angle and Samoa Joe saying that the move gave Nash a severe concussion and he had to be taken to the hospital. Angle then tells Joe that they are the only ones left.

Angle goes out and has a match for the World title against AJ Styles, a very competitive match that features your standard "Whoops, ref just got killed" spot. Angle goes for a chair with the ref down, and the World Elite runs down. Angle tries to fight back but is overwhelmed. Samoa Joe runs down with a pipe and clears the ring of the WE. He tosses the pipe out of the ring and Angle smiles at him as he gets back up. Joe just stares at him. Taz suddenly gets up from the announce position and gets in the ring with a mic behind Angle. Taz looks at Joe, Joe looks at Taz, and Taz says into the mic, "Joe....now." Joe grabs Angle, hits the Muscle Buster, and pulls AJ Styles on top of Angle. Ref wakes up, makes the three count, Styles retains.

This basically accomplishes the usual jobbing when leaving by Booker, allows Steiner to come back a few weeks later as a face for a retirement speech if he's really retiring, and advances a major storyline all at the same time.

 

[Borgata]

Booker is done in Nov, so whatever they decide they need to do it pretty quick but this is TNA and probably F it up. However with Booker leaving, Steiner pretty much done and Angle looking to potentially head back to WWE, the MEM would pretty much be done. Who is the strong mid-card leadership to fulfill the overall duties of the company??

 

[S.O.B. Radio]

Booker is done in Nov, so whatever they decide they need to do it pretty quick but this is TNA and probably F it up. However with Booker leaving, Steiner pretty much done and Angle looking to potentially head back to WWE, the MEM would pretty much be done. Who is the strong mid-card leadership to fulfill the overall duties of the company??

I never thought that I would be reading that Booker T will be heading back to WWE. I thought when he exited, it was on much worse terms than Christian ever left them. Christian left on excellent terms which was an easy decision for WWE to bring him back. Booker T and Kurt Angle both left WWE on less than stellar terms. If WWE does bring back Booker T, then I would not be surprised to see Kurt Angle return at some point in time. However with Angle getting more power when it involves TNA overall, you might have a better chance of Jeff Jarrett returning to WWE before you ever see Kurt Angle.

 

[Lancer]

I would like to see the Motor City Machineguns get a shot at the Tag titles. They could really benefit from the rub, and Booker and Steiner have nothing to fear by jobbing to them...as both are essentially at the end of their careers. Beer Money and The British Invasion are already established tag teams who really don't need much more of a push.

The program could start by the Guns badmouthing Booker and Steiner from their announce table, with of course the champs taking offense to this and inviting them to a match. You could even have a 4-way Tag Team Championship match at Bound For Glory with the Guns, Booker / Steiner, Beer Money, and the Brits. MCMG could come out of that the champs and surprise winners.

 

[theoneandonlymrellis]

I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD WORK THEIR LAST PROGRAM AGAINST THE MAIN EVENT MAFIA AS IF THEY WERE BEING PUT OUT OF THE GROUP AND OUT OF TNA. ITS NOT LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO DO AS IF THEY WERE RETIRING THEM. I MEAN WHEN GAIL KIM LEFT THEY PUT IT AS IF SHE WAS GETTING BEAT BY AWESOME KONG SO BAD THAT SHE WANTED TO GO HER SEPERATE WAYS WITH THE COMPANY.

 

[NSL]

I remember reading a long time ago that TNA liked the idea of using Beer Money Inc. to "retire" teams. With Steiner possibly retiring, and Booker leaving for "greener" pastures, I'm pretty sure this would be the best route. Roode and Storm would be a good home for the belts, and they would carry a few solid matches before dumping the old men unceremoniously on the welcome mat outside the Impact Zone.

 

[RKORULZCENASUX]

I don t see Booker T leaving TNA and they will most likely work something out and keep him same with Steiner as well TNA now needs them since Flabby Flair doesn t want to head toT NA

 

[TellMeWhy]

Ok, so based on what we read on the Internet, Steiner and Booker are both looking to leave TNA soon.

If you were Dixie Carter/Vince Russo, who would you have Booker's last program with? Steiner's last program? (I assume you break up the tag team. But if you want, you could keep it.)

LetEmKnow, I expect your wrestling genius to come up with the best answer since TNA has all those young stars ready to go.

Me?

For Steiner, I had already decided that I would bring back Pete Williams as Steiner's protege. Steiner talks about how he knows he doesn't have much time left, so he needs someone else to carry the chainmail hat. Steiner manages Williams for some matches, have some Steiner-Williams tag matches where Williams carries the team, and bring back and rebuild a TNA midcarder.

For Booker, maybe use the African persona, wedge himself into World Elite, and ultimately set up a program against Eric Young where Young goes over Booker.

To answer your question, I don't know who specifically but I'd suggest that the MEM lose their heat to the World Elite as the most dominant heel stable. So I'd book Booker T and Steiner in a feud with the British Invasion where Booker & Steiner are the faces and where British Invasion are the heels and they can go with a Legend killer type of angle. And then post match, the BI and the rest of the world elite come down and beat down Booker & Steiner. After that, I'd have Booker as a face feud with Kiyoshi or Sheik by himself and have Steiner as a face go against Homocide or someone and have them put over those WE members. Eventually, Book & Steiner will fade out and then I'll have Eric Young and the rest of the world elite try to go against Nash, Joe, and then leave the American hero Kurt Angle for last.

I'd book everything in a way so WE can take the torch and take the claim from MEM as being the most dominant heel entity.

 

[johnbragg]

Huh. I really saw TNA's tag team scene as doing just fine, while the singles scene needed work. But the feedback I'm getting is to use Team Final Nitro's exit to build up Beer Money or British Invasion or maybe MCMG.

If the rumors are true, most of you will get your wish, as it looks like Booker checks out after Bound For Glory. I think British Invasion makes sense to win the four-team CF, since they need the belt-boost more than Beer Money or 3D. And having some gold would give World Elite much-needed legitimacy. MEM loses the tag titles and loses Booker.

I think at that point World Elite takes a big step when they ally with Samoa Joe and he goes for the World Championship.

 

[MisterRob]

Who should they feud with on their way out? Who cares? That's the sad truth of it. This whole Main Event Mafia storyline has gotten so off track that it doesn't even matter anymore and any value Booker T and Scott Steiner could've had giving someone a rub is gone, in my opinion. What happened to the Frontline? What happened to the TNA stars fighting the war against the Main Event Mafia? It's non existent now. The Mafia is just another stable now in TNA, spread out doing their own thing and really having lost the importance the storyline had when it first started. Now there's really no pay off from young stars facing the Mafai in a big send off to the storyline and overcoming the odds, because te direction's been so lost and is now moot. I couldn't care less, as a fan, who Booker T and Scott Steiner lose the tag titles to. I don't even care that they'll be gone.

I'd give the titles to Beer Money or the British Invasion and start turning the tag team focus somewhere else. It's over!

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Who should they feud with on their way out? Who cares? That's the sad truth of it. This whole Main Event Mafia storyline has gotten so off track that it doesn't even matter anymore and any value Booker T and Scott Steiner could've had giving someone a rub is gone, in my opinion. What happened to the Frontline? What happened to the TNA stars fighting the war against the Main Event Mafia? It's non existent now. The Mafia is just another stable now in TNA, spread out doing their own thing and really having lost the importance the storyline had when it first started. Now there's really no pay off from young stars facing the Mafai in a big send off to the storyline and overcoming the odds, because te direction's been so lost and is now moot. I couldn't care less, as a fan, who Booker T and Scott Steiner lose the tag titles to. I don't even care that they'll be gone.

I'd give the titles to Beer Money or the British Invasion and start turning the tag team focus somewhere else. It's over!

Yeah, I pretty much have to agree with you on this. The sad fact is that I don't care. I haven't really cared since Steiner and Booker formed a team, let alone won the tag titles. But, as of now, the bloom is most definitely off the rose with anything concerning the MEM. Steiner and Booker are supposedly leaving, Kevin Nash is doing some sort of mercenary for hire gig that seems to fit right up his alley, Samoa Joe is...well Joe so take that for what it's worth.

I'd probably also give the titles to either Beer Money or the British Invasion. I'd also send the IWGP tag titles back to New Japan. The BI's been carryin' them around for 3 months and have defended them once I think.

 

[johnbragg]

Names I'm a little suprised I haven't heard from the TNA guys:

Robert Roode in a singles match--Beer Money either takes the titles or at least puts Booker on a stretcher while British Invasion takes the belts, Steiner and Roode have an issue.
Kazarian (without the mask)
Eric Young
Abyss, maybe? Retire Steiner with a brutal beating and plant some seeds for Abyss vs Angle?
Homicide?

This is what people mean when they talk about TNA's bench being thin. Retiring Scott Steiner's TNA character should move you into World Title contention. But who has TNA groomed to the point where they're ready to take that step? Matt Morgan has taken that step, you brought in Bobby Lashley pretty much at that spot.