Kurt Angle, Sting, Booker T and Kevin Nash formed a villainous alliance called the Main Event Mafia, whose aim was to teach the younger stars of TNA about respect.

Because of the attack, Cage’s real life friend Rhino joined the younger talent, becoming leader and changing the name to The TNA Front Line.

Eventually, Samoa Joe turned on his friends by helping Kurt Angle reclaim the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary, joining the Main Event Mafia in the process.

During their 10-man tag team match against The British Invasion, Kiyoshi, and Sheik Abdul Bashir, Young turned against his teammates by attacking Styles and aligned himself with their opponents.

All the remaining members of the TNA Originals then moved on to separate feuds and story lines and have not appeared together as a team since the emergence of the World Elite.

Through most of 2010 and 2011, Styles, Roode, and Storm, as well as Kazarian, joined at differing points by others including Christopher Daniels, became the stable Fortune, whose character purpose was similar to the Originals, fighting as the young guys facing the more established stars.

In 2008, the Baltimore Sun argued that the TNA Originals feud with the Main Event Mafia was "about as compelling as the basketball rivalry between the Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals".

[1] Editor Kevin Eck suggested that while "A victory by a TNA Original over a MEM member would be a bigger upset than if the winless Detroit Lions knocked off the unbeaten Tennessee Titans on Thanksgiving", it was unclear that fans would care.