10 Times Impact Wrestling Went Too Far
7. NasTNA
The year was 2010. And that's where this f*cking entry should end, to be completely honest.
Debuting on the very first edition of Impact under Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff’s on and off-screen stewardship, The Nasty Boys rabble-roused from the off by smashing up Team 3D's dressing room. It set up a match against the duo at January’s Against All Odds pay-per-view which they won following the interference of their returning manager Jimmy Hart.
It followed a win over the makeshift pairing of Eric Young and Kevin Nash on Impact weeks earlier, in which Young visibly had to pull himself up for the match-winning pumphandle slam by the beleaguered and desperately out-of-shape Sags. TNA had all-too-often been the place where old former WWE stars had been permitted to run rampant over loyal homegrown talents, but the ancient former Tag Team Champions were an embarrassment beyond the usual low standards.
Hogan’s influence only stretched so far, with the Nasties allegedly let go from the group just four months into their run after drunkenly misbehaving at a Spike TV function in front of the company executives. What happened in front of the camera still seemed substantially more humiliating for all concerned.
If - and this if is as big as Brian Knobbs' duster - this wasn't the worst example of 'The Hulkster's nepotism, this next entry most definitely was...