10 Worst Factions In Modern Wrestling
7. Aces & Eights
A motorcycle club terrorizing an entire wrestling company was a fresh concept that fans had not seen before. The group known as Aces & Eights in TNA had all the potential in the world to be something special for the long-time second biggest wrestling company in North America. Unfortunately, a series of bad decisions and poor execution would follow the group, preventing the bikers from avoiding a place on this list.
The chief complaint amongst wrestling fans is the decision to unveil Bully Ray as the group leader. From the moment Aces & Eights debuted in TNA, Bully had been their main target. This included constantly being knocked unconscious, having his wedding ruined, and preventing him from winning the TNA Heavyweight Championship.
The next misstep in the history of the group was the underwhelming reveal of the rest of the club that preceded Bully Ray's unveiling. With a cast of Devon, D-Lo Brown, Knux, D.O.C., Wes Brisco and Garrett Bischoff the first to be revealed, it took away much of the excitement of who was behind the masks. Even when Taz was revealed to be part of the group, it just led to him being unbearable on commentary.
In the end, despite Bully’s success as arguably TNA's top heel, once he was unveiled to be the group’s leader, the negatives far outweighed the positives for Aces & Eights. Unfortunately, the legacy of the group is being just another in a long line of missteps in the history of TNA.