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Aces And Eights

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Name:

Aces And Eights

Members:

Promotions:

TNA

Years:

2012 - 2013

Notes

- In der IMPACT Wrestling-Ausgabe vom 14.06.2012 attackierte eine Gruppe von maskierten Männern Sting. In den Wochen darauf nannte sich die Biker-Gang Aces And Eights.
- Nach dem die Gruppierung in den Wochen und Monaten darauf immer wieder Leute wie Hulk Hogan oder Joseph Park ausschalteten, sollte es bei Bound For Glory am 14.10.2012 zum ersten Match des Stables kommen. Durch einen Sieg gegen Sting und Bully Ray erhielten Aces And Eights uneingeschränkten Zugang zur IMPACT Zone.
- Am selben Abend wurde mit Devon das erste Mitglied des Stables demaskiert.
- Bei IMPACT Wrestling am 01.11.2012 wurde mit DOC das nächste Gang-Mitglied offenbart, als dieser von Joseph Park demaskiert wurde.
- Bei der ersten IMPACT Wrestling-Ausgabe 2013 demaskierten Sting, Kurt Angle und Samoa Joe das nächste Stable-Mitglied: Knux.
- Zur gleichen Zeit versuchte die Gruppierung Mr. Anderson als neues Gruppenmitglied zu gewinnen. Nach dem sich dieser zunächst unentschlossen zeigte, trat er am 24.01.2013 erstmals offiziell in Aces And Eights-Kluft auf.
- Bei der Hochzeit von Bully Ray und Brooke Hogan entpuppte sich Taz selbst als neues Mitglied von A&8s.
- Bei den IMPACT Wrestling-Tapings in Manchester, England am 25.01.2013 attackierte zunächst Garett Bischoff, und dann auch Wes Brisco Kurt Angle, wonach sich beide als Aces And Eights-Mitglieder zu erkennen gaben.
- Bei der IMPACT Wrestling-Ausgabe vom 7.3.2013 wurde D-Lo Brown von Kurt Angle als Vizepräsident der Gruppierung enthüllt. Eine Woche zuvor war Angle ins Clubhaus der Aces And Eights eingebrochen und hatte dort Brown demaskiert.
- Bei Lockdown 2013 verhalfen Aces And Eights Bully Ray zum Gewinn des TNA World Heavyweight Titles. Danach entpuppte sich der neue Champion selbst als Präsident des Stables.
- Nachdem sein Vertrag mit TNA im Juli 2013 ausgelaufen ist, verließ DOC die Liga und damit auch Aces And Eights.
- Am 29.8.2013 führte Präsident Bully Ray offiziell Tito Ortiz in die Gruppe ein.
- Am 21.11.2013 bestritt Mr. Anderson, der zwischenzeitlich die Gruppierung verlassen hatte, ein Match gegen Bully Ray, in dem neben Andersons Karriere auch die Zukunft das Stables auf dem Spiel stand. Anderson gewann weshalb sich die Biker-Gang auflösen musste.

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Number of comments: 33

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Average rating: 4.79 [75]

Average rating in 2025: 4.50 [2]

Average rating in 2024: 6.14 [7]

Average rating in 2023: 4.90 [10]

Average rating in 2022: 5.08 [12]

Average rating in 2021: 4.00 [3]

Average rating in 2019: 2.00 [2]

Average rating in 2018: 6.00 [2]

Average rating in 2017: 4.00 [1]

Average rating in 2016: 4.00 [5]

Average rating in 2015: 4.29 [7]

Average rating in 2014: 3.67 [6]

Average rating in 2013: 5.17 [18]

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cfcrusader wrote on 11.08.2025:

[5.0] "They could have been one of the best factions in TNA history. I thought the Bully Ray reveal was top notch, and we got a few other really awesome moments such as Sabin briefly winning the title. They had a great name, logo, and theme song. Unfortunately, a lot of the members were quite frankly... mid. They needed a few young stars that could be elevated from their time here (imagine if someone like Jason Hotch was around back then? )."

Brando Calrissian wrote on 12.11.2024:

[5.0] "Aces & Eights had a whole lot of positive, especially early on when all of the members were mysterious and unknown. The segments being all cinematic was like prototype Lucha Underground which made it feel so different unique. But then when the unmaskings started, it only made it feel less big and important. And then this was followed by the reveal of Bully Ray as the president, which was a super well done angle and reveal. But then after that the group began to loose steam. It could have been so cool and epic, but it was full of potential that quickly got ruined."

Zak22 wrote on 11.11.2024:

[4.0] "Loved it as an 11-12 year old but looking back, it was so poorly executed, only Bully Ray was worth watching, it went to long and the promise was better than the actual delivery."

WrestlingGuru wrote on 26.05.2024:

[8.0] "One of the best and most exciting gimmicks in TNA during a particular bad abtch. This started out being so exciting with all the members coving their faces and hiding their identities to be discovered gradually. Very cool, it was obvious Bully Ray was the leader buts till popped hard for it when it was revealed."

ChikawaStyle wrote on 23.05.2024:

[8.0] "I really want to like this stable as it is very much a highlight in the tail end of TNA being relevant until very recently, so im gonna double down here and say i actually really like A88A. sure it's a complete ripoff of the very popular show at the time, sons of anarchy; sure, its cast can be arguably to be very much the worst line up of all time when you combine Wes Briscoe, Garett Bischoff, Knux, and Gallus; sure, it completely fizzled out at the end when an unsastifying blow off. It is still important to recognize some of the upsides of this stable. Bully Ray, despite him as a person, was one of the best TNA champions as the leader of Aces and Eights. Great mic work really stringed the whole group together and produce some great angles and moments, such as the Taz "is it hot in here", Brooke Hogan being Brooke Hogan, the "my balls Taz", and the legendary tito ortiz's bold head. This was a center point of TNA, and compare to 10-10-10 and immortal, compare to GFW, this is miles above that."

kewf1988 wrote on 15.12.2023:

[4.0] "This stable had a lot of potential in 2012, but the unmaskings and reveals in late 2012 and early 2013 which were Doc, Knux, Wes Brisco, Garett Bischoff, D'Lo Brown, and D'Von, as well as Tazz as their heel announcer, killed momentum until Bully won the title, and then there were numerous lineup changes and an unnecessary short title reign from Chris Sabin in between Bully's two title reigns. The potential in the summer of 2012 and Bully's mic work as the heel champ leader carry them to a 4, as the lineup outside of Bully was atrocious and the booking of the group was really bad."

Okaro143 wrote on 12.04.2023:

[3.0] "The idea of Aces and Eights was good and it was a really hot angle for TNA. Unfortunately the faction didn't have a lasting impact both as a group and individually. Bully won the World Championship but other than that, nothing big came off such a huge angle, everyone in Aces and Eights got burried after the team disbanded and other than Bully, Gallows, DVon, none of them quite fit the group nor did they benefit a lot from it especially the younger talents. Another big issue I have is that the talent of the group wasn't that great."

crs285 wrote on 21.08.2022:

[6.0] "When Aces and Eights started it seemed really interesting. The mystery of who the masked men were was one of the most interesting thing TNA had in years. The longer it went on the more it lost momentum. Wish they had found better members to go along with Gallows and Team 3D. Bully Ray being revealed as the leader was the last good moment the stable had before it's collapse and disbandment."

5nicoShuffle wrote on 07.01.2022:

[4.0] "Actually was quite a hot angle for TNA at the time. I for one was caught up in it, and was looking forward to the next unmasking. Although, certain things about this gimmick didn't make a lot of sense - like allowing these ultra-violent bikers into your company to kidnap & beat up your talent with hammers. The payoff ultimately was pretty lame; Bully Ray trying to justify his months of teaming against & beating up his comrades, pathetic crew members (Bischoff & Brisco especially), the MMA guys, and even the faction feud against MEM were pretty weak. Best parts I guess were the infighting, and Bully Ray getting over as quite a worthy World Champion."

Muggo wrote on 07.01.2022:

[4.0] "Aces and Eights has a lot of highs, but a lot of lows. Their first few months were great, but it went downhill when the members were revealed, and none of them had any name value in 2012/13. But it took a huge upswing when Bully Ray was revealed as the leader and won the world title. But then it became awful again until it's demise in late 2013. Oh, also Tito Ortiz happened, which was stupid and no one knew who he was."

KyleEnjoysWrestling wrote on 15.08.2019:

[1.0] "A top reason why TNA completely fell off a cliff during this time period. People (including me) were tuning out of TNA at this time & the overbearing nature of this failure group was a big reason for that. From the Main Event Mafia, to Immortal, to Fortune... it always felt like Dixie was going to find her version of the NWO or was going to kill TNA trying. Unfortunately, it ended up being the latter."

The Chosen One wrote on 09.06.2016:

[3.0] "This stable was just a mess. It started off fine like it was a NWO 2. 0 but like most stables with this many wrestlers it got crappy really quickly. In my opinion they never had any good matches or promos or anything. Most of the members were horrible and generic as well. Overall I would rate them a 3/10."

DanTalksRasslin wrote on 15.04.2015:

[5.0] "The group had a lot of potential to be a memorable stable, but lost too many big matches in the early going to really be perceived as a serious threat. Some of the members' reveals worked well, including the separate reveals of Devon and, as leader, Bully Ray; some were underwhelming, as with Garett Bischoff, and some were just puzzling, as with Tito Ortiz. It seemed that DOC was going to be the group's breakout star, but left the company before anything could come of it (although it perhaps helped propel him to his current success in New Japan). Not a bad idea for a stable, but the awful booking ultimately sunk it."

Perko27 wrote on 29.09.2014:

[3.0] "It started off so well for this stable until they began to unmask, then it just turned I to the 'The peoe who didn't get anywhere in the WWE' faction"

koeddylaemmle wrote on 29.01.2014:

[2.0] "Horribly booked, every debut felt like let down after let down. D-Lo Brown was a pointless member. Wes Brisco and Garrett Bischoff were lame reveals. DOC stood a chance to breaking out in or out of the group but TNA didn't really seem to know what to do with him, and less can even be said for Knux who probably didn't need brought in at all. Anderson had his moments and Bully Ray was great. Taz stunk up the commentary position even more and actually seemed to no longer be trying at his job. And nothing can do just how terrible this TNA run for Tito Ortiz was, god awful stuff that definitely helped drive away even more of their audience and helped dig TNA's death bed."

daniel cassidy wrote on 06.12.2013:

[0.0] "Aces & Eights have always been awful. The concept was not original, nothing they did in their run was original, none of their matches were memorable, and they honestly killed Impact Wrestling dead. Bully Ray's involvement made them slightly tolerable, but the fact that their break-up teasing was more entertaining than anything else they ever did speaks in volumes. Aces & Eights were one of the worst things to ever happen to wrestling."

HammertonWay wrote on 24.11.2013:

[6.0] "Aces and Eights were an interesting concept, which had some good parts and some bad parts. What was good about them was that they pushed wrestlers that you wouldn't of pictured into the limelight, giving them a chance to show what they were made of. Bully Ray became one of the best heels of the year, and show me that he deserved a world title run. What was bad was that other than Bully Ray, Devon & Mr Anderson, everyone else weren't really all that special. The were decent wrestlers at best, but all they were really were just lackeys. The inclusion of Tito Ortiz was the worst, as he added nothing to the faction. In the end, Aces and Eight were never going to be anything special, but they had enough good moments to become appealing."

That 70s Bloke wrote on 24.03.2013:

[8.0] "Ok now that Bully is in it just became interesting again!"

jchiofal wrote on 24.03.2013:

[9.0] "At one time, I thought Aces and Eights was sinking downward. When the stable first started, they picked up a bit of steam, but slowly began to lose it after constant loss after loss. Finally Aces and Eights has come around full circle, and feels like a legitimate threat. What made the group so much better though, was just one small series of videos with Bully Ray explaining the Aces and Eights, along with their whole plan, and why they did what they did. It Made the group seem like more than just a group of thugs. Instead, Aces and Eights seemed like an intelligent unit"

McWile wrote on 11.03.2013:

[8.0] "Stable which goes up in power. Not very credible at the beginning with several no-names. But as the history advances, the stable one begins to become increasingly credible. Nevertheless, does it miss an another big name with Bully Ray to supplement the team (Jeff Jarrett ? AJ Styles ? )"

HHH Pedigree wrote on 08.03.2013:

[0.0] "OMG, it's a horrible stable. Generic gimmicks, bad members. Also, the storyline was killed when Devon was revealed. A lot of losses buried the crediblility of the Stable."