History Wrestling / AcesAndEightsWrestlers

Some emotional knife twisting for the Hogans and ArcWelding to explain each element of his master plan later, Bully and his crew asserted their dominance over the TNA roster, attacking wrestlers more brazenly than ever. However, Hogan, Sting, and the roster's desire for revenge became the driving force behind the challenges to Bully's title, namely coming from Jeff Hardy and Sting. Following his failure to win the championship, Sting decided to recreate the Main Event Mafia to counteract the Aces & Eights. The Mafia was able to neutralize the Aces & Eights and help Chris Sabin, who traded in his X-Division title for a shot at the World Champion, defeat Bully for the title. Taking back the championship a few weeks later, Bully revealed that he'd enlisted the aid of MMA fighter Tito Ortiz as his enforcer (betraying close friend and Main Event Mafia member Rampage Jackson in the process), as well as entered a secret tryst with Brooke…[[Wrestling/BrookeAdams Tessmacher]], who was then added to the club.

At ''Bound for Glory'', Sting and Bully lost in a tables match to the Aces & Eights when numerous members interfered, one even driving Bully through a table. In the post-match brawl that ensued, said member would be [[TheReveal revealed]] in a truly [[ShockingSwerve shocking twist]] to be none other than Bully Ray's own brother and former tag team partner, Devon.

Some emotional knife twisting for the Hogans and ArcWelding to explain each element of his master plan later, Bully and his crew asserted their dominance over the TNA roster, attacking wrestlers more brazenly than ever. However, Hogan, Sting, and the roster's desire for revenge became the driving force behind the challenges to Bully's title, namely coming from Jeff Hardy and Sting. Following his failure to win the championship, Sting decided to recreate the Main Event Mafia to counteract the Aces & Eights. The Mafia was able to neutralize the Aces & Eights and help Chris Sabin, who traded in his X-Division title for a shot at the World Champion, defeat Bully for the title. Taking back the championship a few weeks later, Bully revealed that he'd enlisted the aid of MMA fighter Tito Ortiz as his enforcer (betraying close friend and Main Event Mafia member Rampage Jackson in the process), as well as entered a secret tryst with Brooke…[[Wrestling/BrookeAdams Tess]][[OneSteveLimit mac]][[ShockingSwerve her]], who was then added to the club.

The '''Aces & Eights''' were an outlaw motorcycle gang featured in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]], which debuted in 2012.

* NotSoDifferent: Garett, from his father.

* EvilVsEvil: Even the ''heels'' hate them.

* TheBrute: Knux, DOC and another masked member (apparently Bully Ray). Tito Ortiz at least started to become this before [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Bellator had him and Rampage Jackson pulled from TNA programming so they wouldn't get injured prior to their fight]].

* CrossThrough: Technically a part of River City Wrestling and The American Pro Wrestling Alliance too, Knux and Doc winning tag team gold in both promotions, but was never mentioned by TNA on screen. Visiting other chapters for recruitment was mentioned but and Wes Brisco's membership was mentioned in Ring Warriors but no angles came of it outside of TNA itself.

* ThreeMonthRule: During the takeover phase, the Dudleys poked into this trope and played it to perfection. Shortly after Devon was revealed as the Sgt. at Arms, Bully confronted him about it. Devon claimed it was because the Aces & Eights picked him back up when Wrestling/HulkHogan carelessly let his contract run out and did nothing to resign him, but Bully insisted Devon did it because of their issues from Bully's betrayal two years prior over the retirement match against the Motor City Machineguns. Bully claimed that the real reason he'd turned on Devon was because Bully felt he'd let the fans down only for Devon to say something along the lines of "We're rich and successful, screw the fans," which Devon was suddenly all too happy to corroborate. For fans who actually remembered that feud, it seemed as though Bully expected us to believe that Devon saying some cocky BS in the locker room warranted [[FaceHeelTurn stabbing him in the back]], [[SmallNameBigEgo trying to verbally bury his credibility and worth to the team]], [[DisproportionateRetribution and]] [[WouldHurtAChild attacking his teenage sons]].\\

The '''Aces & Eights''' were an outlaw motorcycle gang featured in [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]], which debuted in 2012.

** Except Anderson [[RecycledScript getting forcibly kicked out for insubordination]], [[TheDogBitesBack then coming back and pretty much ending the club with his]] RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* RedBaron: Before being revealed, Knux would be called "The Armbreaker" [[FridgeBrilliance for breaking the arm of Austin Aries]].

* BadassCreed: "When you ride with the Aces & Eights, [[TrueCompanions you never walk alone.]]"
* BaldOfEvil: D'Lo, DOC, Devon

* BadBoss: [[TheBully Bully Ray]], to the point of it basically being the group's undoing.

* BookEnds: The first and the last members [[TheReveal revealed]] during the takeover phase? Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys. Also notable in that they were the most particularly jarring of the six who turned out to be EvilAllAlong.

* BenevolentBoss —> BadBoss: [[TheBully Bully Ray]], to the point of it basically being the group's undoing.
** UngratefulBastard: Particularly egregious considering they got him the World Heavyweight title, and the only other man to bring a title into the club was his brother Devon (who he basically disowned after the man was [[RealLifeWritesThePlot forced to leave TNA]]).

* CanonDiscontinuity[=\=]ThreeMonthRule: During the takeover phase, the Dudleys poked into this trope and played it to perfection. Shortly after Devon was revealed as the Sgt. at Arms, Bully confronted him about it. Devon claimed it was because the Aces & Eights picked him back up when Wrestling/HulkHogan carelessly let his contract run out and did nothing to resign him, but Bully insisted Devon did it because of their issues from Bully's betrayal two years prior over the retirement match against the Motor City Machineguns. Bully claimed that the real reason he'd turned on Devon was because Bully felt he'd let the fans down only for Devon to say something along the lines of "We're rich and successful, screw the fans," which Devon was suddenly all too happy to corroborate. For fans who actually remembered that feud, it seemed as though Bully expected us to believe that Devon saying some cocky BS in the locker room warranted [[FaceHeelTurn stabbing him in the back]], [[SmallNameBigEgo trying to verbally bury his credibility and worth to the team]], [[DisproportionateRetribution and]] [[WouldHurtAChild attacking his teenage sons]].\\
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But then Bully revealed himself as the BigBad [[EvilAllAlong All Along]] five months later when he became the TNA World Heavyweight Champion thanks to Devon's hammer, then explained his plan through a series of ArcWelding EvilGloating vignettes. When he got to the part involving Devon's role in it, he cited how Hogan "turned his back" on Devon — proving that Devon was telling the truth regarding his own motives and that the "Devon dissed the fans" angle was revisionist history designed to enhance Bully's cover as TheHero.

** ClarkKenting: Brisco in particular, with his "professional guy" appearance when with Angle as compared to his unkempt look when wreaking havoc with the club.

** EnemyMine: What this resulted in at least early on for the TNA roster.

* GenreSavvy: Very, very much so. They'll taunt you in the ring and bash someone backstage at the same time. You can never be sure if they're around when you're trying to wrestle a regular match with someone unaffiliated with them. They'll pretend to be your friend, ally or pupil and then stab you in the back right when they have what they need. They'll even pretend to break up right to your face and then beat you to a pulp once your guard is down. At their peak they were deadly - in a kayfabe wrestling sense.

* TheBusCameBack: Mesías helped bring Wrestling/IvelisseVelez back to TNA, inadvertently giving Aces And Eights a temporary solution to their "we don't have a Knockout" problem. They still did their usual run out and attack the opposing wrestler thing but needed ''someone'' to put up the pretense of a match first, so they could maybe win some points in TNA's world cup.

* CrossThrough: Technically a part of River City Wrestling and The American Pro Wrestling Alliance too, Knux and Doc winning tag team gold in both promotoions, but was never mentioned by TNA on screen. Visiting other chapters for recruitment was mentioned but and Ring Warriors but no angles came of it outside of TNA itself.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Very, very much so. They'll taunt you in the ring and bash someone backstage at the same time. You can never be sure if they're around when you're trying to wrestle a regular match with someone unaffiliated with them. They'll pretend to be your friend, ally or pupil and then stab you in the back right when they have what they need. They'll even pretend to break up right to your face and then beat you to a pulp once your guard is down. At their peak they were deadly - in a kayfabe wrestling sense.

Meanwhile, the Aces & Eights' plans continued to progress. The key members of the club would eventually be unmasked, revealing themselves to be Mike Knox (soon rechristened "Knux"), the former Luke Gallows (now known as "DOC", short for "Director of Chaos"), Garett Bischoff and Wes Brisco (manipulating Wrestling/KurtAngle as his protégés for several months), and wrestler-turned-road-agent Wrestling/DLoBrown as the group's VP. They also had local models convince Mr. Anderson to join the club, and color commentator Taz reveal his status in the gang to lead a gang ambush from them during Bully and Brooke's wedding.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Everybody fears the Aces & Eights…]]

* SomebodyElsesProblem: The Ring Warriors were completely apathetic to Wes Brico's membership in the group, besides being exited to see him on another TV program anyway.

!! Tropes regarding Aces and Eights

Meanwhile, the Aces & Eights' plans continued to progress. The key members of the club would eventually be unmasked, revealing themselves to be Mike Knox (soon rechristened "Knux"), the former Luke Gallows (now known as "DOC", short for "Director of Chaos), Garett Bischoff and Wes Brisco (manipulating Wrestling/KurtAngle as his protégés for several months), and wrestler-turned-road-agent Wrestling/DLoBrown as the group's VP. They also had local models convince Mr. Anderson to join the club, and color commentator Taz reveal his status in the gang to lead a gang ambush from them during Bully and Brooke's wedding.

Meanwhile, the Aces & Eights' plans continued to progress. The key members of the club would eventually be unmasked, revealing themselves to be Mike Knox (soon rechristened "Knux"), the former Luke Gallows (now known as "DOC", short for "Director of Chaos), Garett Bischoff and Wes Brisco (manipulating Wrestling/KurtAngle as his protégés for several months), and wrestler-turned-road-agent [[DLoBrown D'Lo Brown]] as the group's VP. They also had local models convince Mr. Anderson to join the club, and color commentator Taz reveal his status in the gang to lead a gang ambush from them during Bully and Brooke's wedding.

Some emotional knife twisting for the Hogans and ArcWelding to explain each element of his master plan later, Bully and his crew asserted their dominance over the TNA roster, attacking wrestlers more brazenly than ever. However, Hogan, Sting, and the roster's desire for revenge became the driving force behind the challenges to Bully's title, namely coming from Jeff Hardy and Sting. Following his failure to win the championship, Sting decided to recreate the Main Event Mafia to counteract the Aces & Eights. The Mafia was able to neutralize the Aces & Eights and help Chris Sabin, who traded in his X-Division title for a shot at the World Champion, defeat Bully for the title. Taking back the championship a few weeks later, Bully revealed that he'd enlisted the aid of MMA fighter Tito Ortiz as his enforcer (betraying close friend and Main Event Mafia member Rampage Jackson in the process), as well as entered a secret tryst with Brooke…[[OneSteveLimit Tessmacher]], who was then added to the club.

* YouHaveFailedMe: What has led to multiple ejections from the group.

* CrossThrough: Technically a part of River City Wrestling and The American Pro Wrestling Alliance too but was never mentioned by TNA on screen. Visiting other chapters for recruitment was mentioned but and Ring Warriors but no angles came of it outside of TNA itself.

* HiredGuns: Wrestling/BobbyRoode bought them off to attack targets of his choosing (namely, Jeff Hardy). Upon discovering this, Austin Aries offered to pay them even more.

* HiredGuns: Wrestling/BobbyRoode bought them off to attack targets of his choosing. Upon discovering this, Austin Aries offered to pay them even more.

* CrossThrough: Technically a part of River City Wrestling and The American Pro Wrestling Alliance too but was never mentioned by TNA on screen. Visiting other chapters for recruitment was mentioned but and Ring Warriors did mention Wes Brisco joining the stable but no angles came of it outside of TNA itself.