TSC Tag Teams/Stables Evaluation #59: Aces & Eights

mrken12 · Feb 14, 2019

In the last evaluation, The British Bulldogs got a score of 8.50.

TSC Tag Teams/Stables Evaluation #58: The British Bulldogs

If people have any requests for future tag teams/stables you want to see evaluated, let me know. I'll have one evaluated for each week every Thursday. The leaderboard is updated every 5 threads so it's never too late to vote for previous threads.

For the next thread, it will be Hardy Boyz/Team Extreme.

Pending Requests: The Outsiders, Evolution, Filthy Animals, New Age Outlaws, Too Cool, Hart Foundation (tag), Hart Foundation (stable), The Usos, World's Greatest Tag Team, Booker T and Goldust, Billy and Chuck, MNM, The Ministry of Darkness, T & A, The Bar, The Nasty Boys, LAX (Original), The Rock n Roll Express, Los Guerreros
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Time Active: June 2012 - November 2013

Members

Bully Ray (President)
Brooke
Garett Bischoff
Knux
Taz
Devon (1st Sgt. at Arms)
D'Lo Brown (1st Vice-President)
D.O.C.
Mr. Anderson (2nd Vice-President)
Tito Ortiz (brief) (2nd Sgt. at Arms)
Wes Brisco

Accomplishments During Membership

American Pro Wrestling Alliance
APWA Hardcore Cup Championship (1x) – Knux
APWA World Tag Team Championship (1x) – Knux and D.O.C

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Feud of the Year (2012) vs. TNA
PWI ranked Ray #4 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
PWI ranked Devon #32 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
PWI ranked Anderson #62 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
PWI ranked D.O.C. #69 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
PWI ranked Brisco #101 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
PWI ranked Knux #132 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
PWI ranked Bischoff #235 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013

River City Wrestling
RCW Tag Team Championship (1x) – Knux and D.O.C

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
TNA Television Championship (1x) – Devon
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2x) – Bully Ray

How would you rate Aces & Eights as a stable using a scale of 1-10 based on these criteria:

-Chemistry
-Impact
-Did the stable enhance the profiles of the members and prove beneficial for their career paths?
-Promo Work
-In-Ring Skills

TL15 · Feb 14, 2019

Had a spark when they started :francis:

Most memorable moment looking back at them was that weird Tito Ortiz moment that gave us all of those Anderson (And-er-son) gifs :mjlol:

Cartier Murphy · Feb 14, 2019

Great concept bogged down by a bunch of scrubs. Best thing they gave us was the Anderson gifs.

4/10

Bob Loblaw · Feb 14, 2019

I think this one was already done :jbhmm:

The Rainmaker · Feb 14, 2019

The Aces and Eights funeral was funny, at least :yeshrug:

Carl Tethers · Feb 14, 2019

Was about to give them a 10 based on this.

4/10 word to Bret

mrken12 · Feb 14, 2019

Kufi Kingston said:
I think this one was already done

It wasn't done before. However the stable gets talked about a lot on here. Mainly for the wrong reasons. :lolbron:

Hey_zeus · Feb 14, 2019

Im with the brehs in here so far. Decent concept that lost its luster immediately. A 2/10 I bumped to a 4 because of the August 1 Warning :russ:

mrken12 · Feb 14, 2019

Ill Lou Malnati · Feb 14, 2019

Damn they were pathetic.

Coco Brown · Feb 15, 2019

I read Aces & Eights and immediately thought "No."

This was a stable that started out fine and went downhill quickly. I don't know if it actually lasted forever and 59 years or if it just felt like it did, but either way...no. I know, objectively, there's been a lot worse stables put together but I just really didn't enjoy this angle at all.

Metal Face · Feb 15, 2019

Faction was trash.

Loved Bully Ray's heel run tho

Silkk · Feb 15, 2019

They had no idea where they wanted to go/get to with it.

Started adding scrubs like Dlo Brown and Garrett Bischoff :dead:

I'll give them a 5 all together

Legal · Feb 15, 2019

They're lucky there's no option for 0.

This was done in the height of the Hogan/Bischoff era of TNA nit even being the entertaining kind of bad.

The angle went on for FAR too long.

They spent forever building the mystery around who the people were under the masks, and NONE of them fukkers were people that anyone really cared about.

They gave Bubba Ray (I'm never referring to a fukking grown ass man as Bully) the expected heel reign of terror run with the title to coincide with them being the dominant group, then proceed to fukk up the payoff of beating him for the title/disbanding the group three times.

Have him lose the title to Chris Sabin out of nowhere only for nothing to happen to the group, and for him to get the title back like a month later.

While all of that was happening, they were running the AJ Styles is Basically Sting angle (not too long after the AJ Styles is Basically Ric Flair), which seemed to be building to Styles saving the company after turning their back on it by beating Ray for the title and breaking up the group. They fukk that up by giving away the first title loss to Chris Sabin, and again by having Styles win, but somehow not disband the group. A separate fukkup was them giving Styles the title and building a bug storyline around him without an actual contract agreement done, and him bouncing on them. With the title.

They finally have someone beat Ray and break the group up, and instead of it being someone who was on the TNA side of things, or neutral from the start, they have it be Mr. Anderson........who was previously a willing member of the group, who joined of his own volition.

Overall, just a terrible, terrible storyline that went on for damn near a year and a half. :hhh:

Carl Tethers · Feb 15, 2019

Legal said:
They're lucky there's no option for 0.

This was done in the height of the Hogan/Bischoff era of TNA nit even being the entertaining kind of bad.

The angle went on for FAR too long.

They spent forever building the mystery around who the people were under the masks, and NONE of them fukkers were people that anyone really cared about.

They gave Bubba Ray (I'm never referring to a fukking grown ass man as Bully) the expected heel reign of terror run with the title to coincide with them being the dominant group, then proceed to fukk up the payoff of beating him for the title/disbanding the group three times.

Have him lose the title to Chris Sabin out of nowhere only for nothing to happen to the group, and for him to get the title back like a month later.

While all of that was happening, they were running the AJ Styles is Basically Sting angle (not too long after the AJ Styles is Basically Ric Flair), which seemed to be building to Styles saving the company after turning their back on it by beating Ray for the title and breaking up the group. They fukk that up by giving away the first title loss to Chris Sabin, and again by having Styles win, but somehow not disband the group. A separate fukkup was them giving Styles the title and building a bug storyline around him without an actual contract agreement done, and him bouncing on them. With the title.

They finally have someone beat Ray and break the group up, and instead of it being someone who was on the TNA side of things, or neutral from the start, they have it be Mr. Anderson........who was previously a willing member of the group, who joined of his own volition.

Overall, just a terrible, terrible storyline that went on for damn near a year and a half.

fukk.. You watched all of that

TSC Tag Teams/Stables Evaluation #59: Aces & Eights

Overall Rating

1 (Awful)

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5 (Average)

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10 (Legendary)

Veteran

Veteran

Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime

Superstar

Mr. Money in the Bank

@mastermind is OVO

Veteran

Veteran

Veteran

Be Well.

All Star

Superstar

Thats My Quarterback :to:

Veteran

@mastermind is OVO