Message #9665

[nightrain]

TNA have fired veteran tag team The Nasty Boys, just a few short months after signing them.

Both prowrestling.net and HonkyTonkMan.net are reporting the duo of Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags have been let go by Dixie Carter's company.

Rumour has it that Knobbs has been ruffling feathers backstage and upset some Spike TV bigwigs recently.

These incidents, fan criticism of their matches and Eric Bischoff's recent cutting Twitter comments led to a distinct lack of interest in TNA utilising the pairing again.

The Nasty Boys were big stars in WCW and WWE in their prime and regularly toured the world battering opponents with their trademark unforgiving and stiff wrestling style.

But entering TNA in 2010, thanks to their friendship with Hulk Hogan, the duo were overweight, out of condition and frequently out of breath.

Though their behind-the-scenes ransackings and sneak attacks were fun to watch, subsequent in-ring appearances were pitiful.

The team who tore the house down with such combos as The Steiners, Money Inc, Sky Scrapers, Four Horsemen, Hart Foundation and The Road Warriors over the years were a poor shadow of their former selves.

TNA fans jeered when they arrived and will surely cheer when they go.

One man who will be missed though is Consequences Creed, who was also released this week.

The enthusiastic up-and-coming young grappler, the former tag team partner of Jay Lethal, was one of the company's rising stars but hadn't been used on TV or PPV in months.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/2914908/TNA-fire-The-Nasty-Boys-Brian-Knobbs-and-Jerry-Sags.html