When you're part of a tag team, you have to toss aside the option of achieving singles sucess. Your dreams of becoming the next Hulk Hogan or next steve Austin or even the next A.J. styles have to be put on hold. If not forgotten entirely. In a me-first world, that's difficult.

The perception of some is that if you're a tag team wrestler, you must be afraid to strike out on your own. Where's the confidence? Some of your fellow grapplers might flash you a turned-up eyebrow, wondering what the issue is that prevents you from going after major singles titles and solo glory. The Biggest hurdles to overcome can be self doubt and worry. The jealousy and greed. You might as well stuff most or all seven of the deadly sins into one simple tag rope that tag team wrestlers clutch for a good amount of their TV time. Those teams that gain acceptence from the crowds, the ones that become something special, are rare, indeed. Having fans there to cheer your every move-and every appearance- and encourage your forward trek will do wonders for any duo. It's validation that you've succeeded on your chosen path. Validation that you're an invaluable asset to the company. America's Most Wanted had that. In Fact, AMW had more then that. They were the standard when it came to tag team wrestling in TNA. Heck, given WWE's de-emphasis of its tag team divisions, some would say they were standard for tag team wreslting everywhere for the past few years. When you thought about the team that truly embodied the wild oulaw lifestyle of total non stop action, Chris Harris and James Storm were the first names to spring to mind. The bond was so strong that when the promotion tried to split them up late last year and team them with new partners, it sparked a war. Prior to that, with storm injured, Harris did forge out on him own and looked like a breakout singles star in the making. But the "Wildcat" and the "Cowboy" fought hard to reunite and to "give the fans what they want." To America's team, there was no greater priority than those loyal fans. It was all for them. That all still holds true today. Well, the first part does at least. When it comes to in-ring performance, the Most Wanted men in TNA still get the job done virtually every night that they step into a ring. It's what they've done ever since they arrived on the scene. However, one thing isn't true today that was true not so long ago. That's their bond with the people. It's gone!

Just weeks prior to TNA's debut on Spike TV, Harris and Storm shocked the world by turning their backs on their fan base. AMW did the unthinkable: They chose to help Jeff Jarrett - oh no, anybody but Jeff Jerrett - recapture the NWA heavyweight Championship, alienating, as best we can tell, every single last one of there fans in the process. A month later, they had the NWA tag team title for the seventh time. They had the smoking-hot Gail Kim in their corner, too.

Ask Harris and Storm what they think about the situation and they'll both tell you the same thing. They did this for the glory and for the money. They did it so that people would take them seriouly. They did it because they had been denied the chance to truly shine for way too long. They'll tell you life has never been better. You might scoff at alot of that nonsense, but to them, this was a good business move.

Now go ask some of their former fans that await entry into the impact tapings in Orlando every other Tuesday evening. They'll all tell you pretty much the same thing too. "Forget America's Most Wanted. I used to buy all their t-shirts and stuff. Now I'm into the Naturals. Harris and Storm really lost a fan when they hooked up with Jeff Jarrett. The Team that i liked were wrestlers not lackeys."

"I never thought i'd say it, but i respect Jarrett more then i respect AMW. At least with Jeff, you know where he's coming from. He doesn't pretend to be a nice guy and then stick a knife in your back. I'd rather see someone who's for real about what he is. Jarrett never betrayed the fans. He's been a snake ever since I've been following wrestling." "I used my old America's Most Wanted poster to house break my new puppy." We have tons of quotes like this. Honest. We could give you pages and pages. Going down the line, fan after TNA fan voiced a frustration more intense than the person before him. It was beyond the usual, " I hate the bad guys" thing. It was serious anger. It was personal pain. It was a sense of geniuine betrayal. These ticket-buyers had a real beef. Jeff Jarrett, Justifiable or notm the bane of so many TNA fans' existence?

They had a beef because so much of the basis of America's Most Wanted was their bond with the TNA audience. There was no team more popular. In the end, that became a double-Edged sword.

That's where the entire situation takes an ironic turn. In their quest to succeed, AMW lost sight of the fact that they had already achieved one of the most necessary components in order to accomplish this goal. They had the fans. They had their acceptance and their love. Instead of embracing it, they chose to throw it away. By doing so, the admiration and respect they had built up all these years came back to bite them. Their Betrayal was more than a simple " turning bad" thing. People took this one personally. Jeff Jarrett?

It's like the bible says: What good is a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?