Christian's Coalition

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This article is about the professional wrestling stable. For other uses, see Christian Coalition.

Christian's Coalition
Stable
Members	Christian Cage Tomko Scott Steiner
Debuted	February 8, 2007
Promotions	TNA

Christian's Coalition (also known as the Christian Coalition) is a professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) led by Christian Cage. The term Christian Coalition was also used by Christian in World Wrestling Entertainment, referring to his fan base.

[edit] History

Christian Cage originally (kayfabe) brought Tomko in to TNA as a personal enforcer in late-2006 to help him regain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. It proved a smart move on his part when Tomko helped him defeat reigning champion Abyss and Sting in a Triple Threat Elimination match at the January 2007 Final Resolution pay-per-view event.

During the same event, Kurt Angle became the #1 contender to the NWA World Heavyweight title and moved into a feud with Cage. To prepare for his match with Angle, Cage brought Scott Steiner in as a "trainer", citing the history Steiner and Angle shared. This also proved to be good strategy when Christian's Coalition, as the three men now referred to themselves, helped Cage retain his title at February's Against All Odds.

Although all three men were working together on Cage's behalf, from the start there was dissension evident. Tomko frequently commented on his distrust and dislike of Steiner, and after he won a match over new #1 contender Samoa Joe on an episode of iMPACT!, Tomko began demanding a shot at Cage's title. Later he took a (kayfabe) sudden trip to Japan (which had actually been set up well in advance, to compete for the IWGP World Tag Team Championship along with Giant Bernard) that coincided with the Destination X pay-per-view. During the event Steiner also abandoned Cage prior to his main event match, forcing him to seek out a replacement enforcer for the event.