According to a report on pwinsider.com, Booker T. and Kevin Nash have both been booked for the match.

It’s an interesting development to say the least, as TNA has been strongly hinting on television that the Main Event Mafia – of which Booker and Nash were members – was reforming to confront Immortal and Fortune on the next episode of Impact, which is being taped Monday.

There had been speculation recently that Booker T. was going to participate in the Rumble, so the news that he will do so is not a shock. However, I am surprised about Nash for a couple reasons.

For one, it was no secret that Nash had been in talks with TNA about returning to work for the company. In fact, pwinsider.com reported that negotiations were still going on as late as Friday.

The main reason I was convinced that Nash was TNA-bound, however, was because I didn’t think WWE would be an option for him. One person in WWE management told me a few months back that the company was not interested in signing Nash – who last wrestled in WWE in 2003 – if he became available, mostly because of his reputation as a cancer in the locker room. Of course, that person never said whether WWE would consider bringing Nash in for a one-off.

My guess is that’s what it will be. I don’t think Nash – who is limited physically due to age (51) and injuries – is capable at this point of wrestling even a part-time schedule in WWE, which is in the midst of a major youth movement.

However, with Shawn Michaels being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this April, I could see Nash attending that event and possibly even inducting his long-time friend.

As for Booker, it would not surprise me to see him back in WWE on a fulltime basis. Even though Booker turns 46 in March, he has always kept himself in great shape and I don’t think he’d have a problem keeping up with the young guys in the ring.

If the report about Booker and Nash participating in the Rumble does prove to be accurate, TNA still has former MEM members Kurt Angle and Scott Steiner in the fold, and it seems like a good bet that Sting will return for the angle.

If more bodies are needed for the babyface faction, Samoa Joe would be a logical candidate since he spent some time in the MEM, and newcomer Crimson has been the group’s messenger on television. Matt Morgan also would make sense, and there has been speculation that Bobby Lashley could be returning to TNA.