Immortal Immortal is a villainous professional wrestling alliance in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion . It currently consists of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff ( the kayfabe directors of TNA ) , Abyss , Bully Ray , Gunner , TNA Founder and AAA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett , his wife and valet Karen Jarrett , TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle , Ric Flair and Scott Steiner . The group also formerly included Chris Harris , Murphy , Rob Terry , Tommy Dreamer , Matt Hardy , his brother Jeff Hardy and Mr . Anderson . Jeff was a two - time TNA World Heavyweight Champion during his time as a member while Anderson was a one - time TNA World Heavyweight Champion during his time as a member of Immortal . The group is named after Hogan ' s long - standing nickname , The Immortal . History . Formation ( 2010 ) . Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff debuted in TNA on the January 4 edition of " Impact ! " , where they were introduced as business partners of TNA President Dixie Carter . As faces , Hogan and Bischoff exercised control over the company , and attempted to help the company succeed . In February , Hogan began a friendship with Abyss and had a feud with Ric Flair and A . J . Styles – who would later start the stable Fortune . This continued until the June 17 edition of " Impact ! " , where Abyss turned on Hogan . Abyss claimed that he was controlled by some entity – to which he returned to as " they " ( later revealed to be Immortal ) – and that they were coming to TNA . Abyss began prophesize the arrival of " they " on October 10 at Bound for Glory and attempted to gain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for them by brutally attacking the champion Rob Van Dam , sidelining him for months . Since Hogan ' s arrival , Sting had suspected the plan of forming Immortal but only hinted at this with vague accusations of Hogan . To prevent this , he attempted to gain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and feuded with Rob Van Dam and Jeff Jarrett while seen as a heel . On the August 5 edition of " Impact ! " , Kevin Nash aligned himself with Sting and helped his cause . They feuded with Hogan , Bischoff and Jarrett , accusing them of deceiving everyone and playing the " smoke and mirrors " . Having also discovered the plans of Immortal , D ' Angelo Dinero joined with Sting and Nash while Samoa Joe was recruited by Jarrett . Sting , Nash and Dinero challenged Hogan , Jarrett and Joe to a tag team match at Bound for Glory but with Hogan out from back surgery , Bischoff made the match a 2 - on - 3 handicap match . Formation . At Bound for Glory , Jarrett turned on Joe during their 2 - on - 3 handicap match against Sting , Nash and Dinero . The main event of Bound for Glory was a three - way match between Jeff Hardy , Mr . Anderson and Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . Near the end of the match , Eric Bischoff came to the ring with a chair and attempted to interfere with the match , but was stopped by the surprise appearance of Hulk Hogan . Hogan and Bischoff appeared to have a disagreement , but this was a ruse as they helped Hardy win the match . After the match , it was revealed that Abyss , Hogan , Bischoff , Jarrett and Hardy were aligned as Immortal . On the October 14 edition of " Impact ! " , Bischoff revealed that it had all been an elaborate plan to take complete control of the company . He revealed that he had tricked Carter into signing over the company to him and Hogan a week earlier when Carter thought she signed the paperwork to fired Abyss . Also that night , Immortal formed an alliance with Ric Flair ' s Fortune . Abyss defeated Kazarian on the May 19 edition of Impact Wrestling to win the TNA X Division Championship . The following week , Gunner lost the TNA Television Championship to Eric Young . Later Abyss renamed it the TNA Xtreme Championship . On the July 7 edition of Impact Wrestling Scott Steiner and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr . Anderson joined Immortal . At the July 11 taping of Impact Wrestling Anderson lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Sting . Throughout the evening , the members of Immortal were attacked by Sting ' s clown minions , later revealed as Fortune and Kurt Angle , which prevented them from interfering in the match . On the July 28 edition of Impact Wrestling , Bully Ray and Mr . Anderson began having problems with each other , as Ray cost Anderson his steel cage match against Kurt Angle . On August 7 at Hardcore Justice , Hulk Hogan introduced a steel chair into the World Title match between champion Sting and challenger Kurt Angle . Angle disarmed Hogan , but then used the chair on Sting to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . After the match Angle challenged the dumbfounded Hogan to come and take the belt from him , suggesting that this was not what he had planned as the outcome of the match . On the following edition of Impact Wrestling , the rest of Immortal turned on Anderson and kicked him out of the group .