Paparazzi Productions
Paparazzi Productions is a professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Begun by Alex Shelley, it was inspired by his real-life interest in, and study of, wrestling videos. It has grown to include Kevin Nash and Johnny Devine.
Paparazzi Productions began as a gimmick when Alex Shelley began bringing a camera to the ring in November 2005 to record his matches. Though briefly he would appear along with Austin Aries and Roderick Strong (who helped him form Generation Next in Ring of Honor), this would end when the latter two were suspended for disobeying orders by not skipping out on a Ring of Honor show to avoid a snowstorm and ensure they made it to TNA Against All Odds 2006 on time.
Initially, it began apparently for Shelley to film his own matches. However, in January 2006, Jeff Jarrett hired him to gather counter-blackmail against Jackie Gayda. He apparently succeeded, as she shortly stopped giving demands to Jarrett and agreed to subordinate herself to Planet Jarrett. Later Jarrett hired Shelley again, this time to get footage of Sting to prove that he had indeed retired. When he went to get a second tape of Sting, he was caught, and Sting announced that he was coming back to solve the Jarrett problem once and for all.
After Destination X in March, Father James Mitchell was cutting a promo with Abyss stating how he intended to humiliate then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage. Alex Shelley came up and suggested that "Humiliation" would be a great title for his latest film. Mitchell thought it was a "capital idea" and hired him. Together, they stalked Christian Cage's wife, then went to their house, where Abyss attacked and nearly killed Christian. Although that was the end of Shelley's direct involvement in their feud, Christian Cage would later get his revenge on Shelley in a singles match on TNA iMPACT! that May.
One day in May, Alex Shelley interviewed Kevin Nash, who said that he was the main attraction of TNA and that the X Division was a bunch of no-talent hacks. At the end of the TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament, where Shelley was seen as a disinterested member of Team USA and was further unwelcome after his interview series, Shelley ultimately abandoned his teammates after they won the World X Cup and joined Kevin Nash on his assault of the X Division. He started filming Kevin Nash as he attacked Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt. He also helped Kevin Nash win a match against Sabin at Slammiversary.
On June 29, Johnny Devine appeared as a cameraman with Alex Shelley, the two of them wearing Shelley's new "Eye Spy" t-shirt. They wrestled as a tag team on a special TNA Xplosion match, and also helped Kevin Nash humiliate Chris Sabin on iMPACT! on July 6.