Bram made his entrance holding Mr. Anderson’s detached microphone. Mr. Anderson was out next and ran down to the ring to fight. Anderson scored the win with a small package. Bram followed him up the ramp and laid him out with the microphone.
Up next was the Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Mike Tenay was introduced to handle the ceremony. Dixie Carter made her entrance next. Jeff Jarrett was introduced to a nice round of applause. Jarrett spoke about his accomplishments and started thanking everyone specifically. Various wrestlers appeared on the stage, including Shane Helms and Al Snow, and applauded as Jeff and Karen Jarrett made their departure…
The Dollhouse again made their entrance. Gail Kim was out next with a new theme and entrance.
3. Gail Kim beat The Dollhouse in a three-on-one handicap match. Taryn Terrell ran away partly into the match, leaving it a two-on-one handicap. Gail Kim scored the pinfall over Marti Bell…
Kurt Angle made is entrance to a respectable reaction. He cut the usual promo about getting the TNA title back. He then said he saw a doctor and learned he had a tumor in his neck that must be surgically removed. He said when he recovers and returns, he’s coming for EC3. Eric Young’s music interrupted him and he made his entrance. He spoke about how many times he gave Angle a piledriver and claims he should get credit for the neck tumor. The crowd chanted “boring” for some unknown reason to me. He said this is nature’s way of telling Angle that his time here is up and then he attacked Angle. He attempted to piledrive Angle outside the ring, but Chris Melendez made the save. Young backed off, but then attacked Melendez from behind. He hit the piledriver outside on Melendez for massive heat from the crowd…
4. Rockstar Spud defeated Austin Aries. Spud picked up the victory after hitting his finisher off the top turnbuckle! After the match, Aries raised Spud’s hand and hugged him. Based on Aries playing to the crowd after the match and bowing gracefully, he must be leaving for a while.
5. James Storm defeated Mahabali Shera by DQ. James Storm was introduced and he made his entrance carrying a noose. Shera had no entrance music and wrestled in jeans and sneakers, and screamed a lot. Storm got disqualified after nailing Shera in the head with a cowbell tied to the end of the noose. I’m not sure what purpose this match served…
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
