TNA's Jeremy Borash hands the microphone to Mini-Mattis. Mini-Mattis proceeds to introduce "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles.
On Saturday morning, I was up at 4:30 am. Shortly after 5:00 am, Mini-Mattis and I were in the car and heaed to Nashville, Tn. Shortly before 11:00 am EST we arrived at TNA Fan Fest. It was early morning and the temperature was already above 80°. It was going to be a hot day.
Once we finally got inside the doors, Mini-Mattis quickly sought out Jeremy Borash. The two of them spent a few minutes chatting. Mini-Mattis performed his best Jeremy Borash impersonation. Jeremy liked it. Jeremy invited Don West to come over and listen to it as well. Don West loved it.
The wrestlers were introduced and headed to their respective tables. Mini-Mattis spent some time with Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Petey Williams, Eric Young, (the legendary) Bob Backlund, and (the legendary) Jim Cornette.
As the first session ended and the second session was set to begin, Jeremy Borash pulled Mini-Mattis aside. He told Mini-Mattis that he could select any one wrestler from the second session and introduce him.
Mini-Mattis is a HUGE AJ Styles fan. He has watched the "PHENOMENAL" DVD probably 50-times from beginning to end. His choice was easy. He wanted to introduce AJ.
Jeremy introduced "Wildcat" Chris Harris, Gail Kim, Abyss, James Storm, Ron Killings, Tomko, Christian Cage, etc. Borash called Mini-Mattis on to the stage and handed him the microphone.
Sadly, I had to use my phone to record the video. So, the quality is poor. The sound is choppy. But, Mini-Mattis introduced AJ Styles. He got up in front of the 200 fans in attendance and belted it out. As AJ said, "It was... phenomenal."
We finally left the autograph session around 4:30 pm (EST). The temperature was right around 94°. We were both sweaty and tired. We checked into our hotel and went for a swim. After a couple of hours in the pool, we were both in a far better mood.
On Sunday, we again beat the heat by spending a couple of hours in the pool. We got some food - took a nap - finished up his PPV posters - headed to the arena. Once inside, the action was non-stop. Hehe... get it?
Slammiversary Line up:
RHINO & SENSHI VS. THE LAX
X TITLE MATCH: CHRIS SABIN vs. "BLACK MACHISMO" JAY LETHAL
FRANK WYCHECK AND JERRY LYNN VS. JAMES STORM AND THE TRUTH
MR. BACKLUND VS. ALEX SHELLEY
THE VOODOO KIN MAFIA VS. BASHAM & DAMAJA WITH CHRSTY HEMME
FREEDOM MATCH - ERIC YOUNG VS. ROBERT ROODE
TEAM 3D VS. RICK STEINER AND ANIMAL
STING vs. "THE FALLEN ANGEL" CHRISTOPHER DANIELS
ABYSS VS. TOMKO
INTERVIEW with Jeff Jarrett
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN FOR THE TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE - "Wildcat" Chris Harris, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Christian Cage and Kurt Angle
We cheered long and hard. Mini-Mattis was in stunned disbelief witnessing Animal team with Rick Steiner. He was shocked when Tomko fell 30-feet. He was jumping up and down to see Chris Harris added as the 5th man in the main event.
