Tropical Storm Hanna posed a serious threat, but ultimately I was able to brave her torrential rains and successfully cross the line tonight. With soggy jeans and a smile in my heart I was entertained by a night of Total Non-Stop Action. Unfortunately for TNA, they had a bit of trouble selling tickets to the show, as ROH's old stomping grounds the Grand Ballroom saw each section of seats comprised of about five empty rows. Thankfully, though, a good time was had by all who did attend. Jeremy Borash was our host for the evening's festivities and he did his best to keep the crowd hyped, continually promising backstage passes that ultimately led to them bringing backstage to US! The highlight of this was unquestionably the complete failure of a grown man to enter the ring, taking a hilarious bump as he was about to get his picture taken with Kurt Angle. Spot of the night. Anyway, on to the matches…

1. "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal defeated "The Guru" Sonjay Dutt. For the record, Dutt is jacked beyond belief. These two, no strangers at this point, delivered just what'd you expect here: a fun, fast-paced, short opener to get the crowd pumped for the event. Dutt landed a picture-perfect moonsault for a near-fall, but soon after fell prey to the Lethal Combination, followed by the flying elbow drop, which gained the victory for Black Machismo.

2. Awesome Kong defeated Roxxi and Traci Brooks in a one-fall, three-way Knockouts bout. Kong went over following an Impant Buster on Roxxi and an Awesome Bomb on Traci onto the prone body of Roxxi, at which point Kong pinned both of her adversaries. This was another short match, but filled with enough awesomeness from Kong to keep it entertaining

3. "Showtime" Eric Young defeated Johnny Devine. This complete comedy match was filled with such hijinx as Young donning the ref-shirt to officiate an impromptu contest between Devine and Earl Hebner (who received instant "You screwed Bret!" chants upon first appearing tonight) and an appearance by Super Eric, who was able to pin Devine to win this epic contest.

At this point, Team 3D made their way out to a huge, hometown pop from the NYC faithful, but unfortunately they proceeded only to bore us. They stated that their TNA contract was about to expire and that they would sign either with TNA or "that other company." They were nice enough to let us decide where they should "end their career." Surprisingly enough, the crowd wound up choosing for them to stay with TNA! No buys.