2002 - The original "Man of a Thousand Holds" Al Costello passes away due to pneumonia and heart problems at age 80. Costello was one-half of the successful Fabulous Kangaroos tag team with Roy Heffernan, which won titles worldwide. Although billed from Australia (Heffernan actually was Australian), Costello was actually Italian, born Giacomo Costa in Lingua Salina, Italy in 1919. The Kangaroos became the first tag team to be inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003.
2003 - TNA held its 28th weekly pay-per-view event at the TNA Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee. The results were:
In dark matches:
- Rick Santel pinned Matt Stryker.
- Agents Steele and Madison defeated Roderick and Sedrick Strong.
- Kid Kash pinned Xavier.
In pay-per-view matches:
- The Amazing Red and The S.A.T. (Jose and Joel Maximo) defeated Shark Boy, Jimmy Yang and Shark Boy, when Red pinned Yang.
- Ashley Hudson pinned Jorge Estrada.
- A.J. Styles pinned Larry Zbyszko.
- David Flair and Mike Sanders defeated Ron Killings and Jerry Lynn, when Sanders pinned Lynn.
- Triple X (Low Ki and Elix Skipper) defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), when Low Ki pinned Harris, to win the title. This ended AMW's second reign.
- TNA X Division Champion Sonny Siaki defeated Athena and Chris Vaughn in a three-way match, by pinning Vaughn, to retain the title.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett defeated B.G. James, Don Harris and Christopher Daniels in a Gauntlet match to retain the title.
