Mickie James to join TNA Hall of Fame with The Beautiful People

Mickie James and the former Knockouts tag team The Beautiful People will be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame on Sunday, October 12, during Bound for Glory weekend at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. James will be honored individually and has asked longtime colleague Lisa Marie Varon, known in WWE as Victoria and in TNA as Tara, to perform her induction, while Angelina Love and Velvet Sky will be inducted together as The Beautiful People.

James confirmed her choice of Varon in a recent interview, saying, "You're going to be pleased with this as someone who was pretty synonymous with the whole introduction of Hardcore Country. I think that we made some incredible, historic moments together, and that would be our dear friend, Lisa Marie. I've asked her." James said she informed TNA management and that the company approved the selection; she also described an emotional response from Varon after the invitation, which she attributed to the close history the two share in and out of the ring.

Velvet Sky and Angelina Love spoke about their upcoming induction in a separate interview, characterizing the honor as the formal recognition of a career milestone. "To have our...