would compete against Tazmaniac at November to Remember. On the September 20 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced the Sabu would face Chris Benoit in a match at a live event on October 1, which Benoit won by count-out. On the October 18 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Sabu would face Benoit in a rematch at November to Remember. Event Preliminary matches In the opening match, J.T. Smith defeated Hack Meyers, followed by The Pitbulls (Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2) getting a win over The Bad Breed (Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten) in a tag team match. Next, 2 Cold Scorpio took on Mr. Hughes. Hughes overpowered Scorpio by using his strength advantage and executing power moves. Hughes continued to control Scorpio throughout the match until he missed a charge at Scorpio in the corner and got knocked out, allowing Scorpio to execute a Scorpio Splash for the win. Tommy Dreamer took on Tommy Cairo. Dreamer immediately attacked Cairo until Cairo countered with a spin kick which sent Dreamer outside the ring. Cairo hit him another spin kick until Dreamer grabbed a steel chair and hit Cairo with it on numerous occasions and then suplexed him on the floor. The action returned to the ring where both men used several weapons against each other. Near the end of the match, Cairo got a Singapore cane and attempted to strike Dreamer with it but he countered it and then Dreamer began hitting Cairo with the cane. He launched several cane shots on Cairo, which made him bleed and the referee stopped the match, awarding the victory to Dreamer. The match was followed by a retirement ceremony for The Sandman, who had seemingly been blinded in an "I Quit" match with Dreamer. During the ceremony, The Sandman's ex-wife, Peaches, attempted to reconcile with him, only to be interrupted by Woman, The Sandman's former manager, who had labelled him "useless" and abandoned him upon his blinding. Woman interrupted the reconciliation, caning Peaches and threatening The Sandman. After Dreamer came to the ring to protect Sandman, The Sandman revealed that he was not in fact blinded and attacked Dreamer, with his estrangement from Woman revealed as a ruse to ensnare Dreamer in order to gain revenge on Cairo. Next, The Tazmaniac took on Dean Malenko. Tazmaniac took down Malenko with a single leg takedown and then attempted to whip Malenko