Slammiversary (2015) was a
professional wrestling
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pay-per-view
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(PPV)
event
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produced by
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
(TNA). It was live from
Impact Zone
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,
Orlando
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,
Florida
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. It was the eleventh event under the
Slammiversary
Slammiversary is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion Impact Wrestling. It is one of Impact's “Big Four” PPV events (along with Hard to Kill, Rebellion, and Bound for Glory), and celebrates ...
chronology, and the first event in the 2015 TNA PPV schedule.
This was the first Slammiversary pay-per-view to feature a
King of the Mountain match
The King of the Mountain match (Queen of the Mountain when female wrestlers are involved) is a professional wrestling match exclusive to Impact Wrestling (formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling).
Match format
The five competitors in the match st ...
since
Slammiversary 2009
Slammiversary Seven was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on June 21, 2009 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It was the fifth event under t ...
. It was also the first King of the Mountain match in which the winner will be crowned the
TNA King of the Mountain Champion
The TNA Television Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling). It was introduced on the October 23, 2008 episode of TNA's television program ''TNA Impac ...
.
In October 2017, with the launch of the
Global Wrestling Network
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, the event became available to stream on demand.
Production
Background
Slammiversary followed four straight days of TNA taping future episodes of ''
Impact Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
''. Due to the episodes set to air after the PPV, the live Slammiversary featured
Taryn Terrell
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She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling, Total Nonstop ...
as the
TNA Knockouts Champion
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even though she had already lost the title and
Ethan Carter III
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being billed as the number one contender to the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship
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, despite already having won the title. In addition,
Austin Aries
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and
Davey Richards
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wrestled for the right to choose a stipulation for a match that had already occurred.
Storylines
Slammiversary featured
professional wrestling matches
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involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portrayed
villains
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,
heroes
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* Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good
Film
* ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama
* ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film
Gaming
* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
, or
less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
On the April 24 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'',
Magnus
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and
Mickie James
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both came down to the ring to announce Mickie's retirement from professional wrestling to focus on raising their son, but were interrupted by
James Storm
James Allen Cox (born June 1, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name James Storm. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling.
He started his career in 1997 and after working on several independent pr ...
, who managed to convince her not to. Magnus was later approached backstage by Davey Richards, who warned Magnus to not trust Storm, after which Magnus asked a member of the camera crew to follow Mickie around to keep an eye on her. After consulting the footage the crew gathered, Magnus confronted Storm and warned him to stay out of his and Mickie's business. On the May 15 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', the two would have another confrontation where Storm would provoke Magnus into attacking him with a guitar, officially igniting their feud. The following week, Magnus called out Storm for a fight, only to instead be met by former rival and Storm's
The Revolution teammate
Abyss
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* Abyss (religion), a bottomless pit, or a passage to the underworld
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* ''The Abyss'' (1910 film), a Danish silent film starring Asta Nielsen
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, and eventually the rest of The Revolution members
Manik and
Khoya
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, later that night Storm confronted them and told them that this is between him and Mickie James and they have nothing to do with them. On the June 3 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', James Storm met Mickie in
Nashville, Tennessee
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, where Storm would push Mickie down onto train tracks. Storm afterwards called Magnus with Mickie's phone, warning him that he is coming. On June 17, Magnus would charge into the Impact Zone and say that he's halting the show and that he would not leave until Storm showed up. After security emerged, Storm would show up and talk about Magnus and his family, which caused Magnus to try desperately to reach Storm, but security repeatedly stood in his way until Magnus fought them off. When Magnus charged toward Storm, Storm kicked a stroller off the stage. Magnus panicked believing that inside the stroller was his son, but found out that the "baby" was only a doll.
On June 16, TNA announced on their website that for the first time in six years, the
King of the Mountain match
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would return at Slammiversary. On the June 24 live edition of ''Impact Wrestling'',
Jeff Jarrett
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Beginning his career in his father J ...
, alongside
Karen Jarrett
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, made a surprise return and announced his participation in the match. On June 25 TNA announced on their website the four competitors that would join Jarrett in the King of the Mountain match:
Matt Hardy
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With his real life brother Jeff, Hardy gained notoriety in WWF's tag team d ...
,
Eric Young,
Drew Galloway
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McIntyre is a two-time WWE Champion, one-time WWE Int ...
and
Bobby Roode
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Roode is known for his 12-year tenure for Total Nonstop ...
, with the prize being the newly reactivated and renamed
TNA King of the Mountain Championship TNA may refer to:
Organisations
* Tamil National Alliance, a political coalition in Sri Lanka
* The National Alliance, a political party in Kenya
* The National Archives (United Kingdom), a UK public body
* Tonga Nurses' Association, a trade union ...
.
On April 17, after losing a tag team match to the
Dirty Heels
The Dirty Heels was a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Austin Aries and Bobby Roode.
History
Formation
On July 8, Aries defeated Bobby Roode in the main event of Destination X to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. ...
,
Jessie Godderz
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and
Robbie E
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got into a brawl, disbanding
The BroMans
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History
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ...
and turning Robbie E
face
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. On May 15, after Robbie E defeated Godderz three times in the same night, Godderz hit Robbie E with a microphone, and afterwards Godderz placed a chair around Robbie E's neck and slammed it into one of the ring posts. On June 17, Godderz would defeat
DJ Z
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Paris began his career in 2004, ...
via submission, Robbie E would come out after the match and attack Godderz. On June 18, TNA announced that Godderz would face Robbie E at Slammiversary.
On June 22, it was announced on
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by TNA that The Dollhouse (Taryn Terrell,
Jade
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and
Marti Bell
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) would face
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and
Awesome Kong
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in a
3-on-2 Handicap match at Slammiversary.
On June 24 live edition of ''Impact Wrestling'' it was announced that
Lashley and
Mr. Anderson would face Ethan Carter III and
Tyrus at Slammiversary.
At
Destination X
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It w ...
,
Bram
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would cut a promo stating that he would "rewrite history" and challenged any TNA wrestler from the past,
Crimson
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would answer the challenge and be defeated by Bram. The following week, Bram defeated
Joseph Park. On the June 24 live edition of ''Impact Wrestling'',
Vader would answer the challenge and win the match via
disqualification after Bram hit Vader with a foreign object, Bram would go on to continue the attack until
Matt Morgan
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made the save, later that night TNA would announce that Bram would face Morgan at Slammiversary.
After
The Wolves vacated the
TNA World Tag Team Championship TNA may refer to:
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due to an injury to
Eddie Edwards, an
Ultimate X match
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Match format
...
was held for the titles on the April 17 edition of ''Impact Wrestling''.
The Hardys
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defeated
The Beat Down Clan (
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Kenneth King
* Kenneth George King or Jonathan King (born 1944), Englis ...
and
Low Ki
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), Ethan Carter III and
Bram
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People
* Bram (given name)
* Bram (surname)
* Bram (wrestler) (born 1986), ring name of professional wrestler Thomas Raymond Latimer
* Bram Tchaikovsky (born 1950), stage name of British musician Peter Bramall
* Bram Stoker Iris ...
, and
Rockstar Spud
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and
Mr. Anderson to win the match and the titles for the first time as a team. However, the Hardys vacated the titles afterwards after Jeff suffered a broken tibia. On the May 8 live edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', The
Dirty Heels
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History
Formation
On July 8, Aries defeated Bobby Roode in the main event of Destination X to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. ...
(
Bobby Roode
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Roode is known for his 12-year tenure for Total Nonstop ...
and Austin Aries) would come out wanting the tag team championship. Davey Richards would come out and announce the return of Eddie Edwards, setting up a Best of 5 Series for the tag team championship. On the May 15 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', The Wolves would defeat Roode and Aries in the first match of the series. On the May 29 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', The Wolves defeated The Dirty Heels in the second match of the series. The following week The Dirty Heels defeated The Wolves after a low blow and chair shot in the third match of the series. On June 17, Austin Aries wasn't medically cleared to wrestle, therefore a match was set between Eddie Edwards and Bobby Roode were the winner of that match will be able to choose the stipulation for match four in the series, in which Edwards was victorious, and announced that match four would be a
Full Metal Mayhem, in which The Dirty Heels were victorious. At Slammiversary, a match was set between Richards and Aries where the winner get to pick the stipulation for the fifth match in the series, that would take place on the July 1 special edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', ''Bell To Bell'', with the TNA World Tag Team Championship on the line.
On June 28, it was announced on
Twitter
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that Slammiversary's opening match would be a three-way elimination match for the
TNA X Division Championship
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, where the X Division Champion
Tigre Uno
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would defend his title against Manik and DJ Z.
Aftermath
Three days after Slammiversary, on the July 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Ethan Carter III defeated Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. After winning the championship, Carter teased
Dixie Carter
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's return. On the July 8 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Dixie Carter made her first televised appearance after a nearly year long absence, criticizing Ethan Carter III's villainous actions and apologizing to the fans for her own past actions, saying that she would not make those same mistakes again, turning Dixie into a
fan favorite once again.
Also on the July 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', The Wolves defeated The Dirty Heels (Bobby Roode and Austin Aries) for the
TNA World Tag Team Championship TNA may refer to:
Organisations
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* Tonga Nurses' Association, a trade union ...
after Austin Aries would defeat Davey Richards at the Slammiversary event.
Reception
Slammiversary received mixed reviews from critics. Much of the positive reception went to the Aries - Richards match, and the Storm - Magnus match. However, Magnus's promo before the match was universally criticized.
Results
Three-way elimination match
King of the Mountain match statistics
See also
*
2015 in professional wrestling
References
External links
Impactwrestling.com
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Slammiversary
Professional wrestling in Orlando, Florida
2015 in professional wrestling in Florida
Events in Orlando, Florida
June 2015 events in the United States
2015 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view events