Slammiversary is a

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(PPV)

event Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of eve ...

produced by the American promotion

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. It is one of TNA's “Big Four” PPV events (along with Hard To Kill,

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, and Bound for Glory), and celebrates the anniversary of the promotion's first event that was held on June 19, 2002. The event had been held in July since 2017; the 2022 event took place on June 19 – twenty years to the day of the promotion's first event.

History

King of the Mountain

Slammiversary's signature match was the

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 types, professional wrestling match exclusive to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Match format The five competitors in the ...

, a five-man reverse

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which was previously contested for the

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and, later, the

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. The match debuted on the June 2, 2004, edition of Impact's (then known as NWA:TNA) weekly pay-per-views in

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, and was featured at all Slammiversary events up until the 2010 edition. The match made a return in 2015, where the newly announced

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was on the line to crown the inaugural champion.

Events

References

External links

ImpactWrestling.com
{{TNAPPV, Slammiversary Recurring events established in 2003