Jump to content

Slammiversary (2024)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by StrangerMan123 (talk | contribs) at 16:44, 20 July 2024 (WP: Not Broken). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Slammiversary
Promotional poster
PromotionTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
DateJuly 20, 2024
CityMontreal, Quebec, Canada
VenueVerdun Auditorium
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous
Rebellion 		Next →
—
Slammiversary chronology
← Previous
2023 		Next →
—

The 2024 Slammiversary is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It will take place on July 20, 2024, at Verdun Auditorium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and celebrate the promotion's 22nd anniversary. It will be the 20th event under the Slammiversary chronology. The event will also feature wrestlers from TNA's Mexican partner promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), and WWE's NXT brand, as part of a crossover between TNA and NXT that began in the summer of 2024.

Production

Background

Slammiversary is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to celebrate the anniversary of the company's first event, which was held on June 19, 2002. As such, the event is usually held in the summer (June or July). The first event took place nearly a year after that event on June 18, 2003, and has since been considered one of Impact's premiere PPV events, along with Bound for Glory and – since 2020 – Hard To Kill, and Rebellion.[1]

On April 20, 2024, at Rebellion, it was announced by TNA that Slammiversary would take place on July 20, 2024, at Verdun Auditorium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2][3]

Storylines

The event will feature several professional wrestling matches, which involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines are produced on the company's weekly programs, Impact! and Xplosion.[4]

On the June 20 episode of TNA Impact!, TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella announced the "Road to Slammiversary Series," where five singles matches would take place over the next few weeks. The winner of each match would go on to Slammiversary to challenge TNA World Champion Moose in a six-way elimination match. The Road to Slammiversary began that same episode, with Josh Alexander defeating Eric Young to qualify.[5][6] The following week, Steve Maclin and Nic Nemeth qualified by defeating Sami Callihan and Rich Swann, respectively.[7] And the week after, Frankie Kazarian and Joe Hendry defeated Mike Santana and Jake Something, respectively, to earn the final two spots in the match.[8][9][10]

At Hard To Kill, Ash by Elegance (formerly Dana Brooke in WWE), was spotted in the crowd during the TNA Knockouts World Championship match between Jordynne Grace and Trinity, the former defeating the latter to win the title.[11][12] Since then, the newly signed Ash took to sitting ringside for Grace's title matches, scouting potential competition. Ash would even return to WWE at NXT Battleground during Grace's match with NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez, preventing Tatum Paxley from stealing the Knockouts World Championship before being hit with it by Grace.[13][14] Five days later at Against All Odds, after Grace retained her title against Paxley in an open challenge, Ash tried getting physical with Grace for the first time but was unsuccessful.[15][16] However, on the subsequent episode of TNA Impact!, Ash tried sending a message to Grace after a victory, putting her opponent down with Grace's finisher, the Juggernaut Driver. This brought Grace to the ring, but she was laid out by Ash, who then held the Knockouts World Championship over a fallen Grace.[5][6] On the next week's episode, a furious Grace granted Ash a title match for that night, but the latter's "Personal Concierge" declared that the two would have their match at Slammiversary instead, which TNA made official.[17]

On the May 23 TNA Impact!, Mike Bailey and Trent Seven faced off to see who would challenge Mustafa Ali for the TNA X Division Championship at Against All Odds. Near the end of the match, Ali, who came out to sit ringside and was inadvertently knocked down by Bailey, tried to lunge at the latter, who was perched on the top turnbuckle. This allowed Champagne Singh, who would later join Ali as "Campaign Singh," to shove Bailey off and allow Seven to pick up the win and earn the title shot.[18] At Against All Odds, however, before their match, Seven revealed unseen footage from Ali's interview with Tom Hannifan a few weeks ago, where Ali disavowed and dismissed his hometown of Chicago, where the show was being held. Regardless, Ali was able to defend his title against Seven.[15][16] Two weeks later on the June 27 TNA Impact!, Ali held a "State of the Union Address" to discuss the footage from Against All Odds, trying to pass it off as AI-generated slander. However, several fans began heckling Ali by chanting for Mike Bailey, who many believe Ali to be avoiding. Ali tried to have the fans escorted from the arena. But, when one of them threw water in Ali's face, he snapped and attacked the fan, before being stopped by Speedball Mountain (Bailey and Seven).[7] Angered at the injunction and believing Bailey had ruined his return to Chicago, Ali threatened to ruin Bailey's return to Montreal as he challenged him to an X Division Championship match at Slammiversary.[19] However, the following week, Ali confronted Santino Marella to call off the match, saying that Bailey hadn't earned it. Marella reluctantly agreed and made a three-way number one contender's match for next week between Bailey, Kushida, and Jonathan Gresham to determine Ali's Slammiversary challenger.[8][9] Nonetheless, Bailey would pin Gresham in the match to earn his X Division Title opportunity.[20][21]

For the past month, Fir$t Cla$$ (TNA Digital Media Champion A. J. Francis and Rich Swann) took to mocking the budding romance between PCO and Steph De Lander, starting on the June 13 TNA Impact! when they took the black rose PCO had given De Lander before being attacked by PCO.[22][23] This later led to a match between PCO and Swann at Against All Odds, which PCO won despite interference from Francis.[15][16] It was after the match that De Lander accepted PCO's offer for a date, which the two had in-ring on the following TNA Impact! Unfortunately, Fir$t Cla$$ crashed the date, attacking and tying PCO to the ropes before Francis chokeslammed De Lander through a table.[5][6] Fir$t Cla$$ continued to mock PCO the following week, when Francis, with the help of DJ Whoo Kid, purchased the Canadian International Heavyweight Championship, a retired title that had been defended during the 1970s and 80s in PCO's native Quebec, and upon gaining ownership of the title, Francis revived it as an active championship and declared himself as champion.[7] The week after, Santino Marella confronted Fir$t Cla$$ and announced that Francis would face PCO at Slammiversary for the Canadian International Heavyweight Championship and the TNA Digital Media Championship.[24]

At Under Siege, The Malisha (Alisha Edwards and Masha Slamovich) defeated Spitfire (Dani Luna and Jody Threat) to win the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship.[25][26] As The Malisha continued their reign, Spitfire, under the direction of their mentor Lars Frederiksen, had competed in several trial matches before they would invoke their rematch clause. The final trial was a 10-minute challenge match between Luna and Threat on the July 4 episode of TNA Impact! that ended in a time-limit draw. They were granted five extra minutes to finish the match, but The Malisha ran out to attack Spitfire.[8][9] On July 9, TNA announced on their website that Spitfire would have their rematch against The Malisha for the Knockouts World Tag Team Championship on the Countdown to Slammiversary pre-show.[27]

At Sacrifice, The System's Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards defeated ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship.[28][29] For the next few months, while The System continued to reign, ABC began showing signs of dissolution, with miscues in their tag team matches and brief forays in singles competition. But the two had worked it out in the past month and began calling for their title rematch. After The System retained the TNA World Tag Team Championship against The Hardys ("Broken" Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) on the July 18 TNA Impact!, TNA announced that they would now defend them against ABC at Slammiversary.[30][31]

The TNA World Tag Team Championship match on the July 18 episode ended in disqualification when System associate JDC shoved Jeff Hardy off the top rope. JDC, Myers, and Edwards would conduct a post-match assault on The Hardys, forcing Matt to watch Jeff thrown into the ring post with a chair around his neck. As Jeff was stretchered out of the arena, Tommy Dreamer pulled Matt to a scene where his wife Rebecca Hardy was attacked by who she claims was JDC.[30] As a result of these attacks, Matt would now face JDC at Slammiversary.[31]

On the July 4 episode of TNA Impact, NXT wrestler Charlie Dempsey interrupted a match between Zachary Wentz and Leon Slater, attacking both men as well as Wentz's Rascalz partner Trey Miguel. The Rascalz would return the favor by appearing on the July 9 episode of NXT, reuniting with former partner Wes Lee (Dezmond Xavier in TNA, then known as Impact Wrestling).[32] Three days later on TNA Impact!, Dempsey defeated Wentz due to a distraction by Dempsey's No Quarter Catch Crew (NQCC) stablemate Myles Borne, who attacked Miguel.[20][21] The following week, NQCC (Dempsey, Borne, and Tavion Heights) would defeat The Rascalz (Miguel and Wentz) and Kushida in a six-man tag team match.[30] In the following segment, Lee, appearing on TNA television for the first time in over three years, meets Miguel and Wentz in their "treehouse," challenging NQCC to a match at Slammiversary. TNA would officially announce the match later in the night.[31]

Following Hard To Kill, Jonathan Gresham appeared via vignette in therapy sessions, growing obsessed with the "masks" people wore to hide their true selves. It was during these sessions that a new character for Gresham began haunting him, a black-masked figure dubbed "The Octopus." Gresham, as The Octopus, returned to action at Under Siege, defeating Kushida with a mandible claw with his hand coated in black "ink" he spewed from his mouth.[25][26] This ink was later revealed to have made sickened Kushida on the May 17 episode of TNA Xplosion.[33] It also caused the referees for Gresham's matches to be sickened at the slightest contact, causing those who officiate his matches to be gloved and masked. A month later on the Countdown to Against All Odds, Gresham faced Sami Callihan where near the end of the match, Kushida ran down and swabbed Gresham's ink from his mouth with a towel, which he took back to Japan to find a cure for it.[15][16] On the July 18 episode of TNA Impact!, Gresham lured Kushida away from his six-man tag team match, causing his team to lose. TNA later announced the two would face each other once again on the Countdown to Slammiversary.[34]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1PXia Brookside vs. Gisele Shaw vs. Tasha Steelz vs. Faby ApacheFour-way match[34]
2PKushida vs. Jonathan GreshamSingles match[34]
3PThe Malisha (Alisha Edwards and Masha Slamovich) (c) vs. Spitfire (Dani Luna and Jody Threat)Tag team match for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship[27]
4The Rascalz (Trey Miguel, Wes Lee, and Zachary Wentz) vs. No Quarter Catch Crew (Charlie Dempsey, Myles Borne, and Tavion Heights)Six-man tag team match[31]
5Mike Santana vs. Jake SomethingSingles match[31]
6A. J. Francis (c) (with Rich Swann) vs. PCOSingles match for the TNA Digital Media Championship and the Canadian International Heavyweight Championship[24]
7The System (Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards) (c) vs. ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey)Tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship[31]
8"Broken" Matt Hardy vs. JDCSingles match[31]
9Mustafa Ali (c) (with Campaign Singh) vs. Mike BaileySingles match for the TNA X Division Championship[19]
10Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Ash by Elegance (with The Personal Concierge)Singles match for the TNA Knockouts World Championship[17]
11Moose (c) vs. Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin vs. Nic Nemeth vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Joe HendrySix-way elimination match for the TNA World Championship[10]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match will be broadcast on the pre-show
*Card subject to change

TNA World Championship match

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method of elimination Time
1
2
3
4
5
Winner —

References

  1. ^ "IMPACT Wrestling Launches Brand New 'IMPACT Insiders' YouTube Membership". Impact Wrestling. August 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Nason, Josh (April 20, 2024). "TNA announces date & location for Slammiversary". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 20, 2024). "TNA Slammiversary To Take Place On July 20 In Montreal, Quebec, Canada". Fightful. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c TNA Wrestling Staff (June 20, 2024). "TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV Results: June 20, 2024". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Moore, John (June 21, 2024). "TNA Impact results (6/20): Powell's review of the Against All Odds fallout show with Ace Steel vs. Frankie Kazarian in a Chicago Street Fight, The System's opening segment, PCO and Steph De Lander's date". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c TNA Wrestling Staff (June 27, 2024). "TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV Results: June 27, 2024". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c TNA Wrestling Staff (July 4, 2024). "TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV Results: July 4, 2024". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Moore, John (July 5, 2024). "TNA Impact results (7/4): Moore's review of Mike Santana vs. Frankie Kazarian and Joe Hendry vs. Jake Something in qualifiers for the six-way TNA Title match at Slammiversary". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  10. ^ a b TNA Wrestling Staff (July 4, 2024). "Moose to Defend TNA World Title in 6-Way Elimination Match at Slammiversary". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  11. ^ TNA Wrestling Staff (January 13, 2024). "TNA Hard To Kill 2024 Full Results". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  12. ^ Powell, Jason (January 13, 2024). "TNA Hard To Kill results: Powell's live review of Alex Shelley vs. Moose for the TNA Title, Trinity vs. Jordynne Grace for the Knockouts Title, Josh Alexander vs. Alex Hammerstone". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  13. ^ WWE.com Staff (June 9, 2024). "Full NXT Battleground results". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  14. ^ Moore, John (June 9, 2024). "NXT Battleground results: Moore's live review of Trick Williams vs. Ethan Page for the NXT Championship, Roxanne Perez vs. TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace for the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d TNA Wrestling Staff (June 14, 2024). "TNA Against All Odds 2024 Results". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  16. ^ a b c d Vetter, Chris (June 14, 2024). "TNA Against All Odds results (6/14): Vetter's review of Moose vs. Matt Hardy in a Broken Rules match for the TNA Title, Jordynne Grace defends the Knockouts Title in an open challenge". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  17. ^ a b TNA Wrestling Staff (June 27, 2024). "Jordynne Grace vs. Ash By Elegance for Knockouts Championship set for TNA Slammiversary LIVE July 20 on TNA+!". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  18. ^ TNA Wrestling Staff (May 23, 2024). "TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV Results: May 23, 2024". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  19. ^ a b TNA Wrestling Staff (June 27, 2024). "Ali vs. Bailey for the X-Division Championship Official for TNA Slammiversary LIVE July 20 on TNA+!". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  20. ^ a b "TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV Results: July 11, 2024". TNA Wrestling. TNA Wrestling. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  21. ^ a b Moore, John (July 11, 2024). "TNA Impact results (7/11): Moore's review of Jordynne Grace defends the Knockouts Title in an open challenge, Charlie Dempsey vs. Zachary Wentz, AJ Francis vs. Rhino for the Digital Media Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  22. ^ TNA Wrestling Staff (June 13, 2024). "TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV Results: June 13, 2024". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  23. ^ Moore, John (June 14, 2024). "TNA Impact results (6/13): Moore's review of The System visiting the Hardy Compound, ABC vs. Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth, Mike Santana vs. Zachary Wentz, Masha Slamovich vs. Marti Belle". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Two Titles on the Line for AJ Francis vs. PCO at TNA Slammiversary". TNA Wrestling.com. TNA Wrestling. July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  25. ^ a b TNA Wrestling Staff (May 3, 2024). "TNA Under Siege 2024 Results". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  26. ^ a b Vetter, Chris (May 3, 2024). "TNA Under Siege results (5/3): Vetter's review of The System vs. Matt Hardy, Mike Bailey, and Trent Seven, Mustafa Ali vs. Ace Austin for the X Division Title, Kushida vs. Jonathan Gresham". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  27. ^ a b TNA Wrestling Staff (July 9, 2024). "Malisha vs. Spitfire for the Knockouts World Tag Team Titles Set for TNA Slammiversary LIVE July 20 on TNA+!". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  28. ^ TNA Wrestling Staff (March 8, 2024). "TNA Sacrifice 2024 Results". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  29. ^ Vetter, Chris (March 9, 2024). "TNA Sacrifice results (3/8): Vetter's review of Moose vs. Eric Young for the TNA World Championship, Nic Nemeth vs. Steve Maclin, Josh Alexander vs. Hammerstone". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  30. ^ a b c TNA Wrestling Staff (July 18, 2024). "TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV Results: July 18, 2024". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  31. ^ a b c d e f g TNA Wrestling Staff (July 18, 2024). "Rascalz vs. No Quarter Catch Crew, System vs. ABC & More Announced for TNA Slammiversary LIVE This Saturday". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  32. ^ Moore, John (May 9, 2024). "NXT TV results (7/9): Moore's review of the NXT Heatwave fallout show, Tony D'Angelo vs. Lexis King for the NXT Heritage Cup, Sol Ruca vs. Fallon Henley, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows vs. OTM". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  33. ^ TNA Wrestling Staff (May 21, 2024). "Xplosion on TNA+ Report: May 17, 2024". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  34. ^ a b c TNA Wrestling Staff (July 18, 2024). "Countdown to Slammiversary LIVE & FREE This Saturday at 7pm ET on TNA+". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slammiversary_(2024)&oldid=1235683893"