Slammiversary VIII was a

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produced by

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(TNA), which took place on June 13, 2010 at the

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. It was the sixth event under the

Slammiversary Slammiversary is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) List of TNA pay-per-view events, event produced by the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It is one of TNA's “Big Four” PPV events (along with TNA Hard To Kill, Hard ...

chronology. This was the first time since 2006 that Slammiversary was held at the Impact! Zone, and the first time that 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 types, professional wrestling match exclusive to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Match format The five competitors in the ...

did not take place. The

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was between

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and

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for the

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in which Van Dam retain his title. Matches on the

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featured The Enigmatic Assholes (

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and Mr. Anderson) defeated

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(

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and

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) in a tag team match,

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defeated A.J. Styles, and

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defeated

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in a

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. The event saw the TNA debut of

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, during the event. In October 2017, with the launch of the

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, the event became available to stream on demand.

Storylines

Slammiversary VIII featured nine

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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as

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or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches. On the May 20 edition of ''

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was ranked number one in the first Top 10 ranking by the TNA Championship Committee and was as a result given a shot at the

at Slammiversary. On June 10,

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said on

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she would have a big surprise at Slammiversary that would ultimately change TNA forever. Also using Twitter, she later clarified her statement to indicate that while there will be a surprise revealed at Slammiversary, it will not be the one said to "change TNA forever," which will instead be revealed in the coming weeks. It was soon known that

was the surprise after making his debut at the

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Pay-per-view event.

Results

References

External links

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