Storylines
Slammiversary featured seven Professional wrestling match types, professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and Narrative thread, storylines. Wrestlers portrayed Heel (professional wrestling), villains, Face (professional wrestling), heroes, or Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener, less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The main Feud (professional wrestling), rivalry heading into Slammiversary was the annually held King of the Mountain match (KOTM). The KOTM involves five competitors fighting to gain a Pin (professional wrestling), pinfall or Professional wrestling#Submission, submission to be allowed to climb a ladder and hang a Championship (professional wrestling), championship belt above the ring to win. Mick Foley was the first competitor in the match as he was the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Champion heading into the show. On the May 28 edition of ''Impact!'', TNA's primary television program, Foley announced that there would be a series of qualifying matches to determine the other four competitors starting that night. The first match saw Jeff Jarrett defeat Eric Young (wrestler), Eric Young, then, later on the same edition of ''Impact'', A.J. Styles defeated Christopher Daniels, Daniels. The following week on ''Impact!'' Samoa Joe qualified for the match by defeating Kevin Nash. The final competitor was determined to beEvent
Pre-show match
Prior to the show airing live on pay-per-view, a pre-show match that aired on TV and online had the team of Eric Young (wrestler), Eric Young and Terry Gerin, Rhino against The British Invasion (professional wrestling), The British Invasion (Doug Williams (wrestler), Doug Williams and Nick Aldis, Brutus Magnus) in a tag team match was shown. Young would Turn (professional wrestling), leave his partner by walking out on him during the match, leading to Williams and Magnus beating down on their lone opponent until Rhino's student, Jesse Neal, put himself in the match to fill the role of Rhino's partner. The team would be defeated by the Invasion after Neal was Pin (professional wrestling), pinned by Magnus following a Professional wrestling double team maneuvers#Bearhug hold, attack combination, bearhug hold / diving European uppercut combination.Preliminary matches
The show started with the King of the Mountain match for the TNA X Division Championship. The four challengers- Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Alex Shelley, and Chris Sabin -initially attacked the champion, Suicide, in order to gain the upper hand. When the ladder was introduced to be used as a weapon against him, Suicide knocked the ladder back, incapacitating his opponents, before pinning Lethal. As per match rules, Suicide was now eligible to win the match suspending the belt above the ring, and Lethal would have to spend time in the penalty box. Once all five men became eligible to win the match, Sabin grabbed the title to suspend it above the ring only to have Suicide head him off. This was followed by a plethora of Professional wrestling terms#S, spots before Suicide was able to obtain the belt himself, only to have Lethal push him off the ladder he was climbing, having him land on the penalty box. Shelley would then obtain the belt before Suicide would run and jump to his opponent climbing the ladder, applying a Professional wrestling holds#Cravate, facelock and dropping Shelley down with a Cutter (professional wrestling), cutter before recovering, grabbing the title, and hanging it over the ring to win the match. Following was Daniels wrestling Douglas for his position in the company. The match started with both men getting quick assaults on each other until Douglas would slide out of the ring to recuperate as Daniels would ascend to the top rope, Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Springboard, springboard off of it, and connect with a moonsault to his opponent on the floor of the arena. When the match returned to ring, Daniels would catch his opponent with a back heel trip and clothesline known as the Professional wrestling throws#STO, STO before jumping to the top rope and connecting with another moonsault to get the pinfall victory. Angelina Love would defend the TNA Women's Knockout Championship next against Tara. The match started with Tara beating down the champion; once Tara was about to win, Love's associate, Velvet Sky, would use hairspray to blind Tara before Love took her down with a facebuster, called Facebuster#Lifting reverse STO, Lights Out, to retain the title. Abyss and Taylor Wilde's Monster's Ball match against Raven and Daffney started with Abyss attacking Daffney before Professional wrestling throws, throwing her onto Raven and Dr. Stevie, who was in their corner; this was followed by Wilde Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Suicide, diving onto her three adversaries. The women would proceed to brawl their way to the entrance ramp, with Wilde performing another dive onto Daffney, as Abyss would retrieve a bag of thumbtacks, spilling its contents onto the mat. This would lead to the women returning to the ring for Wilde to throw her opponent onto them. The finish of the match came when Raven hit his opponent with a Professional wrestling attacks#Illegal attacks, steel chair followed by a DDT (professional wrestling), DDT, only to have Abyss recover and drop Raven onto the tacks with his finishing move, the Powerslam#Spinning powerslam, Black Hole Slam, before pinning him. Sting (wrestler), Sting made a challenge to Matt Morgan (wrestler), Matt Morgan, guaranteeing him a position in his Stable (professional wrestling), contingency, The Main Event Mafia, if he were to win. The match was fought with both men exchanging strikes before Morgan would physically dominate his opponent. As Morgan went to tackle Sting in the corner, he was countered by Sting getting behind with a Professional wrestling holds#Inverted facelock, facelock, and driving his head to the mat with his DDT (professional wrestling)#Inverted DDT, Scorpion Death Drop before getting the pinfall victory.Main event matches
The following match was the TNA World Tag Team Championship with Team 3D defending against Robert Roode and Beer Money, Inc. The match started with a ploy for Team 3D to use their signature weapon, a wooden table, until The British Invasion distracted the two teams. As the match progressed, the champions executed their finishing maneuver, the Professional wrestling double team maneuvers#Dudley Death Drop, 3D, on Roode as The Invasion returned for one last distraction; with Devon distracted, Roode lifted his opponent onto the shoulders of Storm as they dropped them with their own signature move, the Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Powerbomb, neckbreaker combination, DWI, before getting the victory, winning the titles for a third time together. The main event followed for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Before the match started, Samoa Joe would assault rival, Kurt Angle, sending him straight to the match's penalty box. Jeff Jarrett became the first person to qualify for winning the match officially by pinning Mick Foley, who, once out of the penalty box, was placed back in by Joe, who choked him unconscious with his rear naked choke. The match would feature a plethora of high spots including A.J. Styles springboarding off the top rope to execute a dropkick to Foley and Jarrett as they climbed a ladder. Foley and Styles would eventually make their way to the top of the penalty box before the former threw off his opponent with a Professional wrestling throws#Hip toss, hip toss. The match ended following Styles preventing Angle from climbing the ladder to hang the belt before attempting the feat himself; Joe stopped him with a powerbomb off of the ladder. Joe made his attempt to win the match while Angle himself was climbing opposite of him. Just as he was about to hang the belt, he handed it to Angle, allowing him to win the match and the title.Aftermath
On the edition of ''Impact!'' following Slammiversary, the motives of the end of the TNA World Heavyweight Championship match came to light. Kurt Angle had paid Samoa Joe to fix the match in his favor, thus ensuring Angle's victory. Joe subsequently turned heel and joined The Main Event Mafia, and Angle announced that he had regained leadership of the group from Sting.Reception
The show received generally positive reviews from many critics. Wade Keller of the online wrestling newsletter, Pro Wrestling Torch, expressed favorable comments for the show in the X Division King of the Mountain match, saying the competitors, "delivered supreme athleticism and creativity". Dave Meltzer, journalist of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, gave a live match-by-match report of the show; he praised the show in general, specifically the TNA World Tag Team Championship, as well as feeling the Monster's Ball match was good for a "weapons match". The common criticism from writers was that the wrestling on the show was merely above average and not really memorable. Wade Keller gave his opinion on the show by saying the main event will not be remembered and believed the swerve in the ending was way to have the match to be remembered.Results
King of the Mountain match
X Division King of the Mountain match
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