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 the anniversary of the promotion's first event that was held on June 19, 2002.[1]

Slammiversary
TNA Slammiversary Logo
TNA Slammiversary logo
PromotionImpact Wrestling
First event2005
Signature matchKing of the Mountain match

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 ever event.

History

King of the Mountain

Slammiversary's signature match was the King of the Mountain match, a five-man reverse ladder match which was previously contested for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and, later, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The match debuted on the June 2, 2004, edition of Impact's (then known as NWA:TNA) weekly pay-per-views in Nashville, Tennessee, and has been featured at all Slammiversary events up until the 2010 edition. The match made its return in 2015, where the newly announced TNA King of the Mountain Championship was on the line to crown the inaugural champion.

Events
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
– TNA 1st Anniversary Show June 18, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Fairgrounds AJ Styles and Syxx-Pac vs. Jeff Jarrett and Sting
– TNA 2nd Anniversary Show June 23, 2004 Nashville Fairgrounds Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Ron Killings for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
1 Slammiversary (2005) June 19, 2005 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone A.J. Styles (c) vs. Abyss vs. Monty Brown vs. Raven vs. Sean Waltman in a King of the Mountain match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
2 Slammiversary (2006) June 18, 2006 Christian Cage (c) vs. Abyss vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Ron Killings vs. Sting in a King of the Mountain match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
3 Slammiversary (2007) June 17, 2007 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium A.J. Styles vs. Chris Harris vs. Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe in a King of the Mountain match for the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship
4 Slammiversary (2008) June 8, 2008 Southaven, Mississippi DeSoto Civic Center Samoa Joe (c) vs. Booker T vs. Christian Cage vs. Rhino vs. Robert Roode in a King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship with Kevin Nash as special guest enforcer
5 Slammiversary Seven June 21, 2009 Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills Mick Foley (c) vs. A.J. Styles vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe in a King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
6 Slammiversary VIII June 13, 2010 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact Zone Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
7 Slammiversary IX June 12, 2011 Impact Zone Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle to become number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and the Olympic gold medal [2]
8 Slammiversary 10 June 10, 2012 Arlington, Texas College Park Center Bobby Roode (c) vs. Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
9 Slammiversary XI June 2, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts Agganis Arena Bully Ray (c) vs. Sting in a No Holds Barred match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
10 Slammiversary XII June 15, 2014 Arlington, Texas College Park Center Eric Young (c) vs. Austin Aries vs. Lashley in a three-way steel cage match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
11 Slammiversary (2015) June 28, 2015 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Bobby Roode vs. Drew Galloway vs. Eric Young vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Matt Hardy in a King of the Mountain match for the inaugural TNA King of the Mountain Championship
12 Slammiversary (2016) June 12, 2016 Drew Galloway (c) vs. Lashley in a Tap Out or Knockout match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [3]
13 Slammiversary XV July 2, 2017 Lashley (Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship) vs. Alberto El Patrón (GFW Global Championship) in a Title vs. title Winner takes all match
14 Slammiversary XVI July 22, 2018 Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Rebel Complex Austin Aries (c) vs. Moose for the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship
15 Slammiversary XVII July 7, 2019 Dallas, Texas Gilley's Dallas Sami Callihan vs. Tessa Blanchard [4][5]
16 Slammiversary (2020) July 18, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Ace Austin vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Eric Young vs. Rich Swann vs. Trey in a Five-way elimination match for the vacant Impact World Championship [6]
17 Slammiversary (2021) July 17, 2021 Kenny Omega (c) vs. Sami Callihan in a no disqualification match for the Impact World Championship [7]
18 Slammiversary (2022) June 19, 2022 Nashville Fairgrounds Josh Alexander (c) vs. Eric Young for the Impact World Championship
19 Slammiversary (2023) July 15, 2023 Windsor, Ontario, Canada St. Clair College Alex Shelley (c) vs. Nick Aldis for the Impact World Championship [8]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References
  1. "IMPACT Wrestling Launches Brand New 'IMPACT Insiders' YouTube Membership". Impact Wrestling. August 4, 2021.
  2. Caldwell, James (2011-01-14). "TNA News: TNA reveals date & location for annual Slammiversary PPV, updated 2011 TNA PPV dates". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  3. "Slammiversary Main Event Set: Galloway vs Lashley With Knockout or Tap Out Stipulation". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  4. "IMPACT Wrestling Announces Venue For Slammiversary XVII | Fightful Wrestling". www.fightful.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  5. "IMPACT Wrestling Slammiversary XVII Set For July 7 In Dallas | Fightful Wrestling". www.fightful.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  6. "IMPACT On AXS TV Results: June 9, 2020". Impact Wrestling. 9 June 2020.
  7. Lambert, Jeremy (April 25, 2021). "IMPACT Teases Released WWE Superstars In Slammiversary Video, Dates Announced For IMPACT+ Events". Fightful Wrestling. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  8. Tessier, Colin (March 24, 2023). "IMPACT Wrestling Announces Date And Location For Slammiversary 2023". Fightful. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
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