Slammiversary (2015)

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Slammiversary (2015)
Promotion
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
DateJune 28, 2015
CityOrlando, Florida
VenueImpact Zone
Tagline(s)"The Return of the King of the Mountain"
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The 2015 Slammiversary was a

Slammiversary
chronology, and the first event in the 2015 TNA PPV schedule. This was the first Slammiversary pay-per-view to feature a
TNA King of the Mountain Champion.[1][unreliable source
]

In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[2]

Production

Other on-screen personnel
Commentator Josh Mathews
Mike Tenay
D'Angelo Dinero
Ring announcer Jeremy Borash
Referee Earl Hebner
Brian Hebner
Brian Stiffler
Interviewers McKenzie Mitchell

Background

Slammiversary followed four straight days of TNA taping future episodes of

TNA World Heavyweight Championship, despite already having won the title. In addition, Austin Aries and Davey Richards wrestled for the right to choose a stipulation for a match that had already occurred.[3]

Storylines

Slammiversary featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

On the April 24 edition of Impact Wrestling,

Khoya, later that night Storm confronted them and told them that this is between him and Mickie James and they have nothing to do with them. On the June 3 edition of Impact Wrestling, James Storm met Mickie in Nashville, Tennessee
, where Storm would push Mickie down onto train tracks. Storm afterwards called Magnus with Mickie's phone, warning him that he is coming. On June 17, Magnus would charge into the Impact Zone and say that he's halting the show and that he would not leave until Storm showed up. After security emerged, Storm would show up and talk about Magnus and his family, which caused Magnus to try desperately to reach Storm, but security repeatedly stood in his way until Magnus fought them off. When Magnus charged toward Storm, Storm kicked a stroller off the stage. Magnus panicked believing that inside the stroller was his son, but found out that the "baby" was only a doll.

On June 16, TNA announced on their website that for the first time in six years, the

TNA King of the Mountain Championship.[5]

On April 17, after losing a tag team match to the

DJ Z
via submission, Robbie E would come out after the match and attack Godderz. On June 18, TNA announced that Godderz would face Robbie E at Slammiversary.

On June 22, it was announced on

Awesome Kong in a 3-on-2 Handicap match
at Slammiversary.

On June 24 live edition of Impact Wrestling it was announced that

Tyrus
at Slammiversary.

At

Crimson would answer the challenge and be defeated by Bram. The following week, Bram defeated Joseph Park. On the June 24 live edition of Impact Wrestling, Vader would answer the challenge and win the match via disqualification after Bram hit Vader with a foreign object, Bram would go on to continue the attack until Matt Morgan
made the save, later that night TNA would announce that Bram would face Morgan at Slammiversary.

After

Full Metal Mayhem
, in which The Dirty Heels were victorious. At Slammiversary, a match was set between Richards and Aries where the winner get to pick the stipulation for the fifth match in the series, that would take place on the July 1 special edition of Impact Wrestling, Bell To Bell, with the TNA World Tag Team Championship on the line.

On June 28, it was announced on Twitter that Slammiversary's opening match would be a three-way elimination match for the TNA X Division Championship, where the X Division Champion Tigre Uno would defend his title against Manik and DJ Z.

Aftermath

Three days after Slammiversary, on the July 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, Ethan Carter III defeated Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. After winning the championship, Carter teased Dixie Carter's return. On the July 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, Dixie Carter made her first televised appearance after a nearly year long absence, criticizing Ethan Carter III's villainous actions and apologizing to the fans for her own past actions, saying that she would not make those same mistakes again, turning Dixie into a fan favorite once again.[6]

Also on the July 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, The Wolves defeated The Dirty Heels (Bobby Roode and Austin Aries) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship after Austin Aries would defeat Davey Richards at the Slammiversary event.

Reception

Slammiversary received mixed reviews from critics. Much of the positive reception went to the Aries - Richards match, and the Storm - Magnus match. However, Magnus's promo before the match was universally criticized.[7]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
TNA King of the Mountain Championship
20:25
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Three-way elimination match

Elimination Wrestler Eliminated by Elimination move Time
1 DJ Z Tigre Uno Pinned after a split-legged corkscrew senton 9:35
2 Manik Tigre Uno Pinned after a split-legged corkscrew senton 12:07
Winner: Tigre Uno

King of the Mountain match statistics

No. Wrestler Wrestler pinned or made to submit Method
1 Bobby Roode Jeff Jarrett Pinned with a schoolboy
2 Eric Young Jeff Jarrett Pinned after a DDT on the floor
3 Matt Hardy Bobby Roode Pinned after a Twist of Fate
4 Drew Galloway Eric Young Pinned with a jackknife pin
5 Jeff Jarrett Bobby Roode Pinned after a guitar shot
Winner Jeff Jarrett N/A Jarrett hung the title to win

See also

References

  1. ^ "TNA Announces New Title, Champion To Be Crowned This Sunday - WrestlingInc.com". WrestlingInc.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  2. ^ "Anthem, Impact announce Global Wrestling Network launch". Miami Herald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. ^ Alvarez, Bryan (June 28, 2015). "TNA Slammiversary live results and coverage: Jeff Jarrett, Matt Hardy, EC3, King Of The Mountain title decided". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  4. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original
    on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  5. ^ "King of the Mountain Returns To Slammiversary". www.impactwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-18.
  6. ^ "Impact Wrestling Taping Results For July 2015". www.wrestlingnewsworld.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  7. ^ "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S TNA SLAMMIVERSARY PPV RESULTS 6/28: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live PPV from Orlando - King of the Mountain match, Storm vs. Magnus, more". pwtorch.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  8. ^ "TNA Slammiversary 2015 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

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