Slammiversary IX
| Slammiversary IX | |||
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Promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | | ||
| Date | June 12, 2011 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | Impact Zone | ||
| Attendance | 1,100[1] | ||
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| Slammiversary chronology | |||
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Slammiversary IX was a
Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the seventh event under the Slammiversary
chronology.
In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[2]
Storylines
| Other on-screen personnel | |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Mike Tenay |
Taz
| |
| Ring announcer | Jeremy Borash |
| Referee | Rudy Charles
|
Mark "Slick" Johnson
| |
| Andrew Thomas | |
| Interviewers | Jeremy Borash |
Slammiversary featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved 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.[3]
The predominant feud on the card was between
TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Karen Jarrett, Kurt's ex-wife and Jeff's current wife, had been costing Kurt the matches against Jeff at the last few pay-per-views. Angle enlisted the aid of Chyna
to get rid of Karen, but this didn't work. Angle confronted Karen, and after a scuffle between the two of them and Jeff, Karen fell down a flight of stairs. This injured her to the point that she would not be able to attend the match at Slammiversary.
The second main feud centered around the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Gunner
and Mr. Anderson, but Eric Young's comedic antics cost them the match. A frustrated Sting attacked Mr. Anderson backstage and rubbed facepaint all over him, and skewed his own facepaint to make himself resemble an evil villain, having finally reached the boiling point.
Meanwhile,
Last Man Standing match
at Slammiversary.
New
TNA Women's Knockout Champion Mickie James was involved in a match against newcomer Winter, and bloodied her up by accident during the match. Angelina Love, Winter's partner, viciously attacked James because of what she had done, which led to a tag team match where James teamed up with her former rival Tara
to take on the team of Love and Winter. Love won the match by scoring a pinfall victory over James, earning a title shot at the PPV.
Crimson be brutalized by Abyss. Crimson had issues with it and confronted Joe about abandoning him to be attacked by Abyss. Joe then decided to get into Crimson's head by brutalizing Crimson's older brother, Amazing Red
. Crimson saved his brother, but was then attacked by Samoa Joe at a bar.
Spike, who was overstepping their boundaries in terms of power. Bischoff decided to try to get an Immortal member to win the TNA X Division Championship, so he booked a match between Abyss and then-champ Kazarian, which Abyss ended up winning. Brian Kendrick decided to lead a rebellion against Bischoff and Hogan in the name of the X Division and demanded a match against Abyss. Kendrick lost the match, but still demanded another rematch. However, Kazarian also felt like he deserved a title shot, too. Bischoff put the two of them in a #1 contender's bout, which ended in a time limit draw. They were granted five extra minutes to settle their differences, but Abyss came down to the ring and brutalized the two of them. Kendrick and Kazarian then confronted Abyss backstage, where Abyss said goodbye to his dangerous weapon "Janice" that Kazarian was trying to use as ransom, and then granted the two men a three-way match at the PPV for the title. Abyss then promised he wouldn't destroy the title, but keep it, due to the teachings of ancient Chinese war strategist Sun Tzu
.
Matt Morgan
started ripping on each other in promos, and then Morgan attacked Steiner backstage. They had a short brawl, with Morgan gaining the upper hand during the brawl. Steiner got revenge a couple of weeks later by attacking Morgan during a match and making Morgan lose.
superkick
to the jaw.
Results
| No. | Results TNA World Heavyweight Championship 15:52 | | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett by submission | Singles match[Note 1] | 17:42 | ||
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- ^ Since Angle won, he became the #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Had Jarrett won, he would have received Angle's Olympic gold medal.
See also
References
- ^ "Slammiversary 2011". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ "Anthem, Impact announce Global Wrestling Network launch". Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2011-06-12). "Caldwell's TNA Slammiversary PPV Results 6/12: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - Sting vs. Anderson, Angle vs. Jarrett blow-off". PW Torch. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ Gerweck, Steve (2011-06-12). "Slammiversary 9 PPV Results - 6/12/11". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2011-08-07.