Slammiversary Seven

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Slammiversary Seven
Promotion
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
DateJune 21, 2009
CityAuburn Hills, Michigan
VenueThe Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance4,000[1]
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Slammiversary Seven was a

event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on June 21, 2009 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.[2][3] It was the fifth event under the Slammiversary chronology and used to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the promotion. There were seven matches on the card
.

The main event for the show was annually held

Matt Morgan
.

In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[4]

Storylines

Slammiversary featured seven professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match 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.[5]

The main

A.J. Styles defeated Daniels.[6] The following week on Impact! Samoa Joe qualified for the match by defeating Kevin Nash. The final competitor was determined to be Kurt Angle the next week after defeating Sting
.

Another rivalry involving the

Team 3D Invitational Tag Team tournament by defeating The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams
) gaining a TNA World Tag Team Championship match.

The main rivalry from the

The Motor City Machineguns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley). Following an assault from the tag teams, it was announced on the June 4 episode of TNA Impact!, that Suicide would defend the TNA X Division Championship
, against all four of his attackers in a King of the Mountain match, marking the first time that the match-up has been used twice on the same card.

The main rivalry from the

TNA Women's Knockout Champion Angelina Love and Tara
. On the May 28 episode of TNA Impact!, Love expressed her perceived dominance in the division, only for Tara to interfere in the proclamation, leading to a series of assaults until it was announced on the June 11 edition of Impact! that the title would be contested between the two.

During Daniels' match with Styles on the May 29 edition of Impact!, Shane Douglas, who was making his return with the company, interfered during the match, assaulting him with a chain, causing him to lose the match. The animosity would progress the following week with Douglas explaining his resentment towards Daniels due to the fact Daniels was given an opportunity to return rather than him. Daniels gave rebuttal of challenging Douglas for a match at Slammiversary with Daniels' contract with the company being held up and given to the winner. On the June 18 edition of Impact!, Douglas accepted.

Another feud being represented at Slammiversary was the conflict between

Taylor Wilde and, an associate of Stevie, Daffney at Sacrifice, Abyss would assault his therapist, leading to Stevie, Daffney, and another associate in Raven, apprehending Abyss and Wilde leading to the announcement of an intergender tag team match pitting Abyss and Wilde against Raven and Daffney with a Monster's Ball stipulation
.

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentator Mike Tenay
Don West
Interviewer Jeremy Borash
Lauren Thompson
Ring announcer Jeremy Borash
David Penzer
Referee Earl Hebner
Rudy Charles
Mark Johnson
Andrew Thomas

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

bearhug hold / diving European uppercut combination.[7]

Preliminary matches

Suicide retained his TNA X Division Championship
in the King of the Mountain match.

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

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 facelock and dropping Shelley down with a cutter before recovering, grabbing the title, and hanging it over the ring to win the match.[7]
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, 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 STO before jumping to the top rope and connecting with another moonsault to get the pinfall victory.[7]

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 Lights Out, to retain the title.[7]

Abyss and Taylor Wilde's Monster's Ball match against Raven and Daffney started with Abyss attacking Daffney before

steel chair followed by a DDT, only to have Abyss recover and drop Raven onto the tacks with his finishing move, the Black Hole Slam, before pinning him.[8]

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 facelock, and driving his head to the mat with his Scorpion Death Drop before getting the pinfall victory.[9]

Main event matches

Kurt Angle won his fourth TNA World Heavyweight Championship in the King of the Mountain match.

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

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 DWI, before getting the victory, winning the titles for a third time together.[8]

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 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.[8]

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".[8] 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".[9]

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.[7]

Results

No.Results
TNA World Heavyweight Championship
22:04
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

King of the Mountain match

Qualification no. Wrestler Wrestler pinned or submitted Method
1 Kurt Angle Samoa Joe Joe attacked Angle before the match and was disqualified and placed in the penalty box.[8]
2 Jeff Jarrett Mick Foley Foley laid down on the floor allowing himself to get pinned.[8]
3 Samoa Joe Mick Foley Passed-out after Joe used the Coquina Clutch.[8]
4 Mick Foley Kurt Angle Pinned after a diving elbow drop from the top of the penalty box.[8]
5 A.J. Styles Mick Foley Pinned after falling off a ladder.[8]
Winner
Kurt Angle
 Hung the belt to win.[8]

X Division King of the Mountain match

Qualification no. Wrestler Wrestler pinned or submitted Method
1 Suicide Jay Lethal Pinned after a Suicide Solution.[8]
2 Jay Lethal Suicide Pinned after a Lethal Combination to an unfolded steel chair.[7]
3 Consequences Creed Alex Shelley Pinned after a combination of moves.[8]
4 Alex Shelley Chris Sabin Sabin laid down on the mat allowing himself to get pinned.[8]
5 Chris Sabin Jay Lethal Pinned after a tornado DDT.[8]
Winner
Suicide
 Hung the belt to win.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Slammiversary 2009". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  2. ^ "Monthly Three-Hour Pay-Per-View Events". TNA Wrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  3. ^ "Slammiversary '09 Is Coming To Detroit". TNA Wrestling.com. 2009-04-23. Archived from the original on April 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  4. ^ "Anthem, Impact announce Global Wrestling Network launch". Miami Herald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. Discovery Communications
    . Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  6. ^ Martin, Adam (29 May 2009). "Impact Results – 5/28/09". WrestleView. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Caldwell, James (2009-06-21). "Caldwell's TNA Slammiversary PPV Report 6/21: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of King of the Mountain PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Keller, Wade (2009-06-21). "Keller's TNA Slammiversary 7 PPV Take 6/21: Ongoing thoughts, observations, nitpicks, and quotables". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  9. ^ a b Meltzer, Dave (2009-06-21). "TNA Slammiversary match by match coverage". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  10. ^ "New Champs Crowned At Slammiversary". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. TNA Wrestling.com. 2009-06-21. Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-22.

External links

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