Slammiversary

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Slammiversary is the name given to professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) events held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of June. It is considered one of TNA's flagship PPV events along with Lockdown and Bound for Glory (the biggest show of the year) The name of the show is a reference to the anniversary of the first TNA event, held June 19, 2002. The Slammiversary name was first used in June 2003. Slammiversary was the longtime host of the King of the Mountain match.

History

One of the most popular matches in TNA, The King of the Mountain match has made Slammiversary one of the most successful pay-per-views in TNA. As of Slammiversary VIII, The King of the Mountain Match is no longer a feature of the Slammiversary PPV.The event was only one hour until Slammiversary in 2005.[1]

Major aspects of Slammiversary

King of the Mountain

Slammiversary was the home of the King of the Mountain match, a five-man reverse ladder match for TNA's World Heavyweight Championship (TNA or NWA). The match debuted on the June 2, 2004, edition of TNA's weekly Pay-Per-View in Nashville, Tennessee, and became featured at Slammiversary after that. Since the 2010 edition of Slammiversary, the King of the Mountain Match has not been featured on the card at all, and the championship has instead been defended in regular singles matches.

Authority changes

On the pre-show to Slammiversary 2005, Larry Zbyszko took the mic and announced that former TNA Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes had buckled under the pressure and would be resigning, meaning that Zbyszko would be taking over as interim authority as per his role as a member of the NWA Championship Committee.

In 2006, a much longer developed storyline came to a climax as TNA Management finally announced its long-awaited "new face" with the debut of Jim Cornette at Slammiversary 2006.

Events

# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref
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 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone 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 V 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
5 Slammiversary (2009) 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 Orlando, Florida Impact Wrestling Zone Jeff Jarrett vs Kurt Angle to become number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [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
(c) - refers to the champion prior to the match

References

  1. ↑ Caldwell, James (2010-06-13). "Caldwell's TNA Slammiversary results 6/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - RVD vs. Sting, Hardy & Anderson, "nice surprise"". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-05-20. 
  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. 

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