Pre-show
Tasha Steelz defeated Faby Apache, Gisele Shaw, and Xia Brookside. Four-way action. Shaw was the star with a double stack fireman’s carry slam to Steelz and Brookside, catching Apache for a powerbomb, and spearing Brookside. Shaw delivered a running knee to Brookside, but Steelz shoved Shaw aside to steal the pin.
Kushida defeated Rich Swann. TNA announced that Jonathan Gresham was unable to compete (not a storyline). Swann was the replacement. Kushida had a new look with Buddhist symbols on his body reminiscent of Hakushi. The Time Splitter prevailed with a flipping Hoverboard Lock off the turnbuckles to win via submission.
Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Masha Slamovich & Alisha Edwards defeated Jody Threat & Dani Luna to retain the titles. Spitfire connected on the Hart Attack clothesline to Edwards, but Slamovich made the save on the pin. As Spitfire set up their finisher, Edwards raked the eyes, and Slamovich hit the Snow Plow on Threat. Kick out on the cover. Slamovich grabbed both title belts to use as foreign objects. The referee confiscated one strap and took his sweet time with his back turned. Meanwhile, Slamovich tripped Threat with a drop toehold to collide into the other belt in the corner. The Malisha executed a doomsday bulldog on Threat for victory.
Director of Authority Santino Marella booked a surprise match.
Eric Young defeated Alexander Hammerstone. EY escaped a torture rack for a roll-up victory.
Slammiversary PPV
Matt Hardy defeated Johnny Dango Curtis. Hardy rallied for a Twist of Fate. JDC kicked out and came back for a Falcon Arrow slam. As Dango climbed the corner, Hardy sprang up for a Twist of Fate off the turnbuckles to win. Hardy added two more Twist of Fate maneuvers for good measure after the match. It could be considered symbolically one for Jeff Hardy and one for Reby Hardy as payback for JDC’s previous attacks.
TNA World Tag Team Championship: Ace Austin & Chris Bey defeated Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards to win the titles. Alisha Edwards was a pest throughout. She ran in to block ABC from their finisher. After a brief pause, Bey leaped toward Myers for a cutter. Eddie pulled his partner out of the way, and Bey accidentally clocked Alisha. ABC made use of the distraction for a double cutter and the Art of Finesse with The Fold combo for Ace to pin Myers.
Mike Santana defeated Jake Something. Rugged fight. Jake caught Santana for a powerbomb. Kick out on the cover. Jake scaled the corner, then Santana sprang up to execute an avalanche German suplex. For the finish, fisticuffs were footloose and fancy-free. Santana had more oomph in his tank and finished with a discus lariat.
Rascalz defeated No Quarter Catch Crew. Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz reunited with Wes Lee (aka Dezmond Xavier) from NXT. Their opponents were Charlie Dempsey, Myles Borne, and Tavion Heights representing NXT. The style was high-flying versus catch wrestling. Dempsey’s crew grounded the Rascalz for much of the match. Hot tag to Lee, and the excitement cooked. The Rascalz were able to use dives to keep NQCC at bay on the outside toward the finish. Went lifted Heights into a torture rack position. Trey hit a flying stomp, then Wentz slammed Heights. Wentz and Lee joined forces for the Hot Fire Flame splash. Wentz pinned Heights to win.
TNA Digital Media Championship & International Heavyweight Wrestling Championship: PCO defeated AJ Francis in a Montreal Street Fight to win both titles. Santino Marella didn’t want the match to end in a DQ, so he added the stipulation. Francis had help from Rich Swann and Josh Bishop, but they couldn’t keep PCO down. Sami Callihan and Rhino evened the odds to help the monster. PCO landed a moonsault. Kick out by Francis. Top Dolla hit a tombstone piledriver. Kick out by PCO. The French-Canadian Frankenstein had the final salvo with a chokeslam onto chairs and a moonsault to win. After the match, Steph De Lander returned from Australia to propose marriage to PCO. He said yes!
Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace defeated Ash by Elegance to retain the title. Ash worked the spine, but Grace was still able to hit a musclebuster. Ash was slick on defense to frequently counter Grace’s power offense, however, it was only a matter of time until the Juggernaut connected on the pumphandle driver to win.
X-Division Championship: Mike Bailey defeated Mustafa Ali to win the title. Ref bump! Bailey accidentally kicked the referee. Ali took advantage of the situation for his security guards to beat up Bailey. They held Bailey down for two 450 splashes from Ali. 1, 2, the ref was pulled out of the ring by Trent Seven in disguise. Ali took him out with a suicide dive. Since the referee was still compromised, Ali attacked Bailey with a chair. He waved in his backup plan. Earl Hebner came to the ring to recreate the Montreal Screwjob, but he couldn’t go through with it. When Ali threatened Hebner, Bailey took control for a Sharpshooter of his own. Ali tapped out in defeat.
TNA World Championship: Nic Nemeth defeated Moose, Josh Alexander, Frankie Kazarian, Steve Maclin, and Joe Hendry to win the title. Six-way elimination bout. Maclin was the first elimination via spear from Moose. Moose was the second elimination via Standing Ovation chokeslam from Hendry. Hendry was the third elimination via low blow kick and a C4 spike piledriver from Alexander. It appears that Alexander just turned heel. Alexander was the fourth elimination via superkick from Nemeth. Kazarian had previously been superkicked off stage crashing through a table. He made his timely return to catch Nemeth off guard for a Fade to Black piledriver. 1, 2, kick out by Nemeth. They tussled back and forth with high drama, then Nemeth hit the Danger Zone to win.
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