Slammiversary

Join us tonight starting at 8pm for up to the minute results from Impact Wrestling’s biggest night of the year… Slammiversary!

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary 2023 match card

• Alex Shelley (c) vs. Nick Aldis for the Impact World Title
• Bully Ray and Cody Deaner vs. Scott D’Amore and TBA
• Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Trinity for the Impact Knockouts World Title
• Chris Sabin (c) vs. Lio Rush for the Impact X Division Title
• ABC (Ace Ace Austin and Chris Bey) (c) vs. Brian Myers and Moose vs. Rich Swann and Sami Callihan vs. Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster) for the Impact World Tag Team Titles
• The Coven (Taylor Wilde and KiLynn King) (c) vs. Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich for the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Titles
• Jonathan Gresham vs. Mike Bailey vs. Kevin Knight vs. Alan Angels vs. Kushida in an Ultimate X match  Jake Something has been added to the match at bell time.
• Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian
• Joe Hendry (c) vs. Kenny King for the Impact Digital Media Title

Pre Show.

We have a new Digital Media Champion.  Kenny King has defeated Joe Hendry to become the new champion.  King used the ropes to secure the win.  He may have stole it, but he is the champion.

Main Show!  Live Coverage begins now.  The show is held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  This is the largest crowd for an Impact event in a long time.

Match 1. ULTIMATE X MATCH..  Kushida VS Jonathan Gresham VS Mike Bailey VS Alan Angels VS Kevin Knight VS Jake Something

Bailey comes in on a roll after defeating NJPW wrestler, Kevin Knight on Thursday, but the story is the return of Jake Something.  He starts the match tossing the entire field from the ring.  He looks jacked and the crowd loves his surprise addition.  He powerbombs Knight to the floor on the entire field.  Angels rannas Jake to the floor, enabling the rest of the wrestlers to go at in the ring. Naturally this is a spotfest.  Bailey moonsaults himself off the top to the floor, keeping Jake out of the match in the ring.  Bailey and Gresham find there way to the top and start blasting on each other.  Angels joins them and performs a Spanish fly on them both to the mat.  Kushida and Knight team up to doomsday dropkick Angels to the floor from the apron.  Bailey climbs the top of the ring extended corner trusts and moonsaults the group from 20 feet in the air.  Angels grabs a chair and starts hitting everyone repeatedly with it.  After taking everyone out, he climbs up to the cables.  Knight follows and gets reverse ranna’d off the cables.  Angels then crotches Gresham.  Jake shoves Angels into the steel trust.  Jake then starts the cable climb, Angels crotches him too.  Angels and Kushida and Bailey end up on the cable.  Angels crotches Bailey.  Kushida knock Angles off the cables.  Kushida grabs the X and drops to the mat in victory.

Winner and guaranteed a future X Division Title Match, Kushida!

Digital Media Champion, Kenny King with Sheldon Jean are interviewed about his match in the pre show.  He says he isn’t a stripper, he is a champion.  He calls out World Champion, Alex Shelley and X Division Champion, Chris Sabin.  He says he is the only champion in the promotion that matters.

Match 2.  The Coven (Taylor Wilde and KiLynn King) (c) vs. Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich for the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Titles

The newly formed team of Masha and Kelly have never teamed up, but they make quite a first impression.    They enter the arena first.  The champions enter next, with King walking out first, followed by the witch, Taylor Wilde.  The challengers have defeated the champs recently in singles matches.  Kelly and Taylor start the match.  Kelly asks for punches from Wilde.  Out of nowhere, Masha enters and they attack Wilde and King.  The match settles down, but Kelly has Wilde weary.  She batters her with punches, punt kicks and forearms.  Masha tags in and does more of the same.  Wilde blocks a snowplow and drives Masha to the mat.  King tags in and flapjacks Masha.  They double team on Slamovich for the full 5 count.  King misses a running elbow and Masha makes her pay for it with a double stomp.  Kelly tags in and goes right back to work.  King counters with a drop of Kelly, neck first on the middle rope and interference from Wilde on the apron.  Kelly gets worked over in the champs corner.  King gets a two count.  Kelly makes a tag to a fired up Slamovich, who knocks the champs to the mat.  She gets a two count on Taylor, but King breaks up the count.  Kelly enters and the match starts to break down.  King ends up missing a double knee, allowing Kelly to butterfly suplex Wilde.  Masha hits a missile drop kick on King.  Wilde hits a witches wrath, but Masha kicks out.  Kelly downs King.  Masha levels Wilde and gets the pin.

Winners and new Knockouts World Tag Team Champions,  Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich

Match 3.  Bully Ray and Deaner (with Kon) VS Scott D’Amore and … ERIC YOUNG

Former NHL hockey star, Darren McCarty will be the guest special enforcer for the match.  Deaner and Bully enter first with Kon.  WOW.  Eric Young is back.  EY is back in full Team Canada gear.  He is fully embracing the fans approval, showing a smile we haven’t seen on his face in 10 years.  Deaner is shocked to see his mentor return.  Deaner and Young start the match.  He quickly loses his smile as he glares at Deaner.  Deaner wants no part of EY and tags out.  Bully enters.  EY outwrestles him for a few seconds and tags in D’Amore.  Bully wants out and tags in Deaner.  Scott hits a big leg lariat and drops a knee.  After a legdrop, a “you still got it” chant rings out.  D’Amore then plants Deaner with a sky high.  McCarty blocks Kon from interfering.  Bully is able to level D’Amore and Deaner uses the advantage to bite Scott in the face.  Bully tags in and throws Scott to the floor.  Bully starts arguing and taunting Scott’s mom at ringside.  Bully is really messing with her.  Mrs. D’Amore is playing it up well.  Back in the ring, Bully kicks Scott in the groin.  EY pleads with the ref to not DQ Bully and Deaner.  The ref gets pushed and says screw it.  I’m out.  McCarty puts on the shirt and becomes the official ref.  Bully goes to work on D’Amore, but taunts the crowd too much and Scott spears Bully.  EY tags in, as does Deaner.  EY hits a discus clothesline on Deaner.  After a pile driver, Kon has to yank McCarty’s leg to stop the count.  A1, from Team Canada takes out Kon.  He was at ringside.  McCarty and EY set up Bully for the What’s UP, delivered by Scott.  EY goes for the tables.  McCarty might not be impartial, but this is good stuff.  They set up a table in the ring.  McCarty and Scott choke slam Bully threw the table.  Deaner gets planted by a destroyer by Scott.  EY lands a top rope elbow and it is over.

Winner by pinfall, EY and Scott D’Amore.  A1 and McCarty join Team Canada in victory in the ring.

We get a Nick Aldis promo next.  He questions the champions ability to be a defending champion.  He calls him a transitional.

Match 4.  Lio Rush VS X Division Champion, Chris Sabin

Rush attacks Sabin before the bell.  Rush dove on him on the floor.  He was off guard and his head appears to be injured.  A Dr comes out to check on Sabin and says he shouldn’t wrestle.  Sabin pushes the Dr to the floor.  Rush dropkicks Sabin in the face as he was taking off his jacket.  Rush then tornado kicks him in the head.  After a final hour, Sabin shows life by kicking out of a pin at two.   Rush goes back to the top and lands a 2nd final hour and it is over.

Winner and NEW X Division Champion, Lio Rush

Gia Miller approaches Alex Shelley backstage for his thoughts on his partners loss of the X Division title.  Shelley walks away saying nothing.

Match 5.  ABC (Ace Ace Austin and Chris Bey) (c) vs. Brian Myers and Moose vs. Rich Swann and Sami Callihan vs. Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster) for the Impact World Tag Team Titles

The teams all feel them self out after a few tags with no team gaining an advantage until Sami hits a brutal shoulder breaker on Bey.  Myers and Moose attack Sami.  Swann protects his teammate.  Moose gets dumped by the champs to the floor.  Bey goes for a too sweet and gets powerbombed on the apron.  Andrews dives on Myers.  Sami Webster on the field on the floor.  Webster gets double teamed by oVe.  Swann gets a two count.  Ace tags in and he uses flashy kicks on Swann.  Bey tags in and he and Ace deliver a kick to the head, neck breaker.  Moose make the save.  Andrews kicks Moose and hits the slum dog millionaire.  After a Webster senton, Moose kicks out at two.  Sami clotheslines everyone.  Everyone is just laying everyone else out.   Ace ends up with Bey in the ring.  They hit the Art of Finesse, but The Rascalz take out Ace.  Webster dives on everyone.  Andrews reverse moonsaults Myers and we have new champions.

Winners and New World Tag Team Champions, Subculture

Match 6.  Frankie Kazarian (with Traci Brooks) VS Eddie Edwards (with Alisha Edwards)

Emotions are high in this grudge match between Killer Kowalski students.  This is a rubber match between the two.  Eddie gains an advantage with Alisha’s help on the outside.  The match started evenly before he interference.  Frankie fights back after Traci interferes on her husband’s behalf.  Eddie flips Frankie hard over the ropes to the floor.  Eddie follows him and lands a few chops in before throwing Frankie back in the ring.  Eddie maintains control in the ring.  He gets a two count of a slam.  Eddie takes his time following up, but Frankie can’t muster up enough offense and is chopped to the mat.  He continues chopping Frankie for a few minutes until Kaz tosses Eddie over his head.  Eddie dives to Frankie, but misses and lands on the floor.   Frankie leaps the ropes, landing a ranna on Eddie.  Frankie then starts chopping Frankie.  Alisha rakes Frankie’s back.  Traci greets Alisha, but the distraction allows Eddie to dive threw the ropes onto Kaz.  Frankie starts yelling at Kaz and Traci’s son, who is at ringside.  Frankie loses it, but his anger just gets him more punishment both in and out of the ring.  Kaz gets to his feet and they start trading slaps until Frankie turns it up a notch.  Frankie lariats him and slams Eddie.  After a spring board legdrop, Eddie is forced to kick out at two.  Eddie blocks an unprettier.  Frankie ends up on the top, but Eddie lands the backpack stunner, but Frankie kicks out at two.  Frankie ends up back on the top with Eddie.  Eddie superplexes Frankie.  Eddie went for the chicken wing.  It was blocked.  Frankie went for a tiger driver.  It was blocked.  Each are trying each others moves now.  The two tumble from the ring to the floor, both trying to suplex each other.  Both beat the count.  Frankie hits a cutter for a two count.  Frankie takes out the ref by accident.  Both guys clothesline each other.  Alisha gets a kendo stick.  Traci follows her in the ring.  Traci takes Alisha down.  The two roll around.  Traci clotheslines Alisha.  Frankie locks on the chicken wing, but the ref is out and doesn’t see Eddie tapping out.  The ref is groggy when Eddie hits Frankie with the kendo stick, but he makes the 3 count after a Boston knee party.

Winner of the best of 3 series, Eddie Edwards

Match 7.  Trinity VS Knockouts World Champion, Deonna Purrazzo

The challenger enters the arena first.  A violinist plays the intro going into Deonna’s music.  David Penzer announces the participants.  Purrazzo has been champion for over 500 days in her 3 reigns combined.  That puts her second to only Gail Kim in time held.  The two show off scientifically to start.  Trinity blocks off the Fujiwara arm bar and dropkicks the champion.  Deonna bails to the floor.  Trinity dives to the floor on Purrazzo while twisting several times.  Deonna makes Trinity stumble trying to spring board off the ropes.  The champions stands on the fingers, pushing up the elbow off the mat and steps on it.   Trinity is in pain already.  Trinity’s arm gives out, trying to slam the champion, after the elbow stomp.  Deonna suplexes the challenger, then goes back to work on the injured elbow.  Deonna then basement dropkicks Trinity.  Purrazzo then punk slaps the back of Trinity’s head.  Trinity tries to fight back, but gets knocked to the mat.  The champ continues a slow and steady attack on Trinity.  Trinity ends up being tied up, but rolls out of the submission and gets a two count.  She then kicks the champ in the head.  After a few lariats she delivers a Samoan drop.  She gets a two count.  The two roll each other up, countering holds on the ground.  Deonna hits a piledriver for a long two count.  She is also bleeding now from the mouth.  She locks on a Fujiwara, but Trinity gets to the ropes.  Trinity kicks and faceplants the champ.  After a split legged moonsault, Trinity gets a long two count. The the two end up on the apron.  Deonna hits a Queens Gambit on the apron edge.  Back in the ring, she can only get a two count.  Purrazzo is frustrated.  They end up on the top rope.  Trinity blocks the piledriver off the top and counters with a sit out slam.  She locks on the star struck.  Deonna taps.  It looked like Deonna had rolled Trinity up in the hold and had her pinned as she tapped.

Winner and NEW Knockouts Women’s Champion, Trinity!

Match 8.  Nick Aldis VS Impact World Champion, Alex Shelley

David Penzer introduces the parties once again.  The champion is the clear fan favorite.  Shelley spits a mouth full of water in Aldis face to start the match.  Aldis takes a few punches in the corner.  He then powerbombs Shelley in the corner and locks on the cloverleaf.  Shelley gets to the ropes.  Aldis stomps his back, after a long time in the hold.  Nick then pump handles Alex.  Rehwoldt is hard selling what Aldis would bring to the table inside and outside the ring as a champion and face of the company.  Finally Shelley dragon screws the leg.  He then kicks the hamstring.  Shelley goes all in the attack on the leg for the next series of moves.  This goes on for a few minutes.  The match spills to the floor.  Aldis traps Shelley between the ring drapes and pummels him.  He then drops Shelley face first on the apron.  Aldis eats a stunner on the apron.  Shelley is slow to keep momentum.  Aldis pokes they eyes.  Shelley throws Aldis into the ring post repeatedly.  Shelley then cranks Aldis fingers in the turnbuckle hooks.  Shelley dragons the leg again and then chop blocks him.  Aldis goes back to the eyes.  Shelley then twists the wrist and fingers.  He then goes back to kicking the bad leg.  Aldis clotheslines Shelley.  Aldis leg buckled, but he heads to the top rope.  Shelley greets him.  Shelley superplexes Aldis.  Shelley can barely stand as well.  The two finally get up and trade chops.  The champion face plants Aldis in the middle turnbuckle.  Aldis blocks a kick and boots Shelley.  He kicks free then hits a sliced bread into a boarder city.   Shelley uses more finger joint manipulation.  Aldis reverses a sliced bread into a pile driver.  Aldis hits a top rope elbow for a long two count.  Aldis grabs the belt, but Shelley takes it from him.  The ref pleads to him not to use it.  The ref turns with the belt.  Aldis crotches him.  Aldis gets a two count.  Aldis grabs the belt again.  Shelley grabs it and DDT’s him on the belt.  A shell shock later and it is over.

Winner and still World Champion, Alex Shelley

Shelley’s hand is raised in victory.  We get a recap of the match for a few minutes.  Just as we think everything is over.  The Walking Weapon, Josh Alexander walks out to the ring.  He walks up to Shelley to his name being chanted.  He grabs a microphone.   He simply says he is back and drops the mic.  The two end the show having an uneasy private talk.