The Slammiversary Pre-Show is at UBS Arena in Elmost New York. The panel for the pre-show is Tommy Dreamer, Dave LeGreca, Gia Miller, and Skid Row guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo. We do get Tommy Dreamer putting over Jonny Rodz, who shows for the pre-show.
We also get some pre-show notes from the announcing team's Matthew Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan.
The Elegance Brand (Ash by Elegance and Heather by Elegance) (TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions) (with M by Elegance and The Personal Concierge) vs. The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay)
Iceman introduces the Elegance Brand with over-the-top USA talk while calling IInspiration migrants.
Jessica and Heather start off and after some words between them, Jessica tosses Heather to the corner, gets a snap mare and tags in Cassie. Ash gets in the ring and IInspiration kicks them down and poses. Jessie is nailed behind the ref’s back by Ash before she tags in and beats her down. Ash and Heather work over Jessie with quick tags and referee distractions.
Jessica dodges an attack and is able to get the hot tag to Cassie, who runs wild. Cassie gets a fisherman’s buster and holds on for two on Heather. They move to fighting on the top and Ash tags in and Cassie knocks down Heather and then hits a hurricanrana from the top. She puts Ash on the top and gets a superplex for two, but M puts Ash’s foot on the bottom rope. As Elegance regroups, each of the Iinspiration dives onto them.
Iinspiration tries to set up Ash for the Idolizer broken up by Heather. M hits a torch to the face on Cassie and Ash covers for the pin and the win.
Winners and still TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions: Elegance Brand
The panel goes back to setting up big matches on the show, discussing who they think will win. They are interrupted by The Northern Armory, Eric Young, Travis Williams, and Judas Icarus. They take over the ring and Young degrades the local sports teams. He says all of the things that have happened to him is a conspiracy and he is in his Wrestling Gear and challenges a Local Wrestler to challenge him and he’s met by Home Town Man.
Eric Young vs. Home Town Man
HTM takes out Williams and Icarus and gets into the ring and tosses Young to the floor. Young gets into the ring and takes a back suplex. HTM gets a couple in the corner, but he has to stop to fight off Icarus and Williams. Young rips off HTM’s Hockey Jersey and Man fights back until Young drops him and covers for two.
Young grabs a rear chinlock and HTM escapes with a jawbreaker. HTM hits a series of jabs and then a big clothesline. NOW he gets ten in the corner for two. They go to the top again and Young gets a headbutt and then an elbow drop for two. Young threatened the ref for only counting two, but Williams and Icarus pull him out of the ring to calm down. Young returns to the ring and tries a pile driver, but HTM is able to reverse it into a backdrop. She grabs the leg on hold on the pin and the win.
Winner: Home Town Man
Steve Maclin, Jake Something, and Mance Warner (with Steph De Lander) vs. Fourth Rope (Real1, Zilla Fatu, and Josh Bishop)
We are told Maclin’s team have been at odds over Maclin’s International Championship in the past few weeks.
Zilla and Mance start off throwing hands. Zilla gets a quick Samoan drop and then goes to the top, but misses a dive. Maclin tags in and takes everyone down and then gets Thesz press on Real 1. Zilla accidentally hits a splash on Bishop and Maclin puts Real 1 in the tree of woe and tags in Jake. Jake gets a spear on Real 1 and then Bishop gets a choke slam on Jake.
Mance gets a DDT off of Jake’s back and the fight spills to the floor. Jake dives onto everyone on the floor and tosses Real 1 in the ring. Real 1 is able to dump Mance out of the ring and then gets Eat Defeat on Jake for the pin and the win:
Winners: The Fourth Rope
Mustafa Ali (w/Jason Hotch, John Skyler, and Tasha Steelz) vs. Cedric Alexander
They lock up and Cedric is able to get a headlock toss. They move to mat wrestling and then to their feet and Cedric gets an arm bar. Ali reverses it and Cedric picks the leg. They continue the mat wrestling and Cedric gets a cover for two. They trade chips and then run the ropes and Ali gets a rollup for two. Cedric gets a rollup for two as well. They trade chops and both have to recover. Cedric gets a German suplex on Ali to the floor.
Ali is rolled into the ring and then pulls him out for a German suplex on the floor. Ali is tossed back in the ring as his Secret Service gets in Cedric’ face. Ali then dives into Cedric on the floor. Cedric is rolled into the ring and comes off the top, but Cedric avoids it and slams Ali into the middle turnbuckle. Cedric goes to the apron and as they get on the ropes, Ali gets a big slap. Alexander hits him with a Michinoku Driver into the Secret Service.
Ali is rolled into the ring and Cedric covers for two. Ali avoids a power bomb and hits a spin kick followed by a spinning DDT. Ali misses a standing sky twister. Cedric then gets a front face lock suplex into the turnbuckles for two. Ali pulls Cedric down by his hair and then locks in a sharpshooter. Cedric bridges up and crawls to the ropes for the break.
Ali goes to the floor and uses the ring apron to choke Cedric. They fight on the floor and Ali gets a super kick. He charges at Cedric who gets a back body drop pulling Ali onto the steel steps. As the ref is distracted, a member of the Secret Service attacks Cedric on the floor and rolls him into the ring. Ali hits a 450 for two only.
Tasha is in the ring yelling at the ref and she….is….outta here!
Ali rolls into a cutter from Cedric and then hits two German suplexes and then a third into the top turnbuckle. Another Secret Service guy gets into the ring and Cedric hits him with a slam on the apron. Cedric then hits the Lumbar Check on Ali for two. Ali tries to beg off and then pulls Cedric into the turnbuckles. Ali goes to the top and Cedric hits the ropes to crotch him.
Cedric goes to the top and Tasha comes back to the ring with a chair. Cedric sees her and stands on the chair. He then hits a Lumbar Check on Tasha, but Ali uses this to hit a 450 for the pin and the win.
Winner: Mustafa Ali
In the back, Gia is with Joe Hendry. He says it all comes down to a triple threat for the TNA Title, and the entire world believes in Joe Hendry.
Darkstate (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, Saquon Shugars, and Cutler James) vs. Matt Cardona and The System (Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, and JDC) (w/ Alisha Edwards)
Darkstate tries to surround the ring and the brawl starts before the bell. Eddie sets up a chair and dives onto the people at ringside after pointing to the sky. The brawl continues at ringside. Myers and Shugars are in the ring, and we finally get a bell.
Shugars leaps over a spear, and Myers is clotheslined by Griffin. Griffin tags in, runs Myers into the turnbuckle, and then drags his face across the ropes. Lennox tags in and continues the beatdown. Myers gets an enziguri and goes for a tag, but JDC is pulled off the apron. Shugars gets a two-count after popping Myers in the face. James tags in and grabs a rear chinlock, but Myers recovers enough to hit a spear. Cardona gets the hot tag and cleans house. JDC and Edwards clothesline Griffin out of the ring. Cardona gets a two-count on Shugars. Darkstate regains control with quick tags and keeps Cardona isolated. The System gets a tag and unleashes a flurry of offense on Shugars, covering for two—broken up by Darkstate. The tag team siren goes off and everyone is brawling in and around the ring. Edwards hits a Boston Knee Party on Shugars after Cardona connects with Radio Silence. Edwards covers for the pin and the win.
Winners: Matt Cardona and The System
Gia interviews Tim Malcolm from the show 90 Day Fiancé at ringside, who is happy to be there.
Tessa Blanchard (w/ Victoria Crawford) vs. Indi Hartwell
Tessa pie-faces Indi, and Indi drops her and lays in blows. She follows up with a series of shoulder blocks into Tessa in the corner. Indi then stomps a mudhole in Tessa, who slides to the outside. They chase each other around the ring post until Tessa lands a dropkick.
They are potting down the crowd sound, but they have words for Tessa.
Tessa lays in from the apron onto Indi and then slams Indi’s head into the apron with her leg. Tessa tosses Indi back into the ring and covers for two. She starts working over Indi’s leg and covers again for one. She tosses Indi into the corner and hits a leg DDT, continuing the attack on the leg. Tessa drops Indi on her knee and covers for two. Tessa keeps working on the leg in the corner.
Indi fights back while limping, but Tessa trips her and covers for two. Tessa goes back to working her over in the corner. Indi gets Tessa on the top rope, and they fight there. Tessa drops down and tries for a sunset flip, but Indi holds on. Tessa lands a big kick and then pulls Indi face-first into the top turnbuckle. She returns to targeting the knee. Tessa climbs to the top, but Indi joins her and hits a superplex—though she can’t follow up.
They struggle to their feet, and Tessa lays in blows. Indi fires back and they go back and forth. Tessa isn’t able to respond after a while. Indi bounces off the ropes and Tessa gets a kitchen sink. Indi responds with clotheslines and follows with a big kick in the ropes. Indi goes to the top and lands a flying elbow for two.
Tessa fights out of Indi’s grip and tries to tie up Indi’s legs, but Indi powers out. Indi goes to the floor, and Tessa dives onto her. Tessa rolls her into the ring and covers for two. They jockey for position and Indi hits a spinebuster for two. Indi keeps trying for Hurts Donut. Tessa counters with a Tiger Driver for two. Tessa goes to the top but misses an attack. Indi is finally able to hit Hurts Donut—for a two-count.
Indi slams Tessa into the turnbuckle and puts her on top. Indi joins her, and they trade blows. Tessa hits a cutter from the top and follows with Magnum for a two-count. She hits a running kick to Indi’s face and yells at her before delivering a big slap. Indi responds with a Hurts Donut into the ropes and then a second one on the mat for the pin and the win.
Winner: Indi Hartwell
Tessa attacks Indi during her post-match interview with Gia, then turns and attacks Gia as well. As Tessa is beating down Gia, security arrives to pull them apart.
We then go backstage where Santino Marella gets in Tessa’s face about what she did and says there will be consequences. Santino is told to get rid of Tessa, and she is carried out of the building.
We get a confrontation between The Elegance Brand and The IInspiration backstage. We go to it a bit early, as the Elegance Brand is waiting for someone to call Mark before they start celebrating.
Masha Slamovich (TNA Knockouts Champion) (w/ Léi Yǐng Lee and Xia Brookside) vs. Jacy Jayne (NXT Women’s Champion) (w/ Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx) – Winner Take All
They circle each other, and Jacy motions for Masha to come on over. They lock up and Jacy gets a hip toss followed by an axe handle attack. Masha then gets a boot in the ropes and a hard clothesline, sending Jacy rolling to the floor. Masha dives onto Fallon and Jazmyn, then rolls Jacy back into the ring. They struggle to pull each other into the ring post, and Jacy gets help from her team to pull Masha into the post. Jacy then walks over and asks Johnny Rodz if Masha is his girl. She rolls Masha back into the ring for a two-count.
Jacy works over Masha in the corner and stomps her down. As the ref pulls Jacy away, Masha is attacked by Jacy’s team. Jacy covers for two. Masha starts laying in chops, but Jacy hits a ura nage for another two-count. Jacy holds Masha down with a rear chinlock. Masha fights to her feet. Jacy leaps onto her back, but Masha falls backward into the turnbuckle to get free.
Jacy throws hands to keep Masha down, but Masha continues fighting to her feet. Masha returns fire with strikes of her own and starts clotheslining Jacy repeatedly. She lands a big boot in the corner, followed by a running kick for two. They both struggle to get up, but Masha is up first. They fight back and forth and trade waistlocks. Masha hits a running knee and then delivers an Air Raid Crash into the turnbuckles. She covers for two.
Masha puts Jacy on the top rope and joins her there. They battle on the top. Jacy teases a powerbomb, then pulls Masha’s head into the top turnbuckle and follows with a kick. Jacy climbs back up and hits a hurricanrana, followed by a knee strike for two.
As the referee is distracted, Jacy is handed a title belt. The ref takes that one away, but Jacy grabs the Knockouts Title and nails Masha from behind—only for a two-count.
Masha recovers and hits the Psycho Knee. Jacy’s team climbs the apron, but Masha’s team rushes in to pull them down, leading to a brawl around the ring. Jacy accidentally hits the referee with a superkick. Masha then hits the Snowplow on Jacy. The crowd counts to ten, but another referee runs in and counts only two before Jacy kicks out.
Masha tries for Requiem and they trade near falls. Jacy then hits Encore and covers for the pin and the win.
Winner and NEW TNA Knockouts World Champion: Jacy Jayne
Moose (TNA X-Division Champion) (w/ Alisha Edwards) vs. Leon Slater
Moose forces Slater to the corner early, but Slater fights back with kicks to Moose’s legs. Moose hoists Slater onto the top rope and hits Go To Hell for a two-count. Slater manages to send Moose to the floor with a low bridge. As Slater follows him out, Moose lands a big chop. Moose tries to roll Slater back into the ring, but Slater swings through the ropes for a kick. Moose grabs him, but Slater escapes and sidesteps Moose, sending him crashing into the steel steps.
Back in the ring, Slater tries to lift Moose but can't manage it. Moose whips Slater hard into the corner, and both men go down. Moose gets back up and starts chopping Slater down. Slater escapes a lift attempt, but Moose catches him and delivers a uranage. Slater rolls to the apron. Moose attempts a powerbomb on the apron, but Slater drops down to avoid it. Slater lands an enziguri and again tries to hoist Moose—unsuccessfully.
Moose catches Slater on the top rope, but Slater counters with a hurricanrana to the floor. Slater tries a leaping hurricanrana off the steps, and though Moose initially catches him, Slater eventually hits it on the ramp. Slater pulls Moose back to the ring, and Moose tosses him in. Slater rebounds and hits a wild dive over the ringpost from inside the ring onto Moose on the floor.
Slater rolls Moose in and climbs to the top, but Moose gets to his feet. Slater leaps over him, but Moose hits a pop-up powerbomb for a two-count. Moose then chops Slater off his feet. He goes for another chop, but Slater catches it and fires back. Slater comes off the ropes, but Moose cuts him down with a clothesline and then a buckle bomb. Slater screams in defiance and hits a clothesline of his own—both men go down.
Slater is the first one to his feet and nails Moose in the corner. He lands a running leg lariat and heads to the top, but Moose knocks him down by ramming the ropes. Moose sets for a spear, but Slater counters with a small package for a two-count. Moose quickly follows up with a spear—but Slater still kicks out at two.
Moose goes for another spear, but misses and crashes into the turnbuckle. Slater somehow lifts Moose and lands Utopia. He hits a spear of his own and heads to the top. Slater lands a Swanton 450, but it only gets a two-count!
Slater regroups and connects with a running boot, followed by a rear kick. He leaps off the second rope, but Moose counters with a devastating spear. Slater is knocked to the floor. As Moose charges, Slater counters with Code Red. He rolls Moose into the ring and heads up top. Moose rolls away and flips Slater the bird—but Slater lands a Swanton Bomb anyway, then follows with a second Swanton 450 for the pin and the win!
Winner and NEW TNA X-Division Champion: Leon Slater
Before the belt can be handed to Slater, Moose grabs it. But instead of attacking, Moose places the title on Slater himself and offers a sign of respect before exiting the ring.
This is when AJ Styles comes to the ring with his old TNA music as far as I remember. He asks if they missed him. He says there was a time when he might not be able to come back, and the lights are a little brighter, the crowd is a little louder and the talent is better than it has ever been. The Crowd chants you deserve it and AJ says that isn’t true, Slater earned it.
He says that Slater reminded him why he loves this business. AJ puts over Slater and talks about the people he was in TNA with. He tells Slater he made history and now he has to make his legacy. Slater leaves AJ alone in the ring and AJ takes in the cheers of the crowd.
The Nemeths (Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth) (AEW Tag Team Champions) vs. The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) vs. The Rascalz (Myron Reed and Zachary Wentz) vs. Fir$t Cla$$ (A. J. Francis and KC Navarro) - Ladder Match
The Hardys say they will retire if they don’t win the titles tonight.
The fight begins as the Nemeths get to the ring. The Hardys use a ladder to attack anyone who gets into the ring. Matt sets up a ladder on the middle rope and suplexes Nick onto it. The Hardys are knocked to the floor and the Rascalz take over the ring. AJ puts Myron on a ladder and carries it to knock everyone out of the ring and then slams the ladder with Myron on it.
KC gets on AHJ’s shoulders, but he is drop-kicked off to the mat. Myron gets a running cutter from in the ring to the floor. AJ is pinned under a ladder as Zach climbs it. AJ pushes the ladder off and Zack falls off through another ladder at ringside. The Hardys show to stop AJ from climbing the ladder. Jeff gets a swanton on AJ and the Hardy’s move the ladder for a better position. The Nemeths knock the ladder over and they brawl with the Hardys.
Ryan Nemeth talks trash to Johnny Damon and Johnny shoves Ryan down. He returns to the ring and the Nemeths climb the ladder and the Rascalz attack and KC knocks the ladder over with all four men on it. KC goes after everyone in the ring with a chair and then sets a ladder up in the corner. Ladders are rearranged at ringside as AJ then climbs the ladder.
AJ then moonsaults off the ladder into everyone in the ring. AJ then grabs a ladder for him and KC to climb with him. The Rascalz stop them and shoves the ladder over so that they fall into ladders set up at ringside. The Hardys get into the ring and they brawl with the Rascalz. Jeff sets up a ladder bridge between the ring and the steel steps. Zach is laid on that ladder and Myron on another and Jeff hits a swanton bomb onto them on the ladders. He then hits a second.
Matt goes to the back and Jeff grabs a control and brings down a ladder from the sky. Jeff starts climbing and the Nemeths try to grab him. They pull him down and beat down Jeff. Ryan starts to climb and Matt nails him with a chair. Nick gets a super kick on Matt and starts to climb. Jeff pulls him down and takes him out with a chair.
The Hardys wrap chairs around the Nemeths’ head and hit twists of fate with them. Jeff starts to climb the sky rope ladder and grabs the titles.
Winners and NEW TNA Tag Team Champions: The Hardys
Bully Ray comes to the ring as the Hardys celebrate. Bully is the first to congratulate them on another tag team championship and they are catching up to the Dudleys. He also congratulates them for being one of the reasons tonight is an attendance record for TNA. A record he set in 2013. He says 25 years ago, the Hardys and the Dudleys made history with the first tag team tables match.
He says since then, there has been a lot of talk of who is the best tag team of all time, and he says everyone can agree it is the Road Warriors. However they want to give the fans the last great tag team match of all time. October. Bound For Glory. Hardys. Team 3D. One last match.
The crowd asks where is D-Von and Bully says that is a great question. He says at Bound for Glory, you will hear for one last time. D-Von! Get the tables.
Santino Marella says that Tessa Blanchard is suspended indefinitely. He asks the pre-show panel for their predictions. Snake and LaGreca says Mike Santana will win and before Tommy Dreamer can give his predictions, Frankie Kazarian interrupts and he doesn’t care what they think. He says they are there to celebrate him. He says he should be in the main event, so instead he will be on commentary.
Santino asks if people are ready. Now, I have to get a refill on soda and then I will be ready.
Trick Williams (AEW World Champion) vs. Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana
Santana gets a HUGE entrance as he comes through the crowd. Trick gets a big entrance as well from the Harlem Gospel Ensemble
Joe Hendry gets his normal entrance.
Trick has words for his opponents. Hendry and Santana ping pong him with blows and then face off. They lock up and trade arms bars. They both get quick takedowns and then reset. They try shoulder tackles and Santana is the first to go down. Santana and Hendry trade arm drags. Trick gets into the ring and clotheslines them both down and beats them each down in the corners. Hendry and Santana go back and forth a bit and when Santana is knocked to the floor, Trick works over Hendry.
Trick gets a Death Valley driver for two and Santana is knocked back to the floor. Trick lays in chips in the corner and Hendry reverses. Trick gets a double chop to Hendry’s throat and locks in a guillotine choke. Hendry fights out and gets a suplex on Trick. Santana is back in the ring and gets a suplex on Hendry and he gets a suplex on Trick as Hendry is on the floor. Santana gets chops on Trick in the corner and then hits an insigiri. Trick gets a leg lariat on Santana and then hits a flapjack for two.
Trick puts Santana on the top and joins him. Santana gets a headbutt and then sets to leap, but Trick gets an uppercut. Hendry pulls Trick onto his shoulders and Santana gets a blockbuster with Hendry getting a power bomb and all three men are down. They work to their knees and throw hands at each other. Santana gets kicks, but Trick cuts him off as Santana comes off the ropes. Hendry tries for a choke slam and then hits the Standing Ovation and Kazarian pulls the ref out of the ring.
And Kazarian Is….outta here!
Santana dives onto Trick and then Hendry dives onto both of them Hendry tosses Santana and Santana gets rolling buck fifty and then outlined in chalk. We are told something is wrong with Trick as a new ref hits the ring. Santana gets a cannonball in the corner for two. Medical staff and referees are checking Trick on the floor. Hendry gets a pop-up power bomb and then a slam. Hendry gets another Standing Ovation for two.
Santana on his knees tell Hendry to bring it on and they throw hands and Santana gets a big clothesline and the Spin The Block. Trick gets in the ring and tosses Santana to the floor. He covers Hendry for the pin and the win.
Winner and still TNA Champion: Trick Williams.
Credit: Cory Strode, www.pwinsider.com
