By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Impact Wrestling Slammiversary
Aired live July 17, 2021 on pay-per-view and FITE.TV
Nashville, Tennessee at Skyway Studios
Impact Wrestling Slammiversary Pre-Show
Forty-three minutes into the pre-show, they went to the studio where the broadcast team of Matt Striker and D-Lo Brown checked in from ringside…
1. Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz vs. Havok and Rosemary (w/Crazzy Steve, Black Taurus) for the Knockouts Tag Titles. David Penzer was the ring announcer. The ring ropes were yellow and the Ultimate X structure was set up. Striker said he saw one of the surprise wrestlers who would appear on the main show and could not believe who it was.
Rosemary was isolated by the champions for a good portion of the match before she finally made a hot tag. Havok kicked Steelz and then caught her going for a huracanrana, which she countered into a buckle bomb. Steelz dodged a charging Havok, who crashed into the corner.
The broadcast team noted that Hogan was legal after making a blind tag. Steelz performed a big dive from the top rope onto Rosemary and Steve on the floor. Hogan worked over Havok inside the ring. Hogan put Havok in a sleeper, but she no-sold it and countered into her tombstone piledriver and scored the pin…
Havok and Rosemary defeated Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz in 8:55 to win the Knockouts Tag Titles.
Powell’s POV: The title match was a mild surprise if only because Hogan and Steelz regained the belts in May following a Jordynne Grace and Rachael Ellering reign that lasted less than a month. There are a few rows of fans on each side of the ring along with some fans on the hard camera side. The pre-show consisted of the match and was preceded by the This Is Slammiversary special.
The broadcast team ran through the pay-per-view lineup…
Impact Wrestling Slammiversary Main Card
A video package opened the show… Footage aired from earlier in the day of Kenny Omega and Sami Callihan making separate arrivals at the building… Matt Striker and D-Lo Brown were on commentary, and Dave Penzer was the ring announcer for the main card…
2. Josh Alexander vs. Petey Williams vs. Trey Miguel vs. Ace Austin vs. Chris Bey vs. Rohit Raju in an Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship. The broadcast team noted that Madman Fulton and Mahabali Shera were both banned from ringside for the match. Bey made an early unsuccessful play for the belt that was hanging above the ring on the red cables.
Bey performed a nice flip dive onto Alexander on the floor, then stood and waited for Williams to perform a huracanrana from the ring on him. Moments later, Raju shoved Austin off the ropes and he did a moonsault onto a pile of wrestlers on the floor. Raju put powder or chalk on his hands after slipping earlier, then hooked a rope over the capes and pulled himself up, but Williams returned to the ring and pulled him down.
Bey made a play for the belt, but Miguel climbed the cable behind him while Raju climbed to the top rope behind them. Miguel went for a huracanrana on Raju, who held on in the corner and then knocked Bay off the cables. Raju tried to use a rod with a hook on it to get the belt down, but it didn’t work. He got a chair and set it up in the middle of the ring and tried again, but Miguel hit him with a missile dropkick.
A short time later, Raju put Miguel in a Crossface while Williams simultaneously put him in a Sharpshooter. Miguel tapped, but it doesn’t count in an Ultimate X. There was a wild spot with Alexander hanging upside down from the cables while he put Bey in an ankle lock. Raju ended up knocking Alexander off the cables with a chair.
Austin climbed to the top rope and had Bey right behind him. Austin ended up hanging upside down on the cables, and then Bey leapt from the top rope and speared him, which drew “holy shit” chants from the crowd followed by a brief “this is awesome” chant.
Williams took out Raju and then Miguel with Canadian Destroyers. Williams made a play for the belt. Alexander put Bey on his shoulders and stood underneath Williams, who performed a Canadian Destroyer from the cables on Bey into the ring for another “holy shit” chant. Wow.
Raju made a play for the belt a short time later, but Miguel pulled him down and performed mutliple moves on him. Miguel went to the ropes where he was cut off by Alexander, who suplexed him off the top rope. Bey climbed the cables and then Alexander came from the opposite side. They both hung upside down and traded blows while also trying to take the belt down. They unhooked the belt. Austin dove and tried to grab the belt, but they pulled it up. Alexander knocked Bey off the cables and had possession of the belt to win the match.
Josh Alexander defeated Chris Bey, Rohit Raju, Petey Williams, Trey Miguel, and Ace Austin in 15:45 in an Ultimate X match to retain the X Division Championship.
Powell’s POV: Great effort from everyone involved. There were some contrived looking spots, but the athleticism and innovation was off the charts. It was strange that they spent a good portion of the build playing up the threat that the heels posed due to having Rohit Raju and Madman Fulton at ringside only for both men to be banned from ringside for the actual match, but I was never big on the idea of a bunch of outside interference anyway.
The broadcast team ran through the rest of the lineup…
Gia Miller interviewed Don Callis outside of Kenny Omega’s locker room. Callis said he was concerned that the main event carries a No DQ stipulation and Omega is facing a garbage wrestler in Sami Callihan. Callis said Callihan may be a dangerous man, but Omega is a god. Callis said Callihan will do his worst, but he can’t kick out of One Winged Angel. Callis said that would be the difference in the match…
A video package aired on the build to the mixed tag match…
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