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WWE NXT talent, six new matches added to TNA Slammiversary

Posted on by Ethan Renner

TNA has announced six new matches for Saturday’s Slammiversary and Countdown to Slammiversary, including one featuring WWE NXT talent.

NXT’s Wes Lee will reunite with The Rascalz in the ring on Saturday’s Slammiversary pay-per-view, as Lee, Trey Miguel, and Zachary Wentz face NXT’s No Quarter Catch Crew trio of Charlie Dempsey, Myles Borne, and Tavion Heights. Lee, Wentz, and Miguel also teamed on this week’s WWE NXT episode.

Five more new matches have also been added to the Saturday, July 20 lineup for Slammiversary.

In the sixth title match official for the show, TNA Tag Team Champions Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards of The System will defend their titles against ABC’s Ace Austin & Chris Bey.

Mike Santana and Jake Something will go one-on-one at Slammiversary as both look to rebound from failing to qualify for the event’s World title bout.

Matt Hardy will take on JDC (Dirty Dango) in singles competition as he aims for revenge following the angle on Thursday’s Impact where JDC cost The Hardys a shot at the Tag Team titles.

KUSHIDA vs. Jonathan Gresham, plus a Knockouts four-way featuring Tasha Steelz vs. Faby Apache vs. Gisele Shaw vs. Xia Brookside have also been added to the Countdown to Slammiversary pre-show.

Slammiversary’s main card kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, July 20 on pay-per-view, with the Countdown show airing on TNA’s digital media channels beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern time.

The Slammiversary card:

  • TNA World Champion Moose defends against Joe Hendry, Frankie Kazarian, Nic Nemeth, Josh Alexander & Steve Maclin
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Ash by Elegance
  • TNA X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali defends against Mike Bailey
  • TNA Tag Team Champions Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards defend against Ace Austin & Chris Bey
  • TNA Digital Media Champion AJ Francis defends against PCO
  • The Rascalz (Wes Lee, Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) vs. No Quarter Catch Crew (Charlie Dempsey, Myles Borne & Tavion Heights)
  • Mike Santana vs. Jake Something
  • Matt Hardy vs. Johnny “Dango” Curtis
  • Countdown to Slammiversary: TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich & Alisha Edwards defend against Jody Threat & Dani Luna
  • Countdown to Slammiversary: KUSHIDA vs. Jonathan Gresham
  • Countdown to Slammiversary: Tasha Steelz vs. Faby Apache vs. Gisele Shaw vs. Xia Brookside

Jordynne Grace hypes big surprises for TNA Slammiversary

Posted on by Joseph Currier

According to Jordynne Grace, TNA Wrestling has some surprises in store for this weekend’s Slammiversary pay-per-view.

Slammiversary takes place from the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this Saturday night. Ahead of the PPV, Grace spoke with Sports Illustrated and hyped that there will be big surprises.

“The surprises are going to be even bigger than people realize,” Grace said. “TNA and NXT do surprises better than any other promotion. I don’t think anyone can argue that. If you’re tired of accidentally reading spoilers, watch Slammiversary. Our goal is to make fans fall back in love with wrestling.”

Grace is defending her TNA Knockouts Championship against Ash By Elegance (the former Dana Brooke) at Slammiversary. Both have appeared for NXT during the WWE-TNA partnership. Joe Hendry, Frankie Kazarian, and The Rascalz have appeared in NXT as well.

NXT’s Tatum Paxley and Izzi Dame are among the NXT wrestlers who have competed for TNA during the partnership, losing to Grace in open challenges for the Knockouts title.

Though the working relationship between TNA and NXT is still new, Grace hopes that it leads to a Worlds Collide event down the line.

“I’ve mentioned this before–my big dream is to have a Worlds Collide pay-per-view,” Grace said. “I think that’s going to be a slow build. And the world probably isn’t ready, but when it happens, they’re going to see TNA beat NXT.”

Slammiversary will be headlined by a six-way elimination match with Moose defending his TNA World Championship against Hendry, Kazarian, Josh Alexander, Nic Nemeth, and Steve Maclin.

X-Division title match official for TNA Slammiversary

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Mustafa Ali’s next challenger for the X-Division Championship was decided in a number one contender’s match on Thursday’s TNA Impact.

“Speedball” Mike Bailey won a triple threat number one contender’s match on Thursday’s Impact to earn the right to challenge Ali for the X-Division title at Slammiversary set for Saturday, July 20.

Bailey won the three-way that also involved KUSHIDA and Jonathan Gresham by pinning Gresham to earn the title shot.

Five title bouts are now official for Slammiversary, including a Digital Media Championship bout that became official following AJ Francis retaining the gold over Rhino on Impact. Francis will defend against PCO at the July 20 pay-per-view.

The updated TNA Slammiversary card:

TNA Slammiversary, Saturday, July 20 on pay-per-view —

  • TNA World Champion Moose defends against Joe Hendry, Frankie Kazarian, Nic Nemeth, Josh Alexander & Steve Maclin
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Ash by Elegance
  • TNA X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali defends against Mike Bailey
  • TNA Digital Media Champion AJ Francis defends against PCO
  • TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich & Alisha Edwards defend against Jody Threat & Dani Luna

Field set for TNA Slammiversary World title match

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The field is set for the six-way World title match at TNA Slammiversary on July 20.

Joe Hendry and Frankie Kazarian won their Road to Slammiversary qualifying matches on Thursday’s TNA Impact to advance to the World title match at Slammiversary where Moose will defend against five competitors.

Hendry defeated Jake Something in the Impact main event to qualify for Slammiversary, while Kazarian scored a victory over Mike Santana to advance to the World title bout.

Moose will now defend against Hendry, Kazarian, Nic Nemeth, Josh Alexander, and Steve Maclin in the Slammiversary main event.

A new match has also been added to the Saturday, July 20 Slammiversary card.

Current Digital Media Champion AJ Francis will defend his title against PCO at the pay-per-view, with a caveat. Francis has a title defense set for the July 11 Impact episode, and must defeat Rhino on next week’s show for the Digital Media title to be on the line against PCO.

Three matches are official for Slammiversary which airs Saturday, July 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view. The current card:

  • TNA World Champion Moose defends against Nic Nemeth, Josh Alexander, Steve Maclin, Frankie Kazarian & Joe Hendry
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Ash by Elegance
  • AJ Francis vs. PCO

Nic Nemeth, Steve Maclin qualify for TNA Slammiversary World title match

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Four of the six spots in the World title match at Slammiversary are now set following Thursday’s TNA Impact.

Nic Nemeth and Steve Maclin won their qualifying matches on this week’s Impact to secure their places in the six-way for the World title set for Slammiversary on Saturday, July 20.

Nemeth defeated Rich Swann in the Impact main event this week to qualify for Slammiversary, while Maclin defeated Sami Callihan on Impact to qualify.

Maclin and Nemeth join World Champion Moose, and Josh Alexander in the title match at the PPV.

The two remaining qualifying matches are set for the Thursday, July 4 Impact with Frankie Kazarian & Mike Santana vying for one spot, and Joe Hendry & Jake Something battling for the other.

Two title matches for Slammiversary were also added to the show during Thursday’s Impact, with Jordynne Grace vs. Ash by Elegance for the Knockouts World title, and Mustafa Ali vs. Mike Bailey for the X-Division title newly announced for the lineup.

The updated Slammiversary card:

  • TNA World Champion Moose defends against Nic Nemeth, Steve Maclin, Josh Alexander, TBD, TBD
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Ash by Elegance
  • TNA X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali defends against Mike Bailey

Two title matches added to TNA Slammiversary

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Two new title matches have been added to TNA Slammiversary set for Saturday, July 20.

Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace will defend her title against Ash by Elegance at Slammiversary. Grace announced on Thursday’s TNA Impact that she had signed a contract for a title match against Ash for Impact, but Ash’s representative George Iceman instead said that Ash was going on vacation and that the bout would take place at the PPV instead.

The X-Division Championship will also be on the line at Slammiversary.

Mustafa Ali will defend the X-Division title against Mike Bailey at Slammiversary in Montreal. Bailey interrupted an Ali promo segment on Thursday’s Impact and Ali laid out the challenge for the PPV, noting that he was tired of being accused of ducking Bailey.

Already set for Slammiversary is a six-way for the TNA World title, with Moose defending against Josh Alexander, Nic Nemeth, Steve Maclin, and two participants to be determined on the July 4 Impact.

The current lineup for TNA Slammiversary on Saturday, July 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view:

  • TNA World Champion Moose defends against Nic Nemeth, Steve Maclin, Josh Alexander, TBD, TBD
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Ash by Elegance
  • TNA X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali defends against Mike Bailey

Moose to defend TNA World title in six-way at Slammiversary

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The TNA World Championship will be on the line in a six-way at Slammiversary.

TNA officially announced on Thursday’s Impact that Moose will defend the World title against five other competitors at the Slammiversary pay-per-view set for Saturday, July 20 in Montreal.

A series of qualifying matches for the title bout began on Thursday’s Impact with Josh Alexander defeating Eric Young to secure his spot.

Two more Road to Slammiversary qualifying matches are set for the June 27 Impact, with the final two set for the July 4 Impact episode.

On the episode airing June 27, Nic Nemeth vs. Rich Swann, and Steve Maclin vs. Sami Callihan will square off in Road to Slammiversary qualifiers.

Joe Hendry vs. Jake Something, and Mike Santana vs. Frankie Kazarian will be the Road to Slammiversary qualifying matches on the July 4 show.

The Slammiversary lineup currently:

TNA Slammiversary, Saturday, July 20 —

  • Six-way for the TNA World Championship: Moose defends vs. Josh Alexander vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD