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COMPLETE IMPACT WRESTLING SLAMMIVERSARY 2022 PPV COVERAGE

20 years ago, when NWA: TNA launched Don West was a big part of the promotion.  Today, a GoFundMe Campaign to assist West as he battles brain cancer is still ongoing, so donate at this link!

Kurt Angle sent in a video message congratulating Impact for 20 years.  He said TNA gave him an opportunity and he's thankful for his matches with Christian Cage, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode and so many others.

They showed Moose and Sami Callihan being locked up for 24 hours prior to their Monster's Ball match, followed by a video package on the history between the two combatants.

They showed each of them being released from the room.  Moose was having problems adjusting to the light.  Callihan said that was easy and he was going to live in that room now.

Sami Callihan vs. Moose - Monsters Ball.

Callihan attacked Moose during his entrance on the stage and whipped him with his studded leather jacket.  He beat down Moose on the outside and smashed him with a plastic trash can, then grabbed several cookie sheets.    He nailed Moose with them over and over.    Moose came back with smash him with a trash can lid, busting open Sami.  Moose, exhausted, stole a hot dog and a water from a fan at ringside.  He ate the dog (was it from the old White Trash Cafe down the road?) and then splash the water on himself.

Moose worked over Callihan, who was smiling over bleeding.  Callihan tried to gouge his eyes but Moose nailed him onto the apron with a Uranage, then followed up with a second.  Moose worked over Callihan and tried to break his ankle again but Callihan avoided it and attacked.  Moose smashed him with a chair and went for a spear but Callihan avoided and Moose speared himself INTO a rubber trash can.  That was great.  Callihan turned the can upside so Moose was trapped upside down.  

With Moose incapacitated for a moment, Callihan pulled out a door with barbed wire attached.  The announcers said somewhere in the Impact Zone, Abyss was smiling.  Callihan set it up in the corner.  He went to send Moose into it but Moose blocked it.  He nailed Callihan and leapt up to the top but slipped, which given his bumps and being trapped for "24 hours" actually made sense.  Callihan ripped at his face but Moose fought him off and went for the leap again but this time was shoved off the top, crashing hard down itno the timekeeper's table.  Mind you, this man is wrestling with a partially torn labrum.

Callihan said, "and F*** you" to someone at ringside after tossing Moose back into the ring and dumping out thumbtacks into the ring.   Callihan went to the ropes for a tornado DDT but was instead yanked into a Sky High off the ropes into the tacks, so they both took that  bump.   Sami kicked off, sending Moose backwards into the tacks.  Moose dragged him through the tacks.  Callihan tried to return to his feet as Moose lined him up for a spear into the door.  Sami caught him and nailed a DVDR through the barbed wire door for a two count.

They fought to their feet, taking the other out with trash can lid shots at the same time.  Moose was bleeding from several places on his body.   They fought to their feet.  Callihan dared Moose to hit him.  They took each other out with big shots, bumping into the tacks, which at this point were all over the ring.  Moose kept kicking out, even after a Cactus Jack-style piledriver.  Callihan went for another but was drilled with a low blow.  

Callihan powerbombed Moose onto the bottom of a trash can, which didn't really budge.  Callihan nailed another Cactus piledriver but Moose kicked out at one.  Callihan smashed him with a barbed wire bat and nailed another Cactus piledriver, scoring the final pin.

Your winner, Sami Callihan!

A damn good brawl and weapons match with some great intensity. 

They aired a Briscoes vs. Good Brothers promo, so they moved this bout to earlier in the show then initially scheduled.

Kudos to the ring crew for getting the ring cleared so quickly from the remnants of that war.

Impact Wrestling Tag Team Champions The Briscoes vs. The Good Brothers.

Everyone brawled at the bell.  Jay clotheslined Gallows over the top to the floor.  The Briscoes drilled Anderson with a double shoulderblock.  They nailed stereo dives to the floor on the challengers.  Mark nailed the Cactus Jack elbow to the floor on Gallows.  They battled all over ringside and to the stage and back.  Jay was taken out.  Mark came off the top with a clothesline on Gallows, then suplexed Anderson with an overhead belly to belly.

Mark slammed Anderson off the ropes for a two count.   Anderson cut him off on the top.  Mark cut him off but was caught with a spinebuster back in the ring for a close two count.  The Good Brothers nailed the double-team neckbreaker and set up for the Magic Killer but Jay speared Anderson.  Gallows drilled Mark for a two count.  Anderson sent Jay into the ring post shoulder-first.  Anderson and Mark battled back and forth with strikes and elbows.  Anderson nailed a big uppercut.  Mark reversed a whip but Anderson nailed him with an elbow.

Jay got involved and they double-teamed Anderson with a close two count.  They went for the Doomsday Device on Anderson but Gallows shoved Mark off the top into a Gun Stun.  Jay battled the challengers but was eventually taken out with a Magic Killer for the pin.

Your winners and new Impact Wrestling Tag Team Champions, The Good Brothers!

A damn good, physical bout.

The teams faced off after, but out came America's Most Wanted.   James Storm took the mic and said they were sitting in the back and felt these two teams are just like them, they just know fighting and drinking.  Since they are done fighting, it's time to do some drinking in Nashville.  The crowd chanted "TNA."  Storms said that tag team wrestling always thrived right here.  When this place started, there were haters saying the company wouldn't last a day, a week, a year but 20 years later, they are still here, so "Sorry about your damn luck."

They aired a GREAT video package on the original voices of Impact Wrestling, Don West and Mike Tenay.  They noted Don's battle against cancer and pushed everyone to go to his GoFundMe to donate to him, so PLEASE do.

Christy Hemme was introduced.  She looked awesome.  She brought Scott D'Amore to the ring.  He was dressed in his old Team Canada garb.  That was funny.  He's joining the announcers for the next bout.

Honor No More's PCO & Eddie Edwards & Mike Bennett & Matt Taven & Vincent vs. Kazarian & The Motor City Machineguns & Nick Aldis & a fifth opponent to be announced.

They showed Traci Brooks and Earl Hebner at ringside.  Kazarian embraced Brooks and their son, Rebel.  Impact sent their condolences to the Hebner family on the passing of Dave Hebner.

Dixie Carter came out and thanked for the fans for all their support.  She wished the company a great 20 years and hoped for 20 more,  The mystery partner, introduced by Dixie Carter, is MLW's Davey Richards, so there's some sort of agreement there.  I wonder if this means some Impact talent will be at Battle Riot this Thursday.

The idea was stars of NWA, MLW and AEW were all united in their love of Impact Wrestling here.

The idea is Richards was there to play mind games with his former partner.  He was well hidden backstage before his entrance.

Everyone brawled.  It settled down to Sabin vs. Mike Bennett.  Sabin nailed a suplex.  Aldis tagged in and nailed a big suplex on Bennett.  Kazarian tagged in and continued working over Bennett.  Finally, Richards and Edwards tagged in and faced off but Edwards tagged back out, playing mind games.  Taven instead faced off with Richards and battled.  Shelley tagged in and the Motor City Machineguns and Richards worked over Taven.

PCO gained control and worked over Shelley but missed his swanton to the apron outside.  Shelley fought his way out of being beaten down by Honor No More and made the tag to Kazarian.  He cleaned house and tagged out to Aldis, who battled PCO amd Vincent.  Lots going on here.  Aldis went for the Kingman's Cloverleaf but it was broken up.  They went to an insane series of big move sequences.  The Guns hit the Dream Sequence.  Today is the anniversary of Trent Acid's passing.  May he rest in peace.

Taven hit a big dive to the floor on everyone.  This left Richards and Edwards in the ring.  They had some fun back and forth wrestling.  Richards locked Edwards in a submission.  This sparked a series of sequences where Team Impact locked HNM in multiple submissions at the same time before PCO broke it up.  PCO nailed Aldis with a DDT.  Taven nailed a frog splash but Sabin broke up the pinfall.  Everyone battled to the floor again, leaving Aldis and PCO in the ring.  PCO missed a moonsailt.  Aldis nailed a Driver.  Richards came off the top with a double stomp but PCO kicked out.

Maria got involved so Traci Brooks hopped the rail and nailed her.  PCO pulled her into the ring but Kazarian rescued her amnd moved her out of the ring.  PCO drilled Kazarian down and went to the top.  Kazarian cut him off and went for the Flux Capacitor which looked insanely scary.  Sabin went for the pin but PCO kicked out.  The referee, Brian Hebner,  left the ring to deal with all the chaos and was knocked down.  Earl Hebner hopped the rail to check on his son.  D'Lo Brown hit the ring and nailed the Sky High on King, then hot a top rope frog splash.

The Guns and Kazarian triple-teamed PCO but the OGK hit the ring.  Team Impact took them out.  Earl Hebner revealed he was wearing a referee's shirt and made the count.

Your winners, Team Impact!

A fun tag bout.

Coverage continues on Page 3!

 

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