Slammiversary (2007)

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Slammiversary (2007)
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Promotional poster featuring Jeff Jarrett
Promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
DateJune 17, 2007 [1]
City Nashville, Tennessee
Venue Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Attendance3,500 [2]
Tagline(s)"Massacre in Music City!"
Pay-per-view chronology
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Sacrifice
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Victory Road
Slammiversary chronology
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2006
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2008

The 2007 Slammiversary (sometimes stylized as SlammiVersary) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which took place on June 17, 2007, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. [3] It was the third event under the Slammiversary chronology and marked the fifth anniversary of the promotion. Ten professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.

Contents

Prior to the main event, Jeff Jarrett held a shoot interview where he discussed the recent death of his wife Jill, [3] who died on May 23, 2007, of breast cancer. [4] [5] Jarrett discussed how she influenced the company during the "early days" followed by saying he doesn't know when or where he'll wrestle again. [3] Jarrett then concluded by thanking the fans for their support on his and his wife's behalf. [3] The fans responded by chanting Jill's name as well as "Thank you Jeff". [3]

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
Commentator Mike Tenay
Don West
Interviewer Jeremy Borash
Ring announcer Jeremy Borash
David Penzer
Referee Earl Hebner
Rudy Charles
Mark Johnson
Andrew Thomas

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Rhino and Senshi (with Hector Guerrero) defeated The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (with Konnan) Tag team match 8:25
2 Jay Lethal defeated Chris Sabin (c) Singles match for the TNA X Division Championship 8:52
3 Frank Wycheck and Jerry Lynn (with Kyle Vanden Bosch) defeated James Storm and Ron Killings (with Jackie Moore)Tag team match8:52
4 Bob Backlund defeated Alex Shelley Singles match3:46
5 The Voodoo Kin Mafia (B.G. James and Kip James) defeated Basham and Damaja (with Christy Hemme)Tag team match2:47
6 Eric Young defeated Robert Roode (with Ms. Brooks)Singles match9:09
7 Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) (c) defeated Rick Steiner and Road Warrior Animal Tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship 6:39
8 Sting defeated Christopher Daniels Singles match6:33
9 Abyss defeated Tomko No Disqualification match 13:54
10 Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Christian Cage and Chris Harris King of the Mountain match for the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship 19:21
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

King of the Mountain match statistics

No.WrestlerWrestler pinned or made to submitMethod
1Chris HarrisA.J. StylesPinned after a Catatonic
2Kurt AngleChris HarrisPinned after an Olympic Slam off the top of the ladder
3Christian CageKurt AnglePinned after Joe choked Angle out with a Coquina Clutch
-A.J. StylesN/ANever qualified
-Samoa JoeN/ANever qualified
WinnerKurt AngleN/AAngle scaled a ladder and hung the TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt to win.

Notes

Celebrity guests in attendance for Slammiversary 2007 included LeVar Woods, Zach Piller, Jason Matthews, Vanilla Ice, Rocket Ismail, Johnny Fairplay, Josh Haynes, Francesco Quinn, Michelle Deighton, Dan Clark, Kenny Bartram, Jake Bell, Dr. Justin Davis, Judge Adam Pate, Aaron Severns, Brian Canter, Chris Newman, Craig Newman and "Filthy" Rich Lawson. Nathan Nease was not in attendance. [6]

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