Slammiversary (2020)

Slammiversary (2020) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It will take place on July 18, 2020 and will be the sixteenth event under the Slammiversary chronology.

Slammiversary (2020)
PromotionImpact Wrestling
DateJuly 18, 2020
Attendance0
Pay-per-view chronology
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Slammiversary chronology
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Production

On the June 2, 2020 episode of Impact!, Impact Wrestling announced that Slammiversary would have it's sixteenth event take place on July 18, 2020. Whilst no venue was officially confirmed for the show, it is expected that the event will take place at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, where all Impact! tapings have been recorded since night one of Rebellion 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Storylines
Early promotional poster featuring Tessa Blanchard, Michael Elgin, Eddie Edwards, Ace Austin and Trey. It was retired after the deparatures of Blanchard and Elgin.


The event will feature professional wrestling matches that involves different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]

At night two of Rebellion 2020, Tessa Blanchard was due to defend the Impact World Championship against Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards in a Triple threat intergender match. However, due to Blanchard and Edwards being stuck in lockdowns in Mexico and Massachusetts respectively as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the match was unable to take place, and Elgin faced Moose and Hernandez in a Triple threat match instead, which Moose won.[3] On May 5 episode of Impact!, it was announced that an eight-man tournament would take place to determine the number one contender for the Impact World Championship.[4] Ace Austin won the tournament during the June 2 episode of Impact! after defeating Wentz, who stood in for Trey after he was attacked before the match, in the tournament final.[5] During the following week's episode, it was announced that Blanchard would defend her title against Elgin, Edwards, Austin and Trey in a Five-way intergender match at Slammiversary.[6]

However, on June 22, 2020, Impact released a statement announcing that, alongside the termination of Dave Crist and Joey Ryan's contracts with the promotion, that Elgin had been suspended indefinitely pending a further investigation into allegations of sexual assault made against him.[7] On June 26, Impact released a second statement announcing that Elgin had also had his contract terminated with the promotion as a result of the allegations.[8] Twenty-four hours earlier, Impact released another statement announcing that it had also terminated Blanchard's contract with the promotion and stripped her of the Impact World Championship, ending her reign as world champion at 165 days and also removing her from the match.[9]

On the June 9 edition of Impact!, Deonna Purrazzo made her return to the company, attacking Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace after Grace successfully defended the championship against Taya Valkyrie.[10] The following week, Purrazzo interrupted Grace's backstage interview and once again attacked her. On June 23 episode of Impact!, it was announced that Grace would defend the championship against Purrazzo at Slammiversary.[11]

Matches
No. Matches* Stipulations
1 Ace Austin vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Trey vs. TBA Fatal Four-way for the vacant Impact World Championship[12]
2 Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo Singles match for the Impact Knockouts Championship[13]
3 Willie Mack (c) vs. Chris Bey Singles match for the Impact X Division Championship[14]
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • *Card subject to change

See also

References
  1. "Impact Announces Slammiversary 2020, Released WWE Talent Teased". Wrestling Observer. 2 June 2020.
  2. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  3. Powell, Jason (April 28, 2020). "4/28 Impact Wrestling TV Results: Moore's live review of Rebellion Night Two featuring the Impact World Championship update, Rosemary vs. Havok in a Full Metal Mayhem match, X Division four-way, Cousin Jake vs. Joseph P Ryan". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  4. "IMPACT! On AXS TV Results - May 5, 2020". Impact Wrestling. 5 May 2020.
  5. "IMPACT! On AXS TV Results - June 2, 2020". Impact Wrestling. 2 June 2020.
  6. "IMPACT On AXS TV Results: June 9, 2020". Impact Wrestling. 9 June 2020.
  7. "Statement from IMPACT Wrestling". Impact Wrestling. 22 June 2020.
  8. "Statement from IMPACT Wrestling". Impact Wrestling. 26 June 2020.
  9. "Statement From IMPACT Wrestling". Impact Wrestling. 25 June 2020.
  10. "IMPACT on AXS TV Results: June 9 2020". Impact Wrestling. 9 June 2020.
  11. "BREAKING: @DeonnaPurrazzo will challenge @JordynneGrace for the Knockouts Championship on July 18th at #Slammiversary". Impact Wrestling on Twitter. 23 June 2020.
  12. "Huge Main Event Announced for Slammiversary". Impact Wrestling. June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  13. "Purrazzo Challenges Grace for Knockouts Title at Slammiversary". Impact Wrestling. June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  14. "Chris Bey Earns X-Division Title Opportunity at Slammiversary". Impact Wrestling. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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