TNA Slammiversary 2005

With the upcoming TNA event ‘Slammiversary X’ only a few days away, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at previous Slammiversary’s in TNA history.

The first Slammiversary PPV was held on June 19, 2005 at the TNA Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. In case you didn’t know, although this year’s Slammiversary is being billed as ‘Slammiversary X’ (the ‘X’ meaning 10), it’s not the tenth anniversary of Slammiversary: it’s the tenth anniversary of TNA.

Slammiversary 2005 was tagged as the ‘Three Year Anniversary Spectacular’ of TNA. The event boasted three title matches and the debut of arguably one of its biggest stars to date, a man who’s still on the roster, Samoa Joe.

With TNA at the time being in partnership with the NWA, both the Tag Team Titles and the World Heavyweight Title were NWA belts. The only title TNA owned under the TNA name was the X Division Title, as it was TNA’s own creation.

Below is the Event card, including who won and who lost.

First match on the card was a 6-way X Division match to determine who got a future X Division Title shot. The participants were Shark Boy, Amazing Red, Delirious, Elix Skipper, Jerrelle Clark and Zach Gowen. Shark Boy was victorious.

Next up, Shocker defeated Alex Shelley and then Ron Killings defeated The Outlaw.

Then it was time for the first title match of the night, where the NWA Tag-Team Championships were on the line. The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) were up against Team Canada (Eric Young and Petey Williams) and successfully retained their titles.

The fifth match of the night saw the debut of Samoa Joe as he took on Sonjay Dutt. Joe won.

Following that, Bobby Roode, with Coach D’Amore, defeated Lance Hoyt.

After Roode’s match, America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated 3-Live Kru (B.G. James and Konnan) (with Ron Killings).

Then came the second title match of the night, which was for the X-Division Championship. Christopher Daniels defended his championship against Chris Sabin (with Trinity) and Michael Shane (with Traci) in a 3-Way Elimination match. Sabin eliminated Shane before Daniels eliminated Sabin to retain the gold.

The main event was the NWA World Heavyweight Title match. This match was ‘King of the Mountain’ match, which would go on to become the annual main-event staple for the first few Slammiversary PPV’s.

Below is the King of the Mountain Match from Slammiversary 2005 in its entirety, although this wasn’t the first King of the Mountain match it was the first on PPV and in my opinion it is better than the first. AJ Styles went in as champion to defend against Abyss, Monty Brown, Sean Waltman and Raven.

After re-watching this match for the first time in ages, I forgot how enjoyable it was. There are some pretty big bumps by all involved and the match flows pretty well. My only criticism would be that it seemed a little rushed, but that’s not a bad thing as the action didn’t seem to stop. It was good to look back at it and if nothing else, it was good to see the 6-sided ring!

I hope you enjoyed reading and watching this review! Leave me a comment, tell me your thoughts and check back tomorrow for more Slammiversary history.