2023 IMPACT Wrestling Slammiversary Results – An Impact Slammiversary intro video aired. It featured old footage of Jeff and Jerry Jarrett talking about founding the company. They aired current b-roll footage along with the old Scott Steiner math promo.
We are live from the St. Clair College Sportsplex in Windsor, Ontario, Canada as Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcome us to the show.
Ultimate X Match
Mike Bailey vs. KUSHIDA vs. Kevin Knight vs. Angels vs. Jonathan Gresham vs. Jake Something
Winner receives a future X-Division Title shot at the time and place of their choosing
Entrances for the Ultimate X match aired. Kushida actually made his entrance not dressed up as Marty McFly. Hannifan noted he was wearing the hockey jersey of the local Windsor team. Jake Something ended up being a surprise entrant to the match.
After most of the field was cleared, Knight jumped on Jake’s chest to make a play at the X. Something power bombed Knight on the wrestlers at ringside. The wrestlers teamed up to dump Something away. Knight hit bailey with a high dropkick. Knight overshot a crossbody. Gresham hit Kushida with Paydirt. Knight hit Bailey with a standing splash.
The commentators noted that Knight and Kushida are tag partners. Bailey caught Jake with a Triangle Moonsault. Gresham and Bailey were on the same page, but it broke apart when they went for the X. Angels caught both men with a Spanish Fly. Kushida caught Angels with double boots. Kushida put Angels in the electric chair and Knight knocked him off with a dropkick. Bailey climbed to the top of Ultimate X and hit everyone with a crazy Moonsault from the top.
Bailey fended off Jake and climbed back to the structure ropes. Angels used a chair to knock Bailey off. Angels used 6 chair shots to take down Jake. Angels climbed the X ropes. Knight caught up with Alan. Alan gave Knight a Poisonrana from the X ropes. Angels used a low blow to knock Gresham off the ropes. Jake shoved Alan into the scaffolding to stagger him. Angels used a uppercut to the balls to knock Jake off the X ropes. Angels, Kushida, and bailey made their way to the X.
Angels gave Bailey a low blow to knock him off. Kushida knocked down Angels off the X ropes and managed to get the X for the win.
Winner: Kushida
– Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt checked in from the commentary table. They introduced the French Commentary team who got to speak in French a bit. Hannifan also introduced former Team Canada member A-1 at ringside. The commentary team ran through some upcoming matches.
– Gia Miller interviewed Kenny King and Sheldon Jean. The audio was horrible. King bragged about beating Joe Hendry for the Digital Media title. King talked about how he “stripped” Joe Hendry of the title. King said he’s better than the other champions like Alex Shlley or Chris Sabin. He said he’s the DMC and that’s the only title that matters.
Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Titles Match
Masha Slamovich and Killer Kelly vs. The Coven (KiLynn King, Taylor Wilde) (c)
Entrances for the upcoming match took place. Masha and Kelly had their own tag team entrance music now.
Kelly took a slap from Wilde and liked it. Masha and Kelly double teamed both opponents. Masha hit both opponents in the corner with a dropkick. Kelly hit Wilde with a Pump Kick and suplex for a two count. Kelly worked on Wilde with shortarm lariats. Kelly pummeled Wilde with strikes in the corner and gave Wilde a PK for a two count. Masha tagged in and gave Wilde rapid palm strikes and a drop kick for a two count.
Wilde gave Masha an Eye of the Hurricane for the two count. King tagged in and gave Masha a flapjack. King backdropped Wilde on Masha and got a two count. King gave Masha back elbow in the corner. Masha got a two count after a double stomp off the rollup. Masha and Kelly gave King a high low kick. Kelly got a two count. King hit Kelly with a Flatliner into the 2nd rope. Wilde blind tagged in and worked on Kelly with methodical offense. The Coven cut the ring in half on Kelly.
Kelly got a window of opportunity after dodging a diving senton from King. Masha and Taylor tagged in with Masha having the hot hand. Masha beat both women with kick variations. Masha hit Taylor with a spinning heel kick for a two count. Masha hit Wilde with a backfist and buzzsaw kick combo for a two count. Kelly and King traded arm trap headbutts with King getting the upper hand. Wilde gave Masha a lungblow which sent Masha into King’s German Suplex. Masha avoided King’s meteora in the corner.
Kelly hit Wilde with a reverse cannonball. Masha hit King with a dropkick. Masha and Kelly hit Wilde with a stereo shortarm knees. Wilde hit Masha with Witches Wrath for a nearfall. Kelly dragged King out of the ring. Masha hit Wilde with a slam (the camera didn’t catch it, but I assume it’s the Snow Plow) for the pinfall win. The replay showed that it was a Snow Plow.
Winners and NEW Impact World Tag Team Champions: Masha Slammovich and Killer Kelly
– A Bully Ray, Scott D’Amore, and Deaner hype package aired. Bully talked about how Scott is an executive because he couldn’t cut it as a wrestler. Bullly said the longer he’s in the business, the more he’s shocked at the stupidity by everyone. Footage aired from his feud with Scott D’Amore.
Bully Ray and Deaner vs. Scott D’Amore and a partner TBA
Special Enforcer: NHL Legend Darren McCarty
Entrances for the Scott D’Amore match took place. Darren McCarty was the first out. Deaner and Big Kon were out next (Alan Angels was edited out of their intro video). Bully Ray was the next out. Scott D’Amore made his entrance wearing what looked like a Bobby Roode robe.
Hannifan noted that he wore that robe when he faced Dusty Rhodes from back in the day. The mystery partner was revealed to be Eric Young. He came out to the O Canada theme with Johnny Cash’s Cut You Down as the intro. Hannifan stressed that Young was “Back from the Dead” as he was kayfabe killed by Deaner.
Deaner tagged out to avoid facing his old mentor. D’Amore tagged in and did a leap frog to taunt Bully. Bully tagged out to avoid Scott. Deaner raked the eyes of D’Amore. D’Amore ran the ropes and gave Deaner a leg lariat. D’Amore gave Deaner a diving leg drop. D’Amore gave Deaner the D’Lo Leg Drop for the two count. Young tagged in and did a Death Drop with D’Amore on Deaner.
D’Amore tagged back in and gave Deaner an axe handle strike. D’Amore hit Deaner with a Sky High for a two count. Bully blindsided D’Amore when the referee was distracted. Deaner bit D’Amore in the face and gave him a right hand. Bully tagged in and tossed D’Amore to ringside. Bully yelled at Scott’s mom while beating her son up. Bully dared Scott’s mom to punch him and she did make a few missed swipes. D’Amore showed fighting spirit, taking Bully’s punches in the center of the ring.
Eric Young led the crowd in an O Canada sing-along. Bully low blowed D’Amore in front of the referee and dared the ref to disqualify him. Young protested. Bully bullied the ref to disqualify him. The referee took off his shirt and walked away. Darren McCarty put on the referee shirt to become the official referee. Bully was shocked when he turned around to see Darren in the shirt. Bully hit D’Amore with his signature Dudley punches. D’Amore blocked the final punch with a spear.
Young got the hot tag. Young took down Deaner with a discus lariat. He took down Bully with a stiff lariat. Young hit Deaner with a pile driver. Kon dragged McCarty to ringside to break up the pin. A-1 ran in to dump Kon to ringside with a lariat. McCarty hit Bully with a Stunner. young hit Bully with a body slam. Darren and EY held Bully’s legs to allow D’Amore to hit Bully with the What’s Up. Bully yelled “My Balls!”.
McCarty, EY, and D’Amore did the “Get the tables” bit. McCarty and D’Amore gave Bully a double team chokeslam. D’Amore ducked the Canadian Flagpole from Deaner. D’Amore hit Deaner with a Canadian Destroyer. Young hit Deaner with a top rope Elbow Drop for the win.
Winners: Eric Young and Scott D’Amore
Eric Young, Scott D’Amore, and A-1 posed for a Team Canada Reunion. D’Amore then went to hug his mom at ringside.
– The show cut to Nick Aldis at his personal interview set. He cut a promo about how Alex Shelley needs to prove himself tonight. Aldis said Shelley may be a hell of a man, but it takes a better man to keep a title. He said if Shelley can’t prove himself, he’ll be waiting. Aldis said he’s a closer. He said people say it takes 3 seconds to win a wrestling match, but for Aldis it takes one mistake with a cloverleaf. He said he’s going to prove Shelley as a transitional champion and send Impact to the Aldis Era…
Impact X-Division Title Match
Lio Rush vs. Chris Sabin (c)
Entrances for the X Division title match took place. Rush knocked Sabin off the apron before the match and hit him with a flip dive. The referee went to give Sabin a concussion test at ringside. Rush posed in the corner of the ring, laughing, while Sabin was being checked on by the referee and medic. A medic said Sabin couldn’t wrestle. The referee said they need to ask Sabin. Sabin shoved away the medic. Sabin entered the ring and the bell rang.
Sabin took a dropkick and didn’t even get his jacket off. Rush hit Sabin with an overhead spin kick. Rush hit Sabin with The Final Hour. Sabin kicked out of Rush’s pin. Rush hit Sabin with a 2nd Final Hour for the win.
Winner: Lio Rush
– We cut to Gia Miller interviewing Alex Shelley, who was watching Chris Sabin lose the title. Gia asked Alex if the loss is going to have an impact on his title match. Shelley no sold Gia and walked away.
Fatal 4 Way for the Impact World Tag Team Titles
Subculture (Mark Andrews, Flash Morgan Webster) vs. Moose and Brian Myers vs. Rich Swann and Sami Callihan vs. ABC (Ace Austin, Chris Bey) (c)
Andrews and Bey started the match. Ace and Bey used tags to cut the ring in half on Andrews. Ace and Andrews traded counters. Webster tagged in. Subculture used alternating flips to get a two count on Ace. Ace and Bey were wearing baby blue gear for some reason. Webster hit Ace with a lionsault. Swann tagged out Ace.
Swann caught Flash with a dropkick. Swann hit Flash with a springboard kick. Callihan hit Flash with a Shoulder Breaker. Myers cleared the field with a superkicks. Swann took down Moose and Myers with kicks when both men went for pile drivers. Swann hit Myers at ringside wtih a cannonball. Bey went for a flip dive on Moose but Moose turned it to an Apron Bomb. Bey hit Moose with his signature PK from the apron. Myers gave Ace a spear on the apron.
Andrews hit Myers with a flip dive. Callihan tossed Webster to the pile of wrestlers at ringside with a Death Valley Driver toss. Flash escaped a double suplex attempt by Callihan and Swann. Swann use a sunset flip to allow Callihan to nail him with a punch and DVD. Swann hit Flash with a standing splash for a two count. Flash avoided Swann’s 450 attempt. Ace tagged in and missed a disaster kick on Swann.
Ace hit Swann with a Listo Kick. Swann caught Bey with a hook kick. Bey put Swann in a Torture Rack. Ace hit Swann with a kick while Bey slammed him. Moose and Myers took down the tag team champions. Andrews caught Moose and Myers with a Cardiac Kick. Moose came back with a pump kick. Andrews countered a suplex into a Stundog Millionaire on Moose. Flash hit Moose with a Swanton for a two count. Andrews cleaned house by giving everyone headbutts.
Callihan took down Subculture with double lariats. Moose went for a dive but Swann and Bey teamed up on him for a double cutter. Ace tagged in and hit Swann with a slice kick. Ace and Bey caught Callihan with double superkicks. Bey hit Flash with a double cutter. Myers tagged out Ace. Zach Wentz and Trey Miguel ran in to toss Ace into the steel steps. Wentz hit Bey with a Front Facelock Driver.
Flash hit Myers with a Selinda Del Sol. Webster hit the wrestlers at ringside with a top rope cannonball. Andrews hit Myers with Fall to Pieces (Shooting Star Press) for the win.
Winners and NEW Impact World Tag Team: Subculture
Eddie Edwards with Alisha Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian with Traci Brooks
Entrances for the next match took place. Hannifan noted that with Kazarian being a So Cal guy he was wearing Lakers colors (Go Lakers!) while Eddie being a Boston guy was in Celtics green. Rehwoldt also noted that Killer Kowalski also wore purple and gold.
The match started pretty even between both men. Alisha provided the initial distraction. Traci distracted Eddie which allowed Kazarian to nail Eddie with a Lungblower. Eddie backdropped Kaz to ringside to escape a headlock. Alisha taunted Kazarian. Traci confronted Alisha at ringside. Eddie gave Kazarian stiff chops at ringside. A “Boston sucks” chant ensued. Rehwoldt said he thought Canadians are polite and should also do a “California Sucks” chant.
Eddie got a two count off a suplex. Kaz came back with chops. Eddie worked on Kazarian with shortarm chops. Kazarian came back with a high angle German Suplex that turned Eddie inside out. Kaz got a two count off a rollup. Kazarian dumped Eddie to ringside. Kazarian turned a plancha into a huracanrana. Kazarian chopped Eddie around at ringside. Alisha raked the back of Kazarian to draw his attention. Kazarian backed Alisha into Traci.
Eddie caught Kazarian with a suicide dive. Eddie chopped around Kazarian at ringside. Eddie yelled at Kaz’s son, Rebel, at ringside. Eddie and Alisha threw a fit at fans saying “Boston sucks”. Kaz and Eddie traded headbutts with Eddie getting the upper hand after a chop. Eddie paintbrushed his foot on Kaz’s face against the buckle. Kazarian and Eddie traded stiff strikes in the center of the ring. Kaz no sold face wash kicks and gave Eddie his own boot. Kaz rallied back with a clothesline and spinning heel kick.
Kaz took down Eddie with a lariat. Eddie dodged a leg drop. Kazarian body slammed Eddie and hit him with a spingboard leg drop for a nearfall. Eddie escaped an Unprettier attempt. Eddie hit Kaz with a backpack stunner for a nearfall. Eddie and Kaz brawled to the top rope. Eddie hit Kazarian with a superplex. Kaz turned Eddie inside out with a suplex for a nearfall. Kazarian surprised Eddie with a cutter for a nearfall. Eddie ducked Kaz to send him into the ref. REF BUMP!!!
Both men took each other out with crossbodies. Alisha tried to hit Kaz with a kendo stick, but Traci ran in and hit Alisha with ground and pound and a lariat. Eddie went for a jackknife rollup, and Kaz reversed it into a chickenwing. Eddie tapped, but the ref was bumped and couldn’t see the tap out. Kaz broke the hold and pulled the ref back in the ring. Eddie hit Kazarian in the back with a Kendo stick while the referee was recovering. Eddie hit Kaz with a Boston Knee Party for the win.
Winner: Eddie Edwards
Impact Knockouts World Title Match
Trinity vs. Deonna Purrazzo (c)
Trinity did her usual blacklight dance to the ring. Deonna Purrazzo had a violinist play her entrance theme. Dave Penzer handled the formal in-ring championship introductions. They actually named the referee. Hannifan noted that there were 4 title changes so far on the show.
Deonna took down Trinity with a tackle, but Trinity got right back up with a Kip Up. Trinity and Deonna traded armdrags. Trinity used a jackknife pin for a two count. Trinity quickly rolled away to avoid an armbar. Trinity hit Deonna with a shotgun dropkick. Deonna rolled to ringside to avoid a Rear View. Trinity hit Purrazo with a Wrecking Back kick and Corkscrew Plancha.
Deonna shook the ropes to trip Trinity to the mat. Deonna hit Trinity with an elbow stomp. Deonna focused on Trinity’s injured arm with methodical offense. Deonna dominated for a few minutes. Trinity managed to land a springboard kick. Trinity gave Purrazo right hands and a Samoan Drop. Her left arm is the “injured” one. Trinity hit Deonna with a Disaster Kick for a nearfall. Deonna reversed a Starstruck with a rollup.
Deonna reversed a huracanrana into a Thrill of the Kill pile driver for a two count. Trinity escaped a Gotch Driver attempt. Deonna used a Russian Legsweep to put Trinity into a Fujiwara Armbar. Trinity got to the bottom rope. Trinity surprised Purrazzo with a Slingshot X Factor and Split Legged Moonsault for a two count. Purrazzo backdropped Trinity to the apron. Purrazo hit Trinity with a snug looking Pile Driver on the apron.
Trinity kicked out at two. Purrazzo went for a top rope Gotch Driver. Trinity countered it into a Top Rope Full Nelson Atomic Drop. Trinity rolled up Deonna into Starstruck. Deonna tried to roll up Trinity, but Deonna ended up tapping out.
Winner and NEW Knockout Champion: Trinity
– Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt checked in from the commentary table. Lio Rush and Trey Miguel vs. Hiromu Takahasha and Miike Bailey was announced for the next Multiverse show. IWGP Champion Sanada was announced for the “Emergence” show. Hannifan noted that Sanada is a former Impact wrestler (where he was a part of James Storm’s cult)…
– The Alex Shelley vs. Nick Aldis hype package aired.
Impact World Title Match
Nick Aldis vs. Alex Shelley (c)
Aldis taunted Shelley to start the match. Shelley spit a bunch of water in the face of Aldis. Shelley hit Aldis with the ten punches in the corner. Aldis reversed it into a Power Bomb. Alids put Shelley in a Cloverleaf. Shelley got to the bottom rope for the rope break. Aldis used a Power Irish Whip to slam Shelley into the buckle. Shelley gave Aldis’s knee a basement dropkick. Shelley came back with a shove.
Aldis hit Shelley with a Pumphandle Suplex. Aldis worked on Shelley with methodical offense. Shelley went for a dive, but Aldis caught Shelley and hit him with a Suplex. Shelley got a moment of respite after giving Aldis’s leg a Dragon Screw on the bottom rope. Shelley gave Aldis a PK to the hamstring. Shelley continued to focus his kicks on Aldis’s hamstrings. Shelley gave Aldis a baseball slide. Shelley went for another baseball slide but was trapped in the apron.
Aldis sent Shelley’s back into the ringpost. Aldis gave Shelley Snake Eyes on the apron. Aldis went back to his methodical offense. Shelley escape a suplex and gave Aldis a stunner on the ropes. Shelley hit Aldis’s hands with a slingshot double stomp. Aldis gave Shelley a thumb to the eye. Shelley came back by shoving Aldis into the ring post. Shelley trapped Aldis’s fingers into the turnbuckle screw and tortured Aldis.
Shelley gave Aldis another stomp to the hands. Shelley gave Aldis another Dragon Screw against the ropes. Shelley hit Aldis with a Chop Block. Aldis gave Shelley a thumb to the eye and slammed his face into the mat. Shelley went back to twisting Aldis’s injured hand. Aldis came back with a desperation lariat for a two count. Shelley and Aldis made their way to the top rope. Shelley hit Aldis with a Superplex.
Shelley and Aldis had a slugfest in the center of the ring. Shelley backed down Aldis with chops. Shelley hit Aldis with a Flatliner into the buckle. Aldis reversed a Superkick. Shelley blocked a Cloverleaf attempt. Shelley reversed a Figure Four into a rollup. Shelley got a two count after a Sliced Bread. Aldis reversed a Crossface into a pin attempt. Shelley escaped a Cloverleaf by giving Aldis a wishbone snap to the injured hand.
Aldis reversed a Sliced Bread into a Pile Driver for a nearfall. Aldis hit Shelley with an elbow drop for a great nearfall. Aldis dragged the world title into the ring. Shelley superkicked Aldis and dropped the title. Shelley teased hitting Aldis to return the favor from a few weeks ago. Shelley decided to not do it.
While the referee was distracted Aldis gave Shelley a low blow for the two count. Aldis tried to hit Shelley in the head with the belt, but Shelley recovered and DDT’d Aldis on the belt to bust him open. Shelley gave Aldis Shell Shocked for the victory.
Winner: Alex Shelley
Shelley celebrated in the ring after the match. His music stopped and Josh Alexander walked to the ring. Fans chanted “Walking Weapon” as they stood toe to toe. Fans also chanted “Welcome back”. Alexander took the mic and said “I’m back”. Hannifan said “Who is the real face of this generation?” as the show went off the air.
–– Here is the card for tonight’s show ––
Impact World Title Match
Nick Aldis vs. Alex Shelley (c)
Impact Knockouts World Title Match
Trinity vs. Deonna Purrazzo (c)
Impact X-Division Title Match
Lio Rush vs. Chris Sabin (c)
Fatal 4 Way for the Impact World Tag Team Titles
Subculture (Mark Andrews, Flash Morgan Webster) vs. Moose and Brian Myers vs. Rich Swann and Sami Callihan vs. ABC (Ace Austin, Chris Bey) (c)
Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Titles Match
Masha Slamovich and Killer Kelly vs. The Coven (KiLynn King, Taylor Wilde) (c)
Ultimate X Match
Mike Bailey vs. KUSHIDA vs. Kevin Knight vs. Angels vs. Jonathan Gresham
Winner receives a future X-Division Title shot at the time and place of their choosing.
Bully Ray and Deaner vs. Scott D’Amore and a partner TBA
Special Enforcer: NHL Legend Darren McCarty
Eddie Edwards with Alisha Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian with Traci Brooks
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2023 IMPACT Wrestling Slammiversary Results
