TNA Slammiversary 2025 starts … NOW!
The Countdown pre-show kicks off with a brief segment where Dave LeGreca, Tommy Dreamer, Snake and Gia Miller run down the card and then bring out Johnny Rodz with Masha Slamovich to “give him his flowers”, bringing up all the people he has trained.
TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships: The Elegance Brand (c) vs. The IInspiration
The TNA Tag Lines graphic flashes on the screen for the opening contest. From there, The IInspiration duo of Jess McKay and Cassie Lee make their way out. The duo heads to the ring for their big title opportunity. George Iceman snatches the microphone from Gia Miller at the top of the stage to handle the intro for The Elegance Brand. With that said, Ash by Elegance and Heather By Elegance make their way out and head to the ring for their scheduled TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championship defense. They are accompanied by M By Elegance. All three are carrying torches of liberty. At the bell, we see Heather By Elegance and Jess McKay kick things off for their respective teams. McKay gets Heather in the corner and stomps a mudhole in her. She does not walk it dry, however. She makes the tag to Lee, and the two hit a double-team spot and do a Charlie’s Angels style pose. The Elegance Brand take over after that, controlling the offensive for a couple of minutes until Cassie Lee gets the hot tag and shifts the momentum into the favor of The IInspiration. Cassie hits a superplex off the ropes on Ash for a two-count that M By Elegance breaks up. Lee and McKay each take turns connecting with dives from the corner to the pile of Elegance on the floor. In the ring, McKay and Lee look for their Idolizer double-team finisher, only for it to be broken up. A torch to the face from Elegance leads to Rarified Air for the win.
Winners and STILL TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions: The Elegance Brand
Eric Young vs. The Hometown Man
The theme for Eric Young hits, and out he comes with The Northern Armory. Young gets on the mic and trashes New York, leading to The Hometown Man coming out. The Hometown Man takes out Judas Icarus and Travis Williams at ringside, and enters the ring and begins mixing it up with Young. The bell sounds to get this impromptu match off-and-running. Young fights back and tears the New York Islanders jersey off The Hometown Man. From there, The Hometown Man begins fighting back and taking over. He hits the ten punch spot on Young in the corner, as the fans count along. He brings Young to the ropes in the corner, but Young knocks him off and hits a flying elbow for a two-count. Young loses his cool and snaps, getting close to picking a fight with a fan in the crowd once again. He eventually re-enters the ring, where The Hometown Man has recovered. Young looks for a piledriver, but Hometown Man rolls him up for the three-count and the upset win.
Winner: The Hometown Man
Steve Maclin, Jake Something & Mance Warner (w/Steph Delander) vs. Real1, Zilla Fatu & Josh Bishop
Steve Maclin makes his way out, followed by Jake Something and then Mance Warner, who comes out accompanied by Steph De Lander. They settle in the ring and then their Fourth Rope opposition comes out. Real1, formerly known as Enzo Amore, makes his way out accompanied by Zilla Fatu and Josh Bishop. Real1 does all of his old WWE routines, “Badda boom, realest guy in the room,” the things you can’t teach and so on and so forth. He then lists all of the people Zilla Fatu is related to, as well as how Bishop looks like Sid. He takes turns verbally dressing down Maclin, Something and Warner, and finishes with “How you doin?!” They enter the ring and it’s time to get this one underway. At the bell, Fatu and Warner kick things off for their respective teams. They begin trading shots. Fatu hits an explosive Samoan Drop and heads to the top-rope. He misses a big splash, and Warner tags in Maclin. Real1 tags in, and Maclin goes to work on him. Things break down with all six brawling it out inside and outside of the ring. In the chaos, Bishop hits a big chokeslam. Incidental contact with Mance Warner leads to Real1 hitting Eat Defeat for the win.
Winners: Real1, Zilla Fatu & Josh Bishop
Mustafa Ali vs. Cedric Alexander
Mustafa Ali makes his way out first accompanied by Tasha Steelz and his Secret Service guys. A bunch of heels from The Matrix, basically. They line the aisle as Ali settles in the ring. Cedric Alexander comes out next and fires up the crowd. The bell sounds to get things started. These two soak up the moment and get after it. The action spills to the floor early, where Ali hits a nasty German suplex. He re-enters the ring and goes for a dive through the ropes, but his Secret Service didn’t catch him. He landed right on his head. Ali pops up to “Holy sh*t!” chants and slumps against the ring apron on the floor, all the while wearing a massive smirk. Moments later, we see a wild Michinoku Driver onto the Secret Service members on the floor. Back in the ring. Ali hits a sick tornado DDT. He looks to follow up with a standing moonsault-senton combo, but Alexander rolls out of the way. A front face-lock suplex into the turnbuckles from Alexander gets him a close two-count. On the floor, the top-half of the steel ring steps are removed. Alexander hits a big back body-drop, Shawn Michaels-level height, on Ali, who lands on the unforgiving steel on the way down. Tasha Steelz distracts the referee, allowing John Skyler to attack out of nowhere. Ali follows up with a 450-splash off the top-rope onto Alexander. He immediately follows up with the cover, yet Alexander somehow kicks out before the count of three. A loud “TNA! TNA!” chant breaks out. Steelz gets in the ring and pushes the referee. She gets ejected. Ali measures Alexander for a rolling neckbreaker attempt, but instead dives into a well-timed cutter-counter from Alexander. Skyler tries getting involved, but gets bumped to the floor. Alexander hits Lumbar-Check on Ali into a pin, but Ali somehow kicks out, too. The action continues, and as Alexander has Ali down, a chair enters the mix. Steelz runs back down and slides into the ring. She crawls to the chair, but by the time she gets to it, Alexander steps on it. Alexander hits Steelz with a Lumbar Check, but Ali quickly hits Alexander with a 450 for the win.
Winner: Mustafa Ali
The System & Matt Cardona vs. Darkstate
Out first comes The System trio of JDC, Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers. They head to the ring accompanied by Alisha Edwards. The theme for Matt Cardona hits and Long Island’s own “Alwayz Ready” makes his way out to a huge hometown reaction from the crowd. Darkstate foursome Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, Saquon Shugars, and Cutler James are out next. As soon as Darkstate surrounds the ring, The System and Cardona bring the fight to them, with all eight guys brawling in and around the ringside area. Alisha slides JDC a chair and blows a whistle and points to the sky, in an homage to Sabu, before JDC hits a dive to the floor. Osiris manhandles Myers in the ring after Myers is sent into the steel ring post on the floor. Things settle into an actual match now, with Darkstate taking the early lead. Lennox tags in and picks up where Osiris left off, taking it to Myers. Shugars hits the ring to knock Myers’ partners off the apron, taking away his option to tag out, which he desparately needs to do at this point. They drag Myers back to their side of the ring and continue utilizing frequent tags to keep a fresh man on him at all times. Shugars ends up as the legal man in the ring for Darkstate, just as Cardona finally tags in for the other side. The crowd goes wild as Cardona hits the Re-Boot for a close two-count. Cardona hits Radio Silence into a Boston Knee Party from Edwards for the win.
Winners: The System & Matt Cardona
Tessa Blanchard vs. Indi Hartwell
Following a brief interview at ringside with Gia Miller and “celebrity” Tim Malcolm, we head back to the ring for the next match. Tessa Blanchard comes out with Victoria Crawford by her side. Indi Hartwell is out next. The bell sounds and off we go with singles action in the TNA Knockouts division. The two stare at each other for a good few seconds before engaging. Blanchard gets Hartwell to chase her in and around the ring, and catches her coming in with a big shot. Fans chant “She’s a racist!” at Blanchard. Blanchard forges ahead, ignoring the crowd and continuing to dominate the early portion of the match. After several more minutes of back-and-forth action, Blanchard hits a picture-perfect Magnum off the ropes. She goes for the cover, but Hartwell kicks out. Blanchard sells it like she saw a ghost, as commentary reminds the viewing audience that no one has kicked out of it since she’s returned. Hartwell hits Hurts Don’t It and a big follow-up into a pin for the victory out of nowhere. As Gia Miller is interviewing Hartwell at ringside afterwards, Blanchard snaps and attacks Hartwell. Gia tries stopping her, so Blanchard snaps even worse and viciously attacks Miller, slamming her face into the steel steps as Craford holds Hartwell back from attempting to help. Security eventually breaks things up. Backstage, Santino Marella is filled with rage as he approaches Blanchard and Crawford. Blanchard says they deserved it. She calls Gia a stooge. Santino says there will be repercussions for her actions and has security carries her off.
Winner: Indi Hartwell
Winner Take All (Knockouts vs. NXT Women’s Title): Masha Slamovich (c) vs. Jacy Jane (c)
The NXT Women’s Champion makes her way to the ring accompanied by Fatal Influence. The TNA Knockouts Champion is out next. The bell sounds and off we go. Slamovich starts off well, but it isn’t long before Jane takes over. Jane settles into a prolonged run in the offensive lead. She dominates Slamovich, but is unable to finish her off. Every time Slamovich shows signs of life, Jane’s cronies from Fatal Influence get involved. Jane tries a cheap shot with the title, but Slamovich hangs on. As Fatal Influence gets involved again, Xia Brookside and Lei Ying Lee run out to make the save, beating down Jazmyn Nyx and Fallon Henley in the process. Meanwhile in the ring, we see a Snow Plow from Slamovich for a close two-count of her own. Slamovich looks for Requiem, but Jane avoids it. Jane with a roll-up out of nowhere, but Slamovich kicks out. Jane hits a Rolling Encore out of the blue and covers her. 1-2-3. Jacy Jane wins. She is now the TNA Knockouts and NXT Women’s Champion. After the match, TNA President Carlos Silva gets on the apron and watches Jane celebrate with both titles.
Winner and NEW TNA Knockouts Champion & NXT Women’s Champion: Jacy Jane
TNA X-Division Championship: Moose (c) vs. Leon Slater
Leon Slater is looking to become the youngest TNA X-Division Champion ever with a potential win tonight. Slater makes his way to the ring to a good reaction from the crowd inside the packed UBS Arena, with 7,623 fans in attendance, setting a new U.S. record for TNA. Reigning TNA X-Division Champion Moose is shown on the stage in a throne with a slightly modified theme song. He makes his way to the ring. The ring announcer finishes up the pre-match introductions and the bell sounds to get things started. Moose manhandles Slater from the word “go.” On the floor, he hoists Slater up in a powerbomb position, with his body draping. He swings him side-to-side, looking to bash him into the ring apron. Instead, Slater flips to his feet and leaps a charging Moose, who spears the ring steps. Now with Moose’s shoulder weakened, Slater takes over on offense, hitting some big high spots that pops the crowd back inside the ring. Slater knocks Moose out to the floor and does his trademark sprinting leap over the ring post to the floor high spot. Moose takes over again, as Slater’s mom, sister and girlfriend are shown in the crowd. Slater begins fighting back. He hoists Moose up for a Torture Rack Blue Thunder Bomb, but Moose avoids it. Slater hits a Senton 450 off the ropes but somehow Moose kicks out. Seconds later, Moose begins catching his second wind. He nails Slater with a spear that sends him out to the floor. Moose goes after him, but runs into a Code Red from a prepared Slater. Slater rolls Moose into the ring and climbs to the top. Moose rolls far away and flips him off. Slater hits a Swanton like Jeff Hardy way across the ring. He follows that up with a Senton 450 off the top for the pin and the win. With the victory, Leon Slater becomes the youngest TNA X-Division Champion of all-time. He celebrates with his mom, sister and girlfriend in the crowd in a beautiful moment. Moose puts the title around Slater’s waist in a rare moment of respect from The System member.
Winner and NEW TNA X-Division Champion: Leon Slater
AJ Styles Returns
The post-match celebration for Leon Slater continues, and then the theme for AJ Styles hits and the record-breaking crowd in Long Island goes bonkers as “The Phenomenal One” makes his way out to the ring. He asks if the fans missed him. He says it’s good to be back in the place where he made his name. He talks about the company having some of the best young talent in the world, like Slater, who became the youngest X-Division Champion in history tonight. Fans break out in a loud “You deserve it!” chant aimed at Slater. Styles tells Slater not to listen to the fans. He says he doesn’t deserve it. He earned it. The fans cheer. Fans break out in a “Welcome Back!” chant aimed at Styles. Styles says Slater reminded fans that TNA isn’t about weight limits, it’s about no limits. He mentions some of the names he shared the ring with during his days in the X-Division and then once again congratulates Leon Slater for becoming the youngest X-Division Champion ever. His music plays again. Slater walks off as Styles claps from the ring looking at him. He then poses to the crowd himself on the ropes.
TNA Tag-Team Championships: The Nemeths (c) vs. The Rascalz vs. First Class vs. The Hardys
The Rascalz duo of Zachary Wentz and Myron Reed, who is filling in for Trey Miguel, make their way out first. First Class duo AJ Francis and KC Navarro, who is dealing with an injury himself, come out to some random rappers. The Hardys come out last and the bell sounds. All hell breaks loose straight out of the gate. Within all of a minute, we see multiple ladders entered into the mix. The high spot fest begins early. We see The Rascalz hit some crazy spots, followed by The Nemeths. At one point, we see Ryan Nemeth get in MLB legend Johnny Damon’s face at ringside. Damon shoves him. Nic runs over to hold Ryan back. AJ Francis hits a huge moonsault off the ladder onto the pile of bodies in the ring. Moments later, as Francis and Navarro are both climbing up the same ladder in the ring, it is shoved over and they go flying onto a pair of ladder bridges near the entrance. Francis’ legs go through the rungs on the long way down. Ouch. From there, The Hardys come to life again. They lay Navarro out over a ladder bridge near the commentary desk. Jeff Hardy hits a swanton onto it, but it doesn’t bend or break. Hardy’s back snaps bad upon landing. Apparently he’s fine, however, because seconds later Jeff Hardy calls for something from the entrance area. We see a rope style ladder drop from the ceiling. Ryan starts climbing it, but Matt whacks him with a chair. Nic tries climbing the rope ladder, but Jeff stops him. Jeff climbs the rope ladder and pulls the belts down. The Hardys are your new tag champs. Bully Ray comes out afterwards and challenges The Hardys to defend their titles against Team 3D in “one last great tag team match” in October at TNA Bound For Glory.
Winners and NEW TNA World Tag-Team Champions: The Hardys
TNA World Championship: Trick Williams (c) vs. Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana
Joe Hendry comes out first. Mike Santana is out next to a special live performance by a Puerto Rican rapper. A church choir does a “Whoop that Trick’ song-style chant to set up the champions entrance. After the final pre-match introductions from the ring announcer, the main event of the evening finally gets underway. It’s definitely a Mike Santana-pro crowd in “The Empire State” this evening. Hendry and Santana get Williams out of the picture early on. With Williams on the floor recovering, Hendry and Santana duke it out in the ring. Santana looks for Spin the Block, but doesn’t get it. Trick nails him from behind after re-entering the ring. After some more action, Kazarian gets involved, leading to him being ejected. Trick gets nailed out to the floor, where Santana hits a big dive. Back in the ring, Hendry and Santana duke it out by themselves. Hendry connects with Standing Ovation and goes for the cover. Santana somehow kicks out. Fans chant “San-tan-a!” Santana gets up to his knees and waves in Hendry to bring on more punishment. They trade shots back-and-forth as Santana gets back to his feet. Santana levels Hendry with Spin the Block. He hits another one and goes for the cover, but Trick steals the pin and gets the win to retain.
Winner and STILL TNA World Champion: Trick Williams
