Impact Wrestling Slammiversary 2018

Barry Scott does another voiceover package showcasing the year in Impact. He is absolutely remarkable in this role and makes the whole company feel major league once again. This thing is so great it almost makes the Madison-Young angle less stupid. The Moose-Aries video almost works too. The building itself looks fantastic and they've got a perfect lighting setup. The neon orange rope look cool too - a bit like peak OVW and NXT, but super-bright and they pop off the screen.

TNA gonna TNA with the BONE SOLIDER graphic. An IMPACT WRESTLING chant breaks out for the first time ever. Fenix does 5,000 things and Ishimori shines too with a big springboard rana. Fenix does a split-roped double jump rana onto Impact! Tons more stuff happens alongside a "THIS IS IMPACT" chant. Golden Triangle by Ishimori! TOWER OF DOOM SAMOAN DROP!

Sharpshooter to Ishimori, but Johnny comes in and gets 2 off a moonlight drive. Double somersault cutter by Fenix! Ishimori hits a shotgun dropkick and shotgun knees to Fenix. Superkicks aplenty, but Fenix hits a massive one! 450 hits Johnny, but Petey gets the destroyer! Fenix double stomps him for 2.9! Muscle buster up, but Johnny superkicks Fenix and hits Starship Pain to win! This match ruled!

The OGz talk about taking out LAX and taking the name back. Homicide in a PPV T-shirt just looks odd for the gangster gimmick.Tessa vs. Allie is up, and Allie is over huge in Toronto. They have an awkward armdrag and a weird basement crossbody. Rope shots miss for each, but Tessa smashes her with big forearms akin to Sheamus over the apron. Allie hits a blind dive to Tessa and she suplexes her into the buckle. Tessa avoids a death valley driver and counters it into the hammerlock DDT to win.

Moose is in a super-shiny silver and black suit and says the world will chant MOOSE. Okay then. Eddie vs. Tommy is hyped up nicely. Tommy and Eddie brawl a ton and Tommy hits a neckbreaker on the apron. Tommy avoids a sunset flip with a staple gun! Kendo sticks to the head for both before a double chair Spicolli Driver off the top! Boston Knee Party with a chair ends it for Eddie. We get some post-match stuff with his wife and they're  splitting for now.

Matt Sydal says some words in front of a floral backdrop. Sydal is hyped up as a veteran who wrestled on the first Victory Road and Cage is just gigantic. Sydal takes a nasty bump off the top to the apron and the floor. SSP is avoided, but Sydal hits the jumping kick, but he eats the discus lariat and flips for 2. Sydal goes for an SSP, but his foot catches the rope and Cage puts the boot up to give him something to grab quickly before ending it with the Drill Claw. All  hail the weapon X division champ!

Aries is an asshole backstage. Aries says that Moose's dream has been to be the man, but for him, he's done that his whole life. Rayne-Yung features the bridesmaids bringing a casket out. They have a really sloppy match and Su ends it with the mandible claw before they put Madison in a casket. LAX talks about having a battle plan tonight. The street fight is set up with painted tables and brooms in garbage cans - as it of course should be. The OGz come out of "the clubhouse" to show their superiority. LAX's extended intro theme is outstanding and makes them seem so different.

LAX has war paint and a brawl erupts. Hernandez hits a big double lariat, but Santana avoids a border toss. Double flip dives from LAX! Hernandez hits the deadman dive to both LAX guys. They fight on the stage and a backdrop from the ramp to the ring hits. Santana dives off of Homicide's back onto Hernandez, WHO CATCHES HIM and powerbombs him him 'cide chokes Ortiz. Santana hits a big FUCK YOU lionsault onto Hernandez. Street Sweeper to Homicide gets 2.9, and Homicide hits a flip dive tope through a table! Ortiz hits a running DVD through a table in the corner! Hernandez prevents another one and Border Tosses him through a table! Cannonball to Hernandez! Konnan chokes Homicide and tosses tacks in. Homicide has tacks thrown in his face and gets slammed on them. Frog splash hits and ends it! This was insane, but awesome. LAX eats a beating with a blackjack. King tags the belts - so this feud continues. YES!

Sami talks about beating Pentagon tonight. Josh talks about Pentagon's many accomplishments. Don talks abouts the Jericho Cruise and Impact vs. ROH, which is just bizarre. Stiff kicks start and Penta hits a slingblade. Sami eats a chop, but takes the vest down to eat a harder shot to prove that he can. Sami chairshots him and grabs a pair of spikes. He rips the mask up a bit to spike him and does so! Pentagon's tied by the mask and avoids a bat shot and hits a backstabber. PENTAGON SPIKES HIM WITH THE SECOND SPIKE! HE SPIKES HIM WITH THE BAT! THEY SPIKE EACH OTHER WITH A FRYE-TAKAYAMA EXCHANGE! Dueling slaps from a chair before we get dueling chair shots!

Sami eats two superkicks and a backstabber for 2! Penta goes for the arm snapper, showing just how terrible Sami's hair looks. Sami avoids it and Penta lands a chair toss before hitting the Crists with a chair. Sami tosses powder in the eyes and Penta attacks a ref and does the arm snapper to him! He gets a "you fucked up!" chant and Don says "he sure did" and the Pentagon driver hits, but there's no ref. Sami fish hooks the eyes and does the pulling piledriver for 2.9. A four chair bridge is set up by Sami, but he eats a Fear Factor through it and it only gets 2.9!

Goddamn what a great match! Sami wants kneeling superkicks and gets them! ARM SNAPPER! Fear Factor ends it! The Crists go to prevent the head shaving. Sami leaves, but Fenix attacks him and Penta grabs scissors and cuts his hair. Sami gets the clippers and the crowd chants "SHAVE HIS BEARD", which makes Sami go even crazier. This was just an incredible spectacle.

A Blue Jay comes out to hand the belt to the winner of the main event. Aries comes out with just the Impact belt, whicih looks fantastic on its own. A fan arguement between Mosoe and Aries breaks out. Aries slaps him, but Moose tosses him around. Aries sends him into the crowd for a countout win attempt. Aries hits a crucifix bomb, but Moose swings him around ringside. Guardrail pump kick hits for Moose! Moose tosses him from the ramp into the crowd! Discus forearm to the back of the head of Moose! BRAINBUSTER ON THE FLOOR! Aries grabs the belt, but the Blue Jay grabs it from him and Moose gets 2 off a schoolboy. PK and a brainbuster end it.