 of Jay Lethal and SoCal Val was promoted for Slammiversary . This was announced on the May 15 episode of Impact ! , when Lethal proposed and Val accepted in the storyline . American singer Ace Young was advertised take part in the segment on the May 22 episode of Impact ! . On the May 29 episode of Impact ! , Lethal asked Sonjay Dutt to be his best man , to which Dutt agreed . Lethal 's groomsmen were announced on the June 5 episode as George Steele , Kamala , Koko B. Ware , and Jake Roberts .   = = = Storylines = = =   Slammiversary featured seven professional wrestling matches and one pre @-@ show match that involved different wrestlers from pre @-@ existing scripted feuds and storylines . Wrestlers portrayed villains , heroes , or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches .   The main event at Slammiversary was a King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , in which then @-@ champion Samoa Joe defended the title against four other competitors . On the May 15 episode of Impact ! , Joe announced the encounter would take place at Slammiversary as well that an agreement had been made between Management Director Jim Cornette and himself on who would compete in the bout . The arrangement entailed that qualifying matches would take place leading to the event between four wrestlers he chose and four wrestlers Cornette chose . Cornette 's four wrestlers were James Storm , Matt Morgan , Robert Roode , and Tomko , while Joe 's four were A.J. Styles , Booker T , Christian Cage , and Rhino . The qualifying matches were held on the May 22 and May 29 episodes of Impact ! . Roode defeated Morgan in the first qualifier , while Booker T defeated Styles in the second , both on the May 22 episode of Impact ! . The last two qualification matches were held on the May 29 episode of Impact ! , with Rhino defeating Storm and Cage defeating Tomko . Kevin Nash , who played Joe 's mentor in the storyline , requested to be made the Special Guest Ringside Enforcer for the bout , which he was granted by Cornette on the May 29 episode of Impact ! .   The predominate storyline heading into the event was the rivalry between A.J. Styles and Kurt Angle , both members of The Angle Alliance group . On the February 14 episode of Impact ! , TNA held the scripted wedding of Angle 's real @-@ life wife Karen Angle and Styles despite Angle and Karen still being married on @-@ screen . Afterwards , Karen and Angle separated in the storyline on the March 13 episode of Impact ! . TNA continued to build the situation with Angle attempting to reconcile with Karen on the May 15 episode of Impact ! . Karen refused Angle 's request on the May 22 episode of Impact ! , leading to Angle turning on and assaulting Styles later in the episode due to his jealousy of the affection Karen showed for Styles . On the May 29 episode of Impact ! , Cornette announced Angle versus Styles for the event . Angle sustained a severe neck injury in early May with several TNA officials believing Angle would not recover in time to perform at the show . Angle was still in pain a few days prior to Slammiversary but was expected to perform normally despite some officials feeling it was too soon to compete .   The TNA World Tag Team Championship was defended at Slammiversary by then @-@ champions The Latin American Xchange ( Hernandez and Homicide ; LAX ) against Team 3D ( Brother Devon and Brother Ray ) . At TNA 's previous PPV event Sacrifice on May 11 , LAX defeated Team 3D in the final round of the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament for the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship . On the May 15 episode of Impact ! , Team 3D attacked and was scripted to injure LAX 's manager Héctor Guerrero , thus starting a rivalry between the two . Cornette announced a rematch from Sacrifice for the championship to take place at the show on the May 29 episode of Impact ! .   TNA held a Six Woman Tag Team match pitting The Beautiful People ( Angelina Love and Velvet Sky ) and Mickie Knuckles against Gail Kim , ODB , and Roxxi at Slammiversary . This was the main storyline in TNA 's women 's division which started at Sacrifice where TNA held a Ten Woman TNA Knockouts Makeover Battle Royal to become number @-@ one contender to the TNA Women 's Knockout Championship . The rules of the contest involved the winner getting a championship match while the runner @-@ up had her head shaven . Love cost Roxxi — then known as Roxxi Laveaux — the match , resulting in her head being shaven . Kim won the bout and went on to have her title opportunity on the May 15 episode of Impact ! , which she lost after interference from Love . On the June 5 episode of Impact ! , Kn
Ġof ĠJay ĠLethal Ġand ĠSo Cal ĠVal Ġwas Ġpromoted Ġfor ĠS lamm iversary Ġ. ĠThis Ġwas Ġannounced Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ15 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, Ġwhen ĠLethal Ġproposed Ġand ĠVal Ġaccepted Ġin Ġthe Ġstoryline Ġ. ĠAmerican Ġsinger ĠAce ĠYoung Ġwas Ġadvertised Ġtake Ġpart Ġin Ġthe Ġsegment Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ22 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe ĠMay Ġ29 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, ĠLethal Ġasked ĠSon jay ĠD utt Ġto Ġbe Ġhis Ġbest Ġman Ġ, Ġto Ġwhich ĠD utt Ġagreed Ġ. ĠLethal Ġ' s Ġgro oms men Ġwere Ġannounced Ġon Ġthe ĠJune Ġ5 Ġepisode Ġas ĠGeorge ĠSteele Ġ, ĠKam ala Ġ, ĠK oko ĠB . ĠWare Ġ, Ġand ĠJake ĠRoberts Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠStory lines Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠS lamm iversary Ġfeatured Ġseven Ġprofessional Ġwrestling Ġmatches Ġand Ġone Ġpre Ġ@ - @ Ġshow Ġmatch Ġthat Ġinvolved Ġdifferent Ġwrestlers Ġfrom Ġpre Ġ@ - @ Ġexisting Ġscripted Ġfeud s Ġand Ġstorylines Ġ. ĠWrest lers Ġportrayed Ġvillains Ġ, Ġheroes Ġ, Ġor Ġless Ġdistinguish able Ġcharacters Ġin Ġthe Ġscripted Ġevents Ġthat Ġbuilt Ġtension Ġand Ġculminated Ġin Ġa Ġwrestling Ġmatch Ġor Ġseries Ġof Ġmatches Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġmain Ġevent Ġat ĠS lamm iversary Ġwas Ġa ĠKing Ġof Ġthe ĠMountain Ġmatch Ġfor Ġthe ĠT NA ĠWorld ĠHeavy weight ĠChampionship Ġ, Ġin Ġwhich Ġthen Ġ@ - @ Ġchampion ĠSamoa ĠJoe Ġdefended Ġthe Ġtitle Ġagainst Ġfour Ġother Ġcompetitors Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe ĠMay Ġ15 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, ĠJoe Ġannounced Ġthe Ġencounter Ġwould Ġtake Ġplace Ġat ĠS lamm iversary Ġas Ġwell Ġthat Ġan Ġagreement Ġhad Ġbeen Ġmade Ġbetween ĠManagement ĠDirector ĠJim ĠCorn ette Ġand Ġhimself Ġon Ġwho Ġwould Ġcompete Ġin Ġthe Ġbout Ġ. ĠThe Ġarrangement Ġent ailed Ġthat Ġqualifying Ġmatches Ġwould Ġtake Ġplace Ġleading Ġto Ġthe Ġevent Ġbetween Ġfour Ġwrestlers Ġhe Ġchose Ġand Ġfour Ġwrestlers ĠCorn ette Ġchose Ġ. ĠCorn ette Ġ' s Ġfour Ġwrestlers Ġwere ĠJames ĠStorm Ġ, ĠMatt ĠMorgan Ġ, ĠRobert ĠR ood e Ġ, Ġand ĠTom ko Ġ, Ġwhile ĠJoe Ġ' s Ġfour Ġwere ĠA . J . ĠStyles Ġ, ĠBooker ĠT Ġ, ĠChristian ĠCage Ġ, Ġand ĠRhino Ġ. ĠThe Ġqualifying Ġmatches Ġwere Ġheld Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ22 Ġand ĠMay Ġ29 Ġepisodes Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ. ĠR ood e Ġdefeated ĠMorgan Ġin Ġthe Ġfirst Ġqualifier Ġ, Ġwhile ĠBooker ĠT Ġdefeated ĠStyles Ġin Ġthe Ġsecond Ġ, Ġboth Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ22 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ. ĠThe Ġlast Ġtwo Ġqualification Ġmatches Ġwere Ġheld Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ29 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, Ġwith ĠRhino Ġdefeating ĠStorm Ġand ĠCage Ġdefeating ĠTom ko Ġ. ĠKevin ĠNash Ġ, Ġwho Ġplayed ĠJoe Ġ' s Ġmentor Ġin Ġthe Ġstoryline Ġ, Ġrequested Ġto Ġbe Ġmade Ġthe ĠSpecial ĠGuest ĠRings ide ĠEn forcer Ġfor Ġthe Ġbout Ġ, Ġwhich Ġhe Ġwas Ġgranted Ġby ĠCorn ette Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ29 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġpred om inate Ġstoryline Ġheading Ġinto Ġthe Ġevent Ġwas Ġthe Ġrivalry Ġbetween ĠA . J . ĠStyles Ġand ĠKurt ĠAngle Ġ, Ġboth Ġmembers Ġof ĠThe ĠAngle ĠAlliance Ġgroup Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe ĠFebruary Ġ14 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, ĠT NA Ġheld Ġthe Ġscripted Ġwedding Ġof ĠAngle Ġ' s Ġreal Ġ@ - @ Ġlife Ġwife ĠKaren ĠAngle Ġand ĠStyles Ġdespite ĠAngle Ġand ĠKaren Ġstill Ġbeing Ġmarried Ġon Ġ@ - @ Ġscreen Ġ. ĠAfterwards Ġ, ĠKaren Ġand ĠAngle Ġseparated Ġin Ġthe Ġstoryline Ġon Ġthe ĠMarch Ġ13 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ. ĠT NA Ġcontinued Ġto Ġbuild Ġthe Ġsituation Ġwith ĠAngle Ġattempting Ġto Ġreconcile Ġwith ĠKaren Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ15 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ. ĠKaren Ġrefused ĠAngle Ġ' s Ġrequest Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ22 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, Ġleading Ġto ĠAngle Ġturning Ġon Ġand Ġassaulting ĠStyles Ġlater Ġin Ġthe Ġepisode Ġdue Ġto Ġhis Ġjealousy Ġof Ġthe Ġaffection ĠKaren Ġshowed Ġfor ĠStyles Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe ĠMay Ġ29 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, ĠCorn ette Ġannounced ĠAngle Ġversus ĠStyles Ġfor Ġthe Ġevent Ġ. ĠAngle Ġsustained Ġa Ġsevere Ġneck Ġinjury Ġin Ġearly ĠMay Ġwith Ġseveral ĠT NA Ġofficials Ġbelieving ĠAngle Ġwould Ġnot Ġrecover Ġin Ġtime Ġto Ġperform Ġat Ġthe Ġshow Ġ. ĠAngle Ġwas Ġstill Ġin Ġpain Ġa Ġfew Ġdays Ġprior Ġto ĠS lamm iversary Ġbut Ġwas Ġexpected Ġto Ġperform Ġnormally Ġdespite Ġsome Ġofficials Ġfeeling Ġit Ġwas Ġtoo Ġsoon Ġto Ġcompete Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠT NA ĠWorld ĠTag ĠTeam ĠChampionship Ġwas Ġdefended Ġat ĠS lamm iversary Ġby Ġthen Ġ@ - @ Ġchampions ĠThe ĠLatin ĠAmerican ĠX change Ġ( ĠHernandez Ġand ĠHom icide Ġ; ĠLA X Ġ) Ġagainst ĠTeam Ġ3 D Ġ( ĠBrother ĠDevon Ġand ĠBrother ĠRay Ġ) Ġ. ĠAt ĠT NA Ġ' s Ġprevious ĠPP V Ġevent ĠSacrifice Ġon ĠMay Ġ11 Ġ, ĠLA X Ġdefeated ĠTeam Ġ3 D Ġin Ġthe Ġfinal Ġround Ġof Ġthe ĠDe uces ĠWild ĠTag ĠTeam ĠTournament Ġfor Ġthe Ġvacant ĠT NA ĠWorld ĠTag ĠTeam ĠChampionship Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe ĠMay Ġ15 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, ĠTeam Ġ3 D Ġattacked Ġand Ġwas Ġscripted Ġto Ġinjure ĠLA X Ġ' s Ġmanager ĠH Ã© ctor ĠGuerrero Ġ, Ġthus Ġstarting Ġa Ġrivalry Ġbetween Ġthe Ġtwo Ġ. ĠCorn ette Ġannounced Ġa Ġrematch Ġfrom ĠSacrifice Ġfor Ġthe Ġchampionship Ġto Ġtake Ġplace Ġat Ġthe Ġshow Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ29 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠT NA Ġheld Ġa ĠSix ĠWoman ĠTag ĠTeam Ġmatch Ġp itting ĠThe ĠBeautiful ĠPeople Ġ( ĠAngel ina ĠLove Ġand ĠVelvet ĠSky Ġ) Ġand ĠMick ie ĠKn uckles Ġagainst ĠG ail ĠKim Ġ, ĠO DB Ġ, Ġand ĠRox xi Ġat ĠS lamm iversary Ġ. ĠThis Ġwas Ġthe Ġmain Ġstoryline Ġin ĠT NA Ġ' s Ġwomen Ġ' s Ġdivision Ġwhich Ġstarted Ġat ĠSacrifice Ġwhere ĠT NA Ġheld Ġa ĠTen ĠWoman ĠT NA ĠKnock outs ĠMake over ĠBattle ĠRoyal Ġto Ġbecome Ġnumber Ġ@ - @ Ġone Ġcontender Ġto Ġthe ĠT NA ĠWomen Ġ' s ĠKnock out ĠChampionship Ġ. ĠThe Ġrules Ġof Ġthe Ġcontest Ġinvolved Ġthe Ġwinner Ġgetting Ġa Ġchampionship Ġmatch Ġwhile Ġthe Ġrunner Ġ@ - @ Ġup Ġhad Ġher Ġhead Ġsh aven Ġ. ĠLove Ġcost ĠRox xi ĠâĢĶ Ġthen Ġknown Ġas ĠRox xi ĠL ave aux ĠâĢĶ Ġthe Ġmatch Ġ, Ġresulting Ġin Ġher Ġhead Ġbeing Ġsh aven Ġ. ĠKim Ġwon Ġthe Ġbout Ġand Ġwent Ġon Ġto Ġhave Ġher Ġtitle Ġopportunity Ġon Ġthe ĠMay Ġ15 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, Ġwhich Ġshe Ġlost Ġafter Ġinterference Ġfrom ĠLove Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe ĠJune Ġ5 Ġepisode Ġof ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ, ĠKn