uckles made her TNA debut aligning with The Beautiful People in assaulting Kim , ODB , and Roxxi .   = = Event = =   TNA held a match to warm – up the crowd known as a dark match prior to the show pitting The Motor City Machine Guns ( Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin ) against the team of Lance Hoyt and Johnny Devine . The Motor City Machine Guns won the encounter .   = = = Miscellaneous = = =   Slammiversary featured employees other than the wrestlers involved in the matches . Mike Tenay and Don West were the commentators for the telecast , with Frank Trigg providing for the A.J. Styles versus Kurt Angle bout only . Jeremy Borash and David Penzer were ring announcers for the event . Andrew Thomas , Earl Hebner , Rudy Charles , and Mark " Slick " Johnson participated as referees for the encounters . Lauren Thompson and Borash were used as interviewers during the event . Besides those who competed at the event , Abyss , Ace Young , Eric Young , George Steele , Héctor Guerrero , Jake Roberts , Jay Lethal , Johnny Devine , Kamala , Karen Angle , Koko B. Ware , Raisha Saeed , Rhaka Khan , Salinas , Scott Steiner , SoCal Val , Sonjay Dutt , and Tomko all appeared on camera , either in backstage or in ringside segments . The wedding of Lethal and Val took place after the second $ 25 @,@ 000 Fan Challenge . The segment ended when Dutt proclaimed his love for Val in the storyline and attacked Lethal . Young , Steele , Roberts , Kamala , and Ware came to Lethal 's defense before Roberts placed a snake on top of an unconscious Dutt to end the segment .   = = = Preliminary matches = = =   The TNA X Division Championship was defended by then @-@ champion Petey Williams against Kaz in the opening contest of the telecast . Williams was accompanied by Rhaka Khan and Scott Steiner . The duration of the bout was 15 minutes and 19 seconds . Williams wore a protective face mask due to a broken orbital bone . Khan and Steiner interfered in the bout several times . Kaz was legitimately busted open during the match after Williams bashed him in the face with a steel pipe . Williams won the encounter after performing his signature Canadian Destroyer maneuver by slamming Kaz head @-@ first into the mat to retain the TNA X Division Championship . Abyss returned after this match by aiding Kaz who was being attacked by Khan , Steiner , and Williams .   The team of The Beautiful People and Mickie Knuckles — renamed Moose — fought the team of Gail Kim , ODB , and Roxxi in a Six Woman Tag Team match next . It lasted 10 minutes and 14 seconds . ODB won the bout for her team after running and slamming Moose against the mat back @-@ first and following with the pin .   The TNA World Tag Team Championship was defended in the third match of the event by LAX against Team 3D . Héctor Guerrero and Salinas accompanied LAX to the ring . Salinas , Guerrero , and Team 3D 's associate Johnny Devine all interfered in the encounter . Near the end when Team 3D were waiting to perform their signature 3D tag team maneuver on Hernandez , Homicide came up behind Devon and pinned him with a schoolboy pin at 15 minutes to retain the championship .   TNA held two $ 25 @,@ 000 Fan Challenge segments next with then @-@ TNA Women 's Knockout Champion Awesome Kong and her manager Raisha Saeed offering fans in the crowd the chance to face Kong . Kong and Saeed then chose a willing participant and if they defeated Kong they won $ 25 @,@ 000 . The participants chosen for these segments were predetermined , with each planted in the crowd . The first encounter pitted Serena D against Kong , which Kong won after slamming Serena face @-@ first into the mat with her signature Implant Buster maneuver at 2 minutes and 26 seconds . The second was between Josie Robinson and Kong , lasting 1 minute and 42 seconds . Kong won the bout after slamming Josie back @-@ first into the mat with her signature Awesome Bomb maneuver .   = = = Main event matches = = =   A.J. Styles fought Kurt Angle in the sixth encounter of the show next . The match lasted 22 minutes and 44 seconds . Angle was accompanied by Tomko to the ring . The referee forced Tomko to head to the backstage area due to the referee believing he would interfere . Styles attempted to perform his signature Styles Clash maneuver on Angle , which Angle countered into his signature Ankle Lock submission hold . Styles escaped the hold , causing Angle to crash into the referee , knocking him out in the storyline . Karen Angle then ran down to the ringside area and attempted to hand Angle a steel chair . Once Angle grabbed the chair she refused to release , allowing Styles to grab Angle and perform the Styles Clash by slamming Angle face @-
uckles Ġmade Ġher ĠT NA Ġdebut Ġalign ing Ġwith ĠThe ĠBeautiful ĠPeople Ġin Ġassaulting ĠKim Ġ, ĠO DB Ġ, Ġand ĠRox xi Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠEvent Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠT NA Ġheld Ġa Ġmatch Ġto Ġwarm ĠâĢĵ Ġup Ġthe Ġcrowd Ġknown Ġas Ġa Ġdark Ġmatch Ġprior Ġto Ġthe Ġshow Ġp itting ĠThe ĠMotor ĠCity ĠMachine ĠGuns Ġ( ĠAlex ĠShelley Ġand ĠChris ĠS abin Ġ) Ġagainst Ġthe Ġteam Ġof ĠLance ĠHoy t Ġand ĠJohnny ĠDev ine Ġ. ĠThe ĠMotor ĠCity ĠMachine ĠGuns Ġwon Ġthe Ġencounter Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠMiscellaneous Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠS lamm iversary Ġfeatured Ġemployees Ġother Ġthan Ġthe Ġwrestlers Ġinvolved Ġin Ġthe Ġmatches Ġ. ĠMike ĠTen ay Ġand ĠDon ĠWest Ġwere Ġthe Ġcommentators Ġfor Ġthe Ġtele cast Ġ, Ġwith ĠFrank ĠTr igg Ġproviding Ġfor Ġthe ĠA . J . ĠStyles Ġversus ĠKurt ĠAngle Ġbout Ġonly Ġ. ĠJeremy ĠBor ash Ġand ĠDavid ĠPen zer Ġwere Ġring Ġannoun cers Ġfor Ġthe Ġevent Ġ. ĠAndrew ĠThomas Ġ, ĠEarl ĠHeb ner Ġ, ĠRudy ĠCharles Ġ, Ġand ĠMark Ġ" ĠSl ick Ġ" ĠJohnson Ġparticipated Ġas Ġreferees Ġfor Ġthe Ġencounters Ġ. ĠLauren ĠThompson Ġand ĠBor ash Ġwere Ġused Ġas Ġinterview ers Ġduring Ġthe Ġevent Ġ. ĠBesides Ġthose Ġwho Ġcompeted Ġat Ġthe Ġevent Ġ, ĠAbyss Ġ, ĠAce ĠYoung Ġ, ĠEric ĠYoung Ġ, ĠGeorge ĠSteele Ġ, ĠH Ã© ctor ĠGuerrero Ġ, ĠJake ĠRoberts Ġ, ĠJay ĠLethal Ġ, ĠJohnny ĠDev ine Ġ, ĠKam ala Ġ, ĠKaren ĠAngle Ġ, ĠK oko ĠB . ĠWare Ġ, ĠRa isha ĠSa eed Ġ, ĠRh aka ĠKhan Ġ, ĠSal inas Ġ, ĠScott ĠSte iner Ġ, ĠSo Cal ĠVal Ġ, ĠSon jay ĠD utt Ġ, Ġand ĠTom ko Ġall Ġappeared Ġon Ġcamera Ġ, Ġeither Ġin Ġbackstage Ġor Ġin Ġrings ide Ġsegments Ġ. ĠThe Ġwedding Ġof ĠLethal Ġand ĠVal Ġtook Ġplace Ġafter Ġthe Ġsecond Ġ$ Ġ25 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 ĠFan ĠChallenge Ġ. ĠThe Ġsegment Ġended Ġwhen ĠD utt Ġproclaimed Ġhis Ġlove Ġfor ĠVal Ġin Ġthe Ġstoryline Ġand Ġattacked ĠLethal Ġ. ĠYoung Ġ, ĠSteele Ġ, ĠRoberts Ġ, ĠKam ala Ġ, Ġand ĠWare Ġcame Ġto ĠLethal Ġ' s Ġdefense Ġbefore ĠRoberts Ġplaced Ġa Ġsnake Ġon Ġtop Ġof Ġan Ġunconscious ĠD utt Ġto Ġend Ġthe Ġsegment Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠPrel iminary Ġmatches Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠT NA ĠX ĠDivision ĠChampionship Ġwas Ġdefended Ġby Ġthen Ġ@ - @ Ġchampion ĠPet ey ĠWilliams Ġagainst ĠKaz Ġin Ġthe Ġopening Ġcontest Ġof Ġthe Ġtele cast Ġ. ĠWilliams Ġwas Ġaccompanied Ġby ĠRh aka ĠKhan Ġand ĠScott ĠSte iner Ġ. ĠThe Ġduration Ġof Ġthe Ġbout Ġwas Ġ15 Ġminutes Ġand Ġ19 Ġseconds Ġ. ĠWilliams Ġwore Ġa Ġprotective Ġface Ġmask Ġdue Ġto Ġa Ġbroken Ġorbital Ġbone Ġ. ĠKhan Ġand ĠSte iner Ġinterfered Ġin Ġthe Ġbout Ġseveral Ġtimes Ġ. ĠKaz Ġwas Ġlegitimately Ġbusted Ġopen Ġduring Ġthe Ġmatch Ġafter ĠWilliams Ġbas hed Ġhim Ġin Ġthe Ġface Ġwith Ġa Ġsteel Ġpipe Ġ. ĠWilliams Ġwon Ġthe Ġencounter Ġafter Ġperforming Ġhis Ġsignature ĠCanadian ĠDestroyer Ġmaneuver Ġby Ġslamming ĠKaz Ġhead Ġ@ - @ Ġfirst Ġinto Ġthe Ġmat Ġto Ġretain Ġthe ĠT NA ĠX ĠDivision ĠChampionship Ġ. ĠAbyss Ġreturned Ġafter Ġthis Ġmatch Ġby Ġaiding ĠKaz Ġwho Ġwas Ġbeing Ġattacked Ġby ĠKhan Ġ, ĠSte iner Ġ, Ġand ĠWilliams Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġteam Ġof ĠThe ĠBeautiful ĠPeople Ġand ĠMick ie ĠKn uckles ĠâĢĶ Ġrenamed ĠMoose ĠâĢĶ Ġfought Ġthe Ġteam Ġof ĠG ail ĠKim Ġ, ĠO DB Ġ, Ġand ĠRox xi Ġin Ġa ĠSix ĠWoman ĠTag ĠTeam Ġmatch Ġnext Ġ. ĠIt Ġlasted Ġ10 Ġminutes Ġand Ġ14 Ġseconds Ġ. ĠO DB Ġwon Ġthe Ġbout Ġfor Ġher Ġteam Ġafter Ġrunning Ġand Ġslamming ĠMoose Ġagainst Ġthe Ġmat Ġback Ġ@ - @ Ġfirst Ġand Ġfollowing Ġwith Ġthe Ġpin Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠT NA ĠWorld ĠTag ĠTeam ĠChampionship Ġwas Ġdefended Ġin Ġthe Ġthird Ġmatch Ġof Ġthe Ġevent Ġby ĠLA X Ġagainst ĠTeam Ġ3 D Ġ. ĠH Ã© ctor ĠGuerrero Ġand ĠSal inas Ġaccompanied ĠLA X Ġto Ġthe Ġring Ġ. ĠSal inas Ġ, ĠGuerrero Ġ, Ġand ĠTeam Ġ3 D Ġ' s Ġassociate ĠJohnny ĠDev ine Ġall Ġinterfered Ġin Ġthe Ġencounter Ġ. ĠNear Ġthe Ġend Ġwhen ĠTeam Ġ3 D Ġwere Ġwaiting Ġto Ġperform Ġtheir Ġsignature Ġ3 D Ġtag Ġteam Ġmaneuver Ġon ĠHernandez Ġ, ĠHom icide Ġcame Ġup Ġbehind ĠDevon Ġand Ġpinned Ġhim Ġwith Ġa Ġschool boy Ġpin Ġat Ġ15 Ġminutes Ġto Ġretain Ġthe Ġchampionship Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠT NA Ġheld Ġtwo Ġ$ Ġ25 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 ĠFan ĠChallenge Ġsegments Ġnext Ġwith Ġthen Ġ@ - @ ĠT NA ĠWomen Ġ' s ĠKnock out ĠChampion ĠAwesome ĠKong Ġand Ġher Ġmanager ĠRa isha ĠSa eed Ġoffering Ġfans Ġin Ġthe Ġcrowd Ġthe Ġchance Ġto Ġface ĠKong Ġ. ĠKong Ġand ĠSa eed Ġthen Ġchose Ġa Ġwilling Ġparticipant Ġand Ġif Ġthey Ġdefeated ĠKong Ġthey Ġwon Ġ$ Ġ25 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġ. ĠThe Ġparticipants Ġchosen Ġfor Ġthese Ġsegments Ġwere Ġpredetermined Ġ, Ġwith Ġeach Ġplanted Ġin Ġthe Ġcrowd Ġ. ĠThe Ġfirst Ġencounter Ġpitted ĠSere na ĠD Ġagainst ĠKong Ġ, Ġwhich ĠKong Ġwon Ġafter Ġslamming ĠSere na Ġface Ġ@ - @ Ġfirst Ġinto Ġthe Ġmat Ġwith Ġher Ġsignature ĠIm plant ĠBuster Ġmaneuver Ġat Ġ2 Ġminutes Ġand Ġ26 Ġseconds Ġ. ĠThe Ġsecond Ġwas Ġbetween ĠJos ie ĠRobinson Ġand ĠKong Ġ, Ġlasting Ġ1 Ġminute Ġand Ġ42 Ġseconds Ġ. ĠKong Ġwon Ġthe Ġbout Ġafter Ġslamming ĠJos ie Ġback Ġ@ - @ Ġfirst Ġinto Ġthe Ġmat Ġwith Ġher Ġsignature ĠAwesome ĠBomb Ġmaneuver Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠMain Ġevent Ġmatches Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠA . J . ĠStyles Ġfought ĠKurt ĠAngle Ġin Ġthe Ġsixth Ġencounter Ġof Ġthe Ġshow Ġnext Ġ. ĠThe Ġmatch Ġlasted Ġ22 Ġminutes Ġand Ġ44 Ġseconds Ġ. ĠAngle Ġwas Ġaccompanied Ġby ĠTom ko Ġto Ġthe Ġring Ġ. ĠThe Ġreferee Ġforced ĠTom ko Ġto Ġhead Ġto Ġthe Ġbackstage Ġarea Ġdue Ġto Ġthe Ġreferee Ġbelieving Ġhe Ġwould Ġinterfere Ġ. ĠStyles Ġattempted Ġto Ġperform Ġhis Ġsignature ĠStyles ĠClash Ġmaneuver Ġon ĠAngle Ġ, Ġwhich ĠAngle Ġcountered Ġinto Ġhis Ġsignature ĠAnk le ĠLock Ġsubmission Ġhold Ġ. ĠStyles Ġescaped Ġthe Ġhold Ġ, Ġcausing ĠAngle Ġto Ġcrash Ġinto Ġthe Ġreferee Ġ, Ġknocking Ġhim Ġout Ġin Ġthe Ġstoryline Ġ. ĠKaren ĠAngle Ġthen Ġran Ġdown Ġto Ġthe Ġrings ide Ġarea Ġand Ġattempted Ġto Ġhand ĠAngle Ġa Ġsteel Ġchair Ġ. ĠOnce ĠAngle Ġgrabbed Ġthe Ġchair Ġshe Ġrefused Ġto Ġrelease Ġ, Ġallowing ĠStyles Ġto Ġgrab ĠAngle Ġand Ġperform Ġthe ĠStyles ĠClash Ġby Ġslamming ĠAngle Ġface Ġ@ -