IMPACT Wrestling Slammiversary 2021: Best and Worst - Bullet Club confrontation; multiple title changes; huge returns

#2 Best: Deonna Purrazzo stole the show on an IMPACT Wrestling card full of excellent matches

Deonna Purrazzo go down as the greatest Knockouts Champion of all time

IMPACT Wrestling Slammiversary was one of the best pay-per-views of the company's year so far. IMPACT or otherwise, it may be one of the best events of 2021. Every match, save for the impromptu FinJuice-Shera/Madman Fulton match, was stellar.

Knowing that, it's pretty impressive for anyone to have stolen the show. The aforementioned Ultimate X match was one of the best of that stipulation. W. Morrissey and Eddie Edwards had an incredible and brutal war. Both tag team divisions were highlighted with great title matches.

All that, and the show was capped off with a No Disqualification Match between Sami Calllihan and IMPACT Wrestling World Champion Kenny Omega. From top to bottom, this was one of the strongest pay-per-views of the year.

And Deonna Purrazzo completely stole the show. Part of it had to do with the surprise opponent she had. We saw some NWA talent appear tonight, as The Virtuosa defended the IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Title against Thunder Rosa.

We had two of the greatest women's wrestlers on the planet in the ring tonight, and it was exactly what any fan would want out of these two. In a surprising turn, Purrazzo was the underdog. She was consistently outclassed by Thunder Rosa, fighting from the bottom from the opening bell.

She tried to weaken the arm of the former NWA World Champion, but Thunder Rosa had an answer for everything. She was even able to escape the Fujiwara Armbar and counter the Venus Demilo, nearly getting a submission victory with the Rear Naked Choke.

Following with a VIOLENT Hesitation Dropkick in the corner. #Slammiversary @thunderrosa22 Order HERE: https://t.co/B4rKbNpqAD pic.twitter.com/3kPrHcgimf

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) July 18, 2021

The IMPACT Wrestling 2020 Wrestler of the Year was always at a disadvantage, but refused to bow down. She took some serious punishment but kept on running. She managed to avoid the Thunder Driver, and spiked her challenger with the Queen's Gambit to pin Thunder Rosa clean in the middle of the ring.

As great as the match was, that wasn't even the end of her night. Immediately after, she was confronted by Mickie James. The former IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion praised Purrazzo and wanted to invite her to NWA EmPowerrr.

Mickie James is back on @IMPACTWRESTLING pic.twitter.com/4AmR84ifPn

— B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) July 18, 2021

Purrazzo took it differently, upset that James was ruining her moment. She refused and told James to get her trash bag and leave. For that, she ate a Mick Kick.

Will we see Purrazzo on EmPowerrr on August 28th? Though she denied James' invite, odds are she'll want to get revenge.