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#1 Best: IMPACT Wrestling Slammiversary delivered on the surprises
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As bad as the ending was, IMPACT Wrestling overdelivered. Whether you dislike the ending as much as I do or not, we got over three hours of top-tier action that also featured some incredible surprises.
It started out with some pretty fun ones. We all expected Chelsea Green to team up with Matt Cardona, but she still got a great reaction from the live crowd. Aiden English being teased? No Way (formerly Jose) joining the IMPACT Wrestling Tag Team Title match when TJP got hurt? Those brought a smile to my face.
And then the surprises kept coming. FinJuice returned, which is always great. Then Deonna Purrazzo beat the debuting Thunder Rosa and had a confrontation with Mickie James. After all of that, the end of the pay-per-view saw the debut of NJPW's Jay White.
D'Lo Brown and Matt Striker also said on commentary that we are likely to see more in the coming weeks. IMPACT Wrestling killed it tonight. If all we got was a show full of great in-ring action, the return of fans to the building, and some genuinely shocking title changes it would have been a major success.
IMPACT Wrestling made sure Slammiversary was one for the record books. Not even that ending could ruin what was, for my money, the best pay-per-view they've produced in a long time. Considering how great their shows have been in the past few years, that's saying something.
What's even better was the teaser we got from IMPACT Wrestling regarding Bound for Glory that hyped up something special. We are likely to get a match card featuring IMPACT Wrestling, AEW, AAA, and NJPW talent.
They're following their biggest pay-per-view of the year so far by hyping up their "WrestleMania" with a teaser that makes it feel like the next biggest show of the year.
Well played, IMPACT. You knocked it out of the park.
