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IMPACT Wrestling Tag Team Title Match: Sami Callihan & Ken Shamrock vs The North (c) at Slammiversary
Josh Alexander and Ken Shamrock started the match at Slammiversary with an insane mat-based brawl, trading blows and submission holds. Shamrock locked in the ankle lock, but Alexander was able to grab the ropes at Slammiversary.
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Sami Callihan tagged in and took the fight to Alexander. Ethan Page was in next, but Callihan was able to send both champions into one another, knocking Alexander to the floor. Page was left in the corner of the World's Most Dangerous Tag Team. Callihan never let up, even bringing out the JYD headbutt. A DDT from Shamrock spiked Page.
Page moved to the floor to create some space and made it to Josh Alexander, who lit up the future Hall of Famer. With Alexander back in, the Walking Weapon traded blows with the former UFC Champion. As soon as Page came back in, The North lost control, with Shamrock laying them out with a double clothesline.
Callihan tagged in and spiked Page with a brainbuster. 1-2-no! Page kicked out at two. The North took back over when they managed to trap Callihan in their corner. Callihan stunned Page, but All-Ego, in an old-school move, fell in between Callihan and Shamrock, managing to keep them cut off from one another.
Page and Callihan hit a pair of boots on one another, leading to both men tagging out. Ken Shamrock sent Page to the floor and took Alexander over with a powerslam. Callihan came in for the Cactus Special.
Alexander escaped and tagged in Page for a double spinebuster. Callihan kicked out at two. Callihan, again, escaped to his partner. Ken Shamrock sent Josh Alexander over the ropes with an exploder suplex.
Ethan Page dropped Callihan with a roundhouse, and looked for another one on Shamrock. Alexander and Shamrock tied up Page and Callihan with ankle locks. Callihan escaped, and Shamrock went after Alexander.
Page launched Callihan into Shamrock, who assumed Callihan did it on purpose. Several more moments of miscommunication allowed The North to take advantage of their poor teamwork.
Shamrock followed Josh Alexander to the top and launched him across the ring with a top rope belly to belly! Page shoved Alexander out of the way of a dive from Shamrock, causing him to crash and burn. Back inside the ring, The North planted him with the Monster Mash. Sami Callihan barely failed to break up the pinfall at Slammiversary.
Results: The North defeated Shamrock & Callihan via pinfall at Slammiversary.
Grade: B+
After the match at Slammiversary, Ethan Page and Josh Alexander were furious about the way IMPACT Wrestling had treated them. A year ago, Alexander said The North were going to rewrite history. Now, over a year later, they stand as the longest reigning IMPACT Wrestling Tag Team Champions.
They claimed that they were the greatest tag team in all of IMPACT Wrestling history, but were interrupted by the Motor City Machine Guns at Slammiversary. Alex Shelley congratulated the champs, but they weren't on the level of the Guns. Sabin and Shelley revealed that they'll be facing The North for the Tag Team Titles this Tuesday.
For The North to prove themselves to the world, they'll have to defeat, arguably, the greatest tag team in the company's history.
Gia Miller found Rich Swann backstage at Slammiversary. The former X-Division Champion said that once he's cleared to return to the ring, he'll be setting his sights on that IMPACT Wrestling World Championship at Slammiversary.
