Slammiversary (2026)

Championship matches

Mike Santana will defend the TNA World Championship against Nic Nemeth. This will be Nemeth's Call Your Shot championship opportunity.

At Bound for Glory on October 12, 2025, Nic Nemeth and Frankie Kazarian became the co-winners of a 22-person Intergender Call Your Shot Gauntlet, each earning the right to challenge for the TNA World Championship at any time of their choosing.^[7] A month later, on the November 13, 2025, episode of Impact!, TNA World Champion Mike Santana defended the title against Nic's brother Ryan Nemeth, during which Nic attempted to invoke his title opportunity before being ambushed by an unknown assailant backstage. After Santana and Ryan were attacked by a group of NXT wrestlers, Kazarian entered with his trophy and successfully captured the TNA World Championship from Santana.^[8] Santana would eventually regain the championship on the Impact! premiere on AMC on January 15, 2026, with Santana causing Nic to fail another attempt to use his opportunity.^[9] He then retained the title two days later against Kazarian at Genesis in a Texas Deathmatch with Nic as the special guest referee. After the match, Nic tried invoking his Call Your Shot challenge but was again stopped by Santana.^[10] On June 7, Nic announced that he invoked his Call Your Shot opportunity in advance to challenge Santana for the TNA World Championship at Slammiversary.^[11] After Santana successfully retained against Eric Young on the June 11 episode of Thursday Night Impact!,^[12] Santana versus Nic for the TNA World Championship was made official for Slammiversary.^[13] The week after, Santana and Nemeth were given an ultimatum by TNA Director of Operations Daria Rae, as they were teaming with KC Navarro for a six-man tag team match against Order 4 (John Skyler, Jason Hotch, and TNA International Champion Mustafa Ali) that night. Ali, who would defend his title in an open challenge at Slammiversary,^[14] brokered a deal with Rae that could put him in the TNA World Championship match at the event, should Santana or Nemeth attack each other during their match. Nemeth would lose his opportunity, or Santana would be stripped of the title, but either way, Ali would replace them in the match. Regardless, Santana, Nemeth, and Navarro would defeat Order 4 without much incident, although the three would get into a scuffle that ended with Nemeth dropping Santana with a kick.^[15]

On the May 14, 2026, episode of Thursday Night Impact!, TNA announced an Ultimate X match for the TNA X Division Championship at Slammiversary.^[16] Later that night, Cedric Alexander defeated X Division Champion Leon Slater 2–1 in a two-out-of-three falls match to win the title, ending Slater's record-tying 298-day reign.^[17] On the following week's episode, TNA announced Slater as one of the competitors in the Ultimate X match.^[18] The week after, Frankie Kzarian hosted Alexander and Slater on his talk show The King's Speech, where he announced that he, one of the three competitors in the first-ever Ultimate X match, would be competing alongside them at Slammviersary. The rest of the match would be filled out later in the night to include KC Navarro, Mr. Elegance, and recent signee Fabian Aichner.^[19] Three days earlier, TNA announced the return of Amazing Red to the promotion for the first time in 15 years at Slammiversary.^[20] Following Thursday Night Impact!, Red was added to the Ultimate X match.^[21]

Former best friends, reigning champion Léi Yǐng Lee and Xia Brookside, will battle for the TNA Knockouts World Championship.

On the April 2, 2026, episode of Thursday Night Impact!, Xia Brookside challenged NXT's Arianna Grace for the TNA Knockouts World Championship. Before the match, Brookside's tag team partner Léi Yǐng Lee played a message from Robbie Brookside, Xia's father, wishing her good luck. However, Xia failed to defeat Grace for the title.^[22] At Rebellion on April 11, Lee challenged Grace for the title. Towards the end of the match, Xia betrayed Lee, assisting Grace by placing her foot on the ropes to break a pin attempt, before she would ultimately retain the title.^[23] On the April 23 episode of Thursday Night Impact!, Xia blamed Lee and her father for her failed attempt to win the title, claiming she should have been the one defending the title against Lee at Rebellion. She spoke about the pressures of being a second-generation wrestler and feeling isolated due to her father's lack of support. Lee clarified that she held no ill intentions, noting that she also felt alone until they became friends. Xia accepted the apology, realizing that the support she truly needed came from Lee, not her father, and admitted that Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo had manipulated her about joining BirthRight. She promised not to let the title come between them and called Lee her best friend. As they hugged, Xia's expression turned sinister before she attacked Lee, forcing referees to intervene.^[24] On the May 7 episode, Lee defeated Grace to capture the TNA Knockouts World Championship with Xia banned from ringside.^[25] Three weeks later, Xia, Elayna Black, Mara Sadè defeated Lee and the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance) in a six-woman tag team Champions Challenge after Xia pinned Lee, earning the right to challenge for Lee's title.^[26][27] On June 11, Lee versus Xia for the TNA Knockouts World Championship at Slammiversary was made official.^[13]

At Sacrifice on March 27, 2026, The System (Cedric Alexander and Brian Myers) battled Jeff Hardy and Vincent. During the match, footage was played on the titantron, showing Dutch – Vincent's tag team partner in The Righteous – standing over a bloodied Matt Hardy, Jeff's brother and tag team partner in The Hardys. The distraction allowed The System to attack Jeff and win the match.^[28] On the April 9 episode of Thursday Night Impact!, TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardys defeated The Righteous in a tag team elimination tables match.^[29] Two days later at Rebellion, The System (Bear Bronson and Brian Myers) defeated The Hardys to win the titles.^[23] On the April 16 episode of Thursday Night Impact!, Matt thanked Dutch for "sacrificing" him at Sacrifice, stating that the "near-death experience" made him feel alive.^[30] The following week, Dutch defeated Matt and continued to attack him as Vincent watched until Jeff came out to save his brother.^[24] Jeff defeated Vincent the following week after Matt appeared as Broken Matt, turning the lights off to knock out Vincent.^[31] On the May 21 episode, Broken Matt and Vincent battled while Jeff, now as Brother Nero, and Dutch were handcuffed to the ropes. When Vincent stole the handcuff keys, the lights turned off and Jeff reappeared as Willow when the lights turned back on. He hit Vincent with an umbrella before disappearing when the lights turned off again, which allowed Matt to pin Vincent.^[32] On the June 4 episode, The Righteous defeated The Hardys in a Wicked Garden match after Vincent force fed Jeff a lily-of-the-valley, kayfabe poisoning him, and then pinned Matt.^[33][12] On June 11, TNA announced Bronson and Myers' title defense against The Righteous and The Hardys at Slammiversary.^[13] A week later, Vincent explained that poisoning Jeff showed that "even legends decay". He further claimed that The Righteous made The Hardys obsolete. Vincent stated that they have dispatched The Hardys and diverted their attention to winning the TNA World Tag Team Champions. TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella declared the reigning champions The System versus The Righteous versus The Hardys in a three-way ladder match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship at Slammiversary. The lights turned off as Broken Matt's laughter was heard throughout the arena. When the lights came back on, a ladder appeared in the ring with The Righteous.^[12][13] On the June 25 episode, TNA Director of Operations Daria Rae added The Great Hands (Jason Hotch and John Skyler) to the match, turning it into a four-way ladder match.^[34]

On the May 21, 2026, episode of Thursday Night Impact!, The Elegance Brand found a "See you soon" message written using a lipstick on a mirror from Rosemary, Mara Sadè, and Allie.^[32] On the June 11 episode, Rosemary, Sadè, and Allie defeated The Elegance Brand (Ash by Elegance, Heather by Elegance, and M by Elegance) in a six-woman tag team match. During the match, Rosemary, Sadè, and Allie manipulated a doll bearing Ash's image, like a voodoo doll, to hurt her. Later that night, Heather and M were scheduled to defend the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship against Rosemary and Allie at Slammiversary.^[12][13]

Other matches

On the April 9, 2026, episode of Thursday Night Impact!, Eric Young, the self-proclaimed gatekeeper of TNA, called Ricky Sosa a wannabee. They got into a brawl that ended when Young hit Sosa with a piledriver.^[29] Two months later on June 11, Young challenged Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship, but Young lost after a distraction by Sosa.^[12] A match between Young and Sosa was made official for Slammiversary.^[13]

On the January 22, 2026, episode of Thursday Night Impact!, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, and the new members of The System – Bear Bronson and Cedric Alexander – assaulted Moose and JDC, kicking them out of the stable. Eddie's wife, Alisha Edwards, who disagreed with The System's actions, left the stable.^[35][36] Moose began a mission to challenge The System's "You can't beat The System" motto by taking down every member to beat The System.^[37][38] Over the following weeks, Moose defeated Alexander, Myers, and Bronson individually.^[39][40][41] At Sacrifice on March 27, Moose was slated to battle Eddie, but 32 seconds into the match, Special Agent 0 attacked Moose, disqualifying Eddie.^[28] At Rebellion on April 11, Eddie challenged Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship. During the match, an injured Alisha came out to ringside on crutches. Moose also came out to reveal that Alisha had faked her injury and continued to collude with The System in secret. Moose helped Santana fend off The System and retain his title.^[23] On the May 7 episode of Thursday Night Impact!, Moose and Leon Slater was victorious against Eddie and Alexander after Moose countered Eddie with a jackknife pin.^[25] On the June 11 episode, Moose announced that TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella made a match official between Moose and Eddie at Slammiversary.^[12][13] Two weeks later, before that night's episode, TNA shared an exclusive clip on social media, where Alisha confronted JDC, as it was revealed that he would accompany Moose at Slamiversary. Later in the night, Moose and JDC came to the ring as the former announced that his and Eddie's match would now be contested as a No Surrender Rules match. The Edwards' then confronted Moose and JDC in the ring, with Alisha trying to goad Moose into attacking her before JDC calmed him down.^[34]

On the May 21, 2026, episode of Thursday Night Impact!, A. J. Francis approached Elijah, wanting to collaborate on music with him. Elijah refused, stating that as a drifter, he walked alone; Francis muttered that Elijah would "regret" his decision.^[32] Two weeks later, Francis debuted his new song "Walk," which featured an opening guitar strum similar to Elijah's, as well as an album cover that looks like Francis' head superimposed on Elijah's body. Elijah would later come out and expose Francis for his supposed plagiarism, only for Francis to instead serve him a cease and desist order. He revealed that he had purchased the rights to Elijah's brand and music catalog from his manager, effectively "owning" Elijah himself. The segment ended with Francis knocking Elijah out and laying the legal documents over his body.^[33] On the June 18 episode, a vignette of Francis in the style of Behind the Music aired, where he explained why he purchased Elijah's music, believing he didn't "deserve" to own the rights to it, echoing Suge Knight and Death Row Records.^[15] On June 22, TNA would announce that Francis and Elijah would face off at Slammiversary.^[42]