The 2026 Slammiversary was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on Sunday, June 28, 2026, at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was the 22nd event under the Slammiversary chronology and celebrated the promotion's 24th anniversary. Following the death of two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion Joe Doering two days earlier, TNA dedicated the event to his memory.
Ten matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show. In the main event, Nic Nemeth defeated Mike Santana to win the TNA World Championship. In other prominent matches, Cedric Alexander retained the TNA X Division Championship in a seven-man Ultimate X match, DemonXBunny (Rosemary and Allie) defeated The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance) to win the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship, Moose defeated Eddie Edwards in a No Surrender match, Xia Brookside defeated Léi Yǐng Lee to win the TNA Knockouts World Championship, and The Broken Hardys (Broken Matt and Brother Nero) won the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a four-way ladder match to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. The event also featured the announcements of the TNA Knockouts Television Championship and the inductions of Amazing Red and Konnan into the TNA Hall of Fame at Bound for Glory, as well as the TNA debut of Uhaa Nation, formerly known as Apollo Crews.
Production Background
Slammiversary is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to celebrate the anniversary of the company's first event, which was held in June 2002. As such, the event is usually held in the summer (June or July). The first Slammiversary event took place nearly a year after the first TNA event on June 18, 2003, and the event has since been considered one of TNA's premiere PPV events, along with Bound for Glory and Rebellion.
On April 9, 2026, TNA announced its event schedule for the remainder of the year. Included in the announcement was Slammiversary, which was scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 28, at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. In May, TNA announced that a ladder match would take place at Slammiversary and that all of the promotion's championships would be defended at the event.
The event was originally scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (UTC−4), but it was moved to 4:00 p.m. EDT after it was announced that All Elite Wrestling's Forbidden Door would begin at 8:00 p.m. EDT that same day.
Broadcast outlets In addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view worldwide, Slammiversary was available to livestream on TNA+ in the United States.
Storylines The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers will portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Championship matches On the May 14, 2026, episode of Thursday Night Impact!, TNA announced an Ultimate X match for the TNA X Division Championship at Slammiversary. 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. On the following week's episode, TNA announced Slater as one of the competitors in the Ultimate X match. The week after, Frankie Kazarian hosted Alexander and Slater on "The King's Speech", where he announced that he would be competing against them at Slammiversary. The rest of the match would be filled out later in the night to include KC Navarro, Mr. Elegance, and Fabian Aichner. Three days earlier, TNA announced the return of Amazing Red to the promotion for the first time in 15 years at Slammiversary. Red was later added to the Ultimate X match.
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. After Mike Santana lost the TNA World Championship to Kazarian, who invoked his title opportunity on the November 13 episode of Impact!, he would regain the title on Impact! premiere on AMC on January 15, 2026; Santana then stopped Nemeth from invoking his title opportunity. Two days later, Nemeth would serve as the special guest referee in a Texas Deathmatch at Genesis, where Santana retained the title against Kazarian. After the match, Nic unsuccessfully tried to invoke his title opportunity again. On June 7, Nic invoked his title opportunity to challenge Santana for the TNA World Championship at Slammiversary. On the June 18 episode of Impact!, Santana and Nemeth were forced to team up together along with KC Navarro against Order 4 (TNA International Champion Mustafa Ali, John Skyler, and Jason Hotch), where Ali would have been added to the TNA World Championship match at Slammiversary if Santana and Nic could not co-exist. After Santana, Nic, and Navarro came out victorious, Nic's brother Ryan Nemeth punched Santana. When Santana tried to retaliate, he accidentally hit Navarro instead before getting superkicked by Nic.
On the April 2 episode of Impact!, Léi Yǐng Lee showed a good luck video message to Xia Brookside from her father, Robbie Brookside, before Xia challenged Arianna Grace for the TNA Knockouts World Championship. However, Xia failed to dethrone Grace. At Rebellion on April 11, Lee challenged Grace for the title, where Xia betrayed Lee by placing's foot on the ropes to break a pin attempt, before Grace would ultimately retain the title. On the April 23 episode of Impact!, Xia blamed Lee and her father for her failed attempt to win the title. She spoke about the pressures of being a second-generation wrestler and lacking support from her father. Lee clarified that she held no ill intentions, noting that she felt alone until they became friends. Xia accepted the apology and promised not to let the title come between them. As they hugged, Xia suddenly attacked Lee, forcing referees to intervene. On the May 7 episode, Lee defeated Grace to capture the TNA Knockouts World Championship with Xia banned from ringside. Three weeks later, Xia, Elayna Black, and Mara Sadè defeated Lee and TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance) in a Champions Challenge after Xia pinned Lee, earning the right to challenge for the TNA Knockouts World Championship. On June 11, Lee versus Xia for the title at Slammiversary was made official.
At Sacrifice on March 27, The System (Cedric Alexander and Brian Myers) battled Jeff Hardy and Vincent. During the match, Vincent's The Righteous partner Dutch appeared via video, standing over a bloody Matt Hardy, who is Jeff's brother and The Hardys partner. The distraction allowed The System to attack Jeff and win the match. On the April 9 episode of Impact!, TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardys defeated The Righteous in a tag team elimination tables match. Two days later at Rebellion, The System (Bear Bronson and Brian Myers) defeated The Hardys to win the titles. On the April 16 episode of Impact!, Matt thanked Dutch for "sacrificing" him at Sacrifice, stating that the "near-death experience" made him feel alive. The following week, Dutch defeated Matt and continued to attack him as Vincent watched until Jeff came out to save his brother. Jeff defeated Vincent the following week after Matt appeared as Broken Matt, turning the lights off to knock out Vincent. 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. 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. On June 11, TNA announced Bronson and Myers' title defense against The Righteous and The Hardys at Slammiversary. 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 triple threat 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. 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.
On the May 21 episode of Impact!, The Elegance Brand found a "See you soon" message written using a lipstick on a mirror from Rosemary, Mara Sadè, and Allie. 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.
On the June 18 episode of Impact!, TNA announced that Mustafa Ali was scheduled to defend the TNA International Championship in an open challenge at Slammiversary.
Other matches On the January 22 episode of Impact!, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, Bear Bronson, and Cedric Alexander kicked Moose and JDC out of the stable. Eddie's wife, Alisha Edwards, disagreed with them and left the stable. Moose began a mission to take down every member of The System. Over the following weeks, Moose defeated Alexander, Myers, and Bronson individually. At Sacrifice, Moose was slated to battle Eddie, but Special Agent 0 attacked Moose, disqualifying Eddie. At Rebellion, Eddie challenged Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship. An injured Alisha came out to ringside on crutches. Moose revealedg that Alisha was faking her injury and secretly colluded with The System. Moose then helped Santana fend off The System and retain his title. On the May 7 episode of Impact!, Moose and Leon Slater was victorious against Eddie and Alexander after Moose pinned Eddie. On the June 11 episode, Moose announced that TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella made Moose versus Eddie at Slammiversary official. Two weeks later, Moose and JDC came to the ring as the former announced that that the match would be contested as a No Surrender Rules match.
On the April 9 episode of 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. Two months later on June 11, Young challenged Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship, but Young lost after a distraction by Sosa. A match between Young and Sosa was made official for Slammiversary. The match was later moved to the Countdown to Slammiversary show.