4. Slammiversary 2016 is Jeff Hardy’s Last
Slammiversary 2016 saw “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy take on his brother Matt on PPV once again but this time, under Matt’s newly created Broken Hardy gimmick in a full metal mayhem match aka a no count out, no DQ match.
An interesting fact about this match was that this ended up being the sixth and final Slammiversary match for Jeff Hardy who wrestled at this event between Slammiversary 2010-13, that one time he wrestled Magnus as he alter ego, Willow at Slammiversary 2014 and of course this show here.
In the end, Jeff Hardy was able to pick up the win in this match however, Matt would end up getting the last laugh as he was able to defeat Jeff in the “Final Deletion” which helped to launch Matt Hardy and his Broken persona into meteoric success throughout 2016-17.
3. Abyss Becomes The Only TNA Wrestler To Fight For All Of The Titles At Slammiversary
James Storm apparently isn’t the only TNA original to have made history at Slammiversary as ‘The Monster’ also achieved an impressive feat as Abyss is the only man in company history to have wrestled at Slammiversary with most of his matches being for the X Division, World Title, Tag Team and Mid Card championships.
Abyss’ first foray saw him take part in two back-to-back King of The Mountain matches for the NWA World Championship at Slammiversary 2005 and 2006.
A few years later, Abyss would retain his X Division championship against Frankie Kazarian and Brian Kendrick at Slammiversary 2011 and just two years later, he defeated Devon to become the new Television Champion at Slammiversary 2013.
Finally, his title defense with Decay for the TNA tag team championships at this year’s Slammiversary makes Abyss the only TNA wrestler to have wrestled for all of the male championships during his in-ring TNA career at Slammiversary.
2. Gail Kim Would Be Announced For The Impact Wrestling Hall Of Fame Days Later
So Gail Kim didn’t have a good Slammiversary on this night; Not only did she not get to wrestle her archrival, Maria Kanellis-Bennett one-on-one, but the interference of Maria and her Lady Squad also cost her the chance to become the Knockouts Champion once again.
However, things did get better for Gail following this event as a mere two days after Slammiversary, it would be announced on the next episode that Gail Kim would be the next inductee into the TNA/Impact Wrestling Hall Of Fame.
This made Gail the first woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame since it’s inception back at Slammiversary 2012; At that year’s Bound For Glory event Gail would officially get inducted into the Hall Of Fame.
As an added bonus she did have that one-on-one match with Maria Kanellis-Bennett at Bound For Glory where she not only defeated her but also won the Knockouts Championship in the process.
1. Slammiversary 2016 is the LAST Under The TNA Banner
As mentioned in the intro of this article, 2016 was a year of uncertainty for the company as issues regarding finances were a big talking point for the company and it looked as if the company would have to reboot itself in order to have a fresh start.
By the beginning of the new year the company would indeed start over however, it wouldn’t be under the TNA Wrestling name.
After years of scandals, multiple regime changes and network cancellations, the TNA brand had become too badly damaged to continue on further, so when it came time to rebrand the company, everything about TNA Wrestling including the belts, staff, most of the wrestlers and even the six-sided ring would be gone.
While the TNA brand has since gotten a resurgence in 2020 following the ideas of a one night only TNA show and the return of the custom TNA World Title, Slammiversary 2016 would be marked as the very last one under the TNA Wrestling era.