One of the major talking points coming out of Impact Wrestling’s Slammiversary 2022 was the appearance of WWE Superstar AJ Styles. To honor the 20th Anniversary of the wrestling promotion, former Impact stars including AJ appeared in video messages on the PPV show.
As seen in the video releases, AJ thanked WWE for the opportunity and spoke about being in the first-ever match in TNA back in 2002 featuring himself, Jerry Lynn, Low-Ki vs. the Flying Elvises in the inaugural match. He also noted that the one match that changed everything for him was his match at Unbreakable 2005 against Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels. Styles also thanked fans for making him the most impactful wrestler for the company.
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At Slammiversary 2022, AJ’s long-time allies The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) defeated The Briscoes to become the new Impact Tag Team Champions. The Good Brothers hit their pendant Magic Killer move on Jay Briscoe to become the new champions.
Following the match, James Storm and Chris Harris (America’s Most Wanted) came to the ring and offered The Good Brothers and The Briscoes a drink. Gallows and Anderson’s has now become a three-time Impact Tag Team Champions. The first time Gallows and Anderson held the belts was from November 2020 to March 2021, then from July 2021 to March 2022 during their second tenure.
Impact Slammiversary 2022: Knockouts Division Has Three New Champions
New Knockouts Tag Team Champions have also been crowned at Slammiversary 2022. During the Sunday night event, Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie defeated The Influence (Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood) to become the new Knockouts Tag Team Champions.
Rayne was sent outside the ring by Valkyrie as Rosemary hit a knee to the face, followed by the Skyward Suplex for the pin to win.
The Impact Knockouts Title also changed hands last night at Slammiversary 2022. Jordynne Grace won the first-ever Queen of the Mountain match to become the new Knockouts Champion. She defeated former champion Tasha Steelz, Chelsea Green, Deonna Purrazzo, and Mia Yim to become the new champion with Mickie James serving as the special guest enforcer for the match.
With this win, Grace will enjoy her second title reign. Her first reign as the Knockouts Champion lasted from January 2020 to July 2020.
Additionally, a new Impact X-Division Champion was crowned at Slammiversary 2022. “Speedball” Mike Bailey became the new X-Division Champion by defeating Ace Austin, Trey Miguel, Kenny King, Andrew Everett, and Alex Zayne in an Ultimate X match to start his first reign as the X Division Champion.