{"id":161771,"date":"2026-06-08T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=161771"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:30:13","slug":"tna-slammiversary-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/08\/tna-slammiversary-new\/","title":{"rendered":"TNA Slammiversary (6\/28\/26) &#8211; What&#8217;s New After June 6-7 Taping Session (Matches, Talent, Card)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tnawrestling.com\/events\/slammiversary-June-28-2026\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TNA Slammiversary 2026<\/a><\/span> will take place live on a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/04\/wwe-nxt-tna-aew-06-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">crowded Sunday, June 28<\/a>, at 4 PM EST, from the Agganis Arena in Boston, MA. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/22\/tna-wrestling-schedule-2026\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">This Saturday and Sunday, TNA Wrestling had 2 days of live events\/tapings<\/a><\/span> for the upcoming Thursday Night iMPACT episodes.<\/p>\n<p>And it was one hell of a weekend. Spoilers have been rare to find, but enough to let a PLE card partially appear. Also, two talents were released, while other talents made big announcements on the road to TNA Slammiversary. Let&#8217;s Nygma dive into it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162728\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/e6c4f725edcf8dfda7f3683f69f7a4ff-1-1-2.webp\" alt=\"TNA Slammiversary what to expect graphic\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"wp-image-162728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/e6c4f725edcf8dfda7f3683f69f7a4ff-1-1-2.webp 1392w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/e6c4f725edcf8dfda7f3683f69f7a4ff-1-1-2-768x431.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TNA Wrestling taped some new matches and segments for the upcoming iMPACT episodes on the road to TNA Slammiversary this Saturday and Sunday (TNA Wrestling)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What to retain from the 2 days in Denver?<\/h2>\n<p>After a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/05\/impact-review-6-4-26\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">massive Wicked Garden match last Thursday<\/a><\/span>, the next 3 TNA iMPACT episodes are the end of the road to TNA Slammiversary 2026. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/05\/15\/impact-review-5-14-26\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Eric Young is the #1 contender for the TNA World Championship<\/a><\/span>, while KC Navarro became the #1 contender for the TNA International Championship <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/05\/29\/tna-impact-review-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">when he pinned Mustafa Ali in the Champions Challenge<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TNA Wrestling announced <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/2063313034890604798\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">these 2 Championship matches would take place at the taping session, plus more<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0Ricky Sosa was also making his iMPACT Zone return. The big bomb came from Nic Nemeth; he announced he would cash in his Call Your Shot gauntlet trophy at TNA Slammiversary, whoever wins the Mike Santana-Eric Young bout.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NicTNemeth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NicTNemeth<\/a> is giving his word &#8211; he&#39;s not going to spring the Call Your Shot trophy on somebody, he&#39;s calling his shot in advance for <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TNASlammiversary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TNASlammiversary<\/a>. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Khg4XTfT9v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Khg4XTfT9v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/2063635752840298689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnasylum.net\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TNASYLUM<\/a><\/span>, here are the (almost) complete spoilers of the weekend.<\/p>\n<h3>TNA iMPACT &amp; Xplosion Taping (6\/6\/26)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Allie, Rosemary, &amp; Mara Sad\u00e8 vs. The Elegance Brand<\/li>\n<li>Elijah vs. Mr. Elegance (L\u00e9i Ying Lee involved)<\/li>\n<li>Jada Stone vs. Heather by Elegance<\/li>\n<li>Leon Slater &amp; Fabian Aichner vs. Eddie Edwards &amp; Cedric Alexander<\/li>\n<li>Moose vs. Bear Bronson in a Mile High Street Fight<\/li>\n<li>Tasha Steelz vs. ??<\/li>\n<li>The Righteous vs. Dak Draper &amp; Pirata Muerte<\/li>\n<li>TNA International Champion Mustafa Ali vs. KC Navarro<\/li>\n<li>TNA World Champion Mike Santana vs. Eric Young<\/li>\n<li>Frankie Kazarian King&#8217;s Speech with Leon Slater and Cedric Alexander<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TNA iMPACT &amp; Xplosion Taping (6\/7\/26)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AJ Francis vs. ???<\/li>\n<li>Ricky Sosa vs. Ryan Nemeth<\/li>\n<li>The Hometown Man defeated Dak Draper<\/li>\n<li>JDC came to support Moose<\/li>\n<li>Mara Sad\u00e8 vs. Ash by Elegance, Elayna Black involved<\/li>\n<li>Mike Santana promo, Ryan Nemeth cut him off<\/li>\n<li>Xia Brookside vs. Harley Hudson<\/li>\n<li>Moose &amp; The Hardys vs. The System<\/li>\n<li>Mustafa Ali &amp; The Great Hands vs. KC Navarro, Nic Nemeth, &amp; Mike Santana<\/li>\n<li>Jason Hotch vs. ???<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Elegance, Cedric Alexander, &amp; Frankie Kazarian defeated KC Navarro, Leon Slater, &amp; Fabian Aichner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The System&#039;s LAST DANCE with JDC | TNA iMPACT! January 8, 2026\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mP0I19-4Z2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Two Talents Released<\/h2>\n<p>One was not a surprise; the second is a huge one. TNA Wrestling issued the following last night.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Steve Maclin &amp; Myla Grace Released<\/em><br \/>\n<em>TNA Wrestling has come to terms on the release of Steve Maclin and Myla Grace, effective immediately. We wish them the best in their future endeavors.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If it was confirmed last night, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/05\/10\/tna-wrestling-confirms-harley-hudson-and-myla-grace-signings\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Myla Grace<\/a><\/span> being granted her release was not a surprise. Grace was announced to take part in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OTT_wrestling\/status\/2062213326541558210\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an OTT show in Ireland that weekend<\/a><\/span>. Grace joined TNA in May 2025, but she was primarily used as a jobber to the stars, losing 16 of the 20 matches she wrestled in TNA Wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Maclin noted on social media that his TNA exit came about after he asked for his release from the promotion. He is said to have hoped to keep word of his departure quiet. Maclin had reportedly been outspoken about his frustrations with TNA&#8217;s creative, back to 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Maclin had been a part of TNA Wrestling since the summer of 2021. He is a one-time TNA World Champion, but will remain the inaugural and two-time TNA International Champion. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=161678&amp;action=edit&amp;classic-editor\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">His final match was a TNA World Title match against Mike Santana on the May 21 edition of Thursday Night IMPACT<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World Title WAR: Mike Santana vs. Steve Maclin (FULL MATCH) | TNA iMPACT! May 21, 2026\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aryyVoSJLzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>TNA Slammiversary Card &#8211; What we know now<\/h2>\n<p>As of writing, four things have been confirmed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All 6 Championships will be defended.<\/li>\n<li>A Ladder match will happen.<\/li>\n<li>The TNA X-Division Championship will be defended in an Ultimate-X Match. Cedric Alexander will defend against Leon Slater and 4 other wrestlers.<\/li>\n<li>The TNA Knockouts Championship will see Champion L\u00e9i Ying Lee face Xia Brookside, as she won the Knockouts Champions Challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The taping sessions revealed Fabian Aichner, Frankie Kazarian, KC Navarro, and Mr. Elegance would join Champion Cedric Alexander and former Champion Leon Slater in the Ultimate-X match.<\/p>\n<p>After <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/02\/exclusive-interview-the-righteous\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">the Righteous confirmed the Ladder match would be tag-team related<\/a><\/span>, the System will defend the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a Ladder match against The Righteous and The Hardys.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162735\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/ffc63f3fade7e223d1054c508751153a-1.webp\" alt=\"TNA Slammiversary 2026 graphic\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"wp-image-162735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/ffc63f3fade7e223d1054c508751153a-1.webp 1920w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/ffc63f3fade7e223d1054c508751153a-1-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L\u00e9i Ying Lee faces Xia Brookside for the TNA Knockouts World Championship at TNA Slammiversary (TNA Wrestling)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>TNA Slammiversary 2026 (Potential) Card<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CONFIRMED<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; TNA Knockouts World title match: L\u00e9i Ying Lee (c) vs. Xia Brookside<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>TNA World Championship match: Mike Santana (c) vs. <strong>CONFIRMED Nic Nemeth<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CONFIRMED<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; 6-Man Ultimate-X match for the TNA X-Division Championship: Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Leon Slater<\/strong> vs. Fabian Aichner vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. KC Navarro vs. Mr Elegance<\/li>\n<li>TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship match: The Elegance Brand (c) vs. The Demon &amp; The Bunny (Rosemary &amp; Allie)<\/li>\n<li>Ladder match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship: The System (Bear Bronson &amp; Brian Myers) vs. The Righteous vs. The Hardys<\/li>\n<li>TNA International Championship match: Mustafa Ali (c) vs. ???<\/li>\n<li>Moose vs Eddie Edwards (special guest referee: JDC)<\/li>\n<li>Ricky Sosa vs Eric Young (Sosa could have cost EY the World Championship)<\/li>\n<li>Elijah vs AJ Francis (stipulation?)<\/li>\n<li>One more match? (Mara Sad\u00e8 vs Elayna Black vs Ash by Elegance?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned week after week as more matches and stipulations will be announced and\/or confirmed. Don&#8217;t miss Nygma&#8217;s iMPACT reviews every Friday morning. Till TNA Slammiversary, may the Nygma be with you. And of course, Watch More TNA.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162736\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/3ec85319703d71ccaddc4927fcec94de-1-1.webp\" alt=\"TNA Slammiversary 2026 graphic\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"wp-image-162736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/3ec85319703d71ccaddc4927fcec94de-1-1.webp 1920w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/3ec85319703d71ccaddc4927fcec94de-1-1-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ultimate X match will see TNA X-Division Champion Cedric Alexander face Leon Slater and 4 other wrestlers (TNA Wrestling)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TNA Slammiversary 2026 will take place live on a crowded Sunday, June 28, at 4 PM EST, from the Agganis Arena in Boston, MA. This Saturday and Sunday, TNA Wrestling had 2 days of live events\/tapings for the upcoming Thursday Night iMPACT episodes. And it was one hell of a weekend. Spoilers have been rare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5457,"featured_media":162714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8959,2,7,6,2192],"tags":[69,9485,8695,507,8143,8969,9592,9191,9418],"class_list":["post-161771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tna-wrestling","category-featured","category-impact","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-cedric-alexander","tag-lei-ying-lee","tag-mike-santana","tag-mustafa-ali","tag-myla-grace","tag-steve-maclin","tag-the-elegance-brand","tag-the-system","tag-tna-slammiversary"],"modified_by":"Steph Franchomme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161771"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162741,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161771\/revisions\/162741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}