Current TNA Slammiversary '09 Card Thoughts

Quick notice: Sometime next week I will be doing a little "Slammy-versary" post in honor of the Slammiversary event taking place on the 21st. I will give a list of the top 7 non-KOTM matches in Slammiversarys history, and also list my personal top 3 King of the Mountain matches as well.

Currently, Slammiversary only has 5 matches scheduled, with this year being the first time that two King of the Mountain matches take place in one night, as the X Division are getting their own this year.

TNA Knockouts Championship - Angelina Love(C) vs Tara: Despite the feud not really having much heat yet, this has potential to be a good womens match. Tara is able to produce good matches more or less consistantly, and Angelina Love is a nice worker to have on the roster. Both are hard working Knockouts, and I look forward to see what both can pull off against eachother in a PPV setting.

King of the Mountain Match for the X Division Championship - Alex Shelley vs Chris Sabin vs Consequences Creed vs Jay Lethal vs Suicide(C): Having the MCMG in the match makes me interested, and it being an X Division KOTM match means there could be some nice little spots for the guys to do. The entire basis is all four of the former participants want to reveal the identity of Suicide, so it will be interesting to see whether it becomes a 4 o 1 affair or if it will desolve into every man for himself, or go from 4 on 1 to 2 on 2 on 1. I hope Suicide drops the belt here, because I cannot stand the character. I think it is a shitty gimmick and he needs to be unmasked ASAP.

Daniels vs Shane Douglas: This one hasnt actually been confirmed yet, but Im assuming it will be next week. I wont really care for this match. I dont care about Douglas, and the only reason I will watch is to see whether the match itself is any good. Hopefully Douglas doesnt stick around for long, because again, no interest in seeing him.

TNA World Tag Team Championships - Beer Money vs Team 3D(C): This feud has been done very well, so I applaud TNA for it. They may fuck things up more often than not, or have bad booking decisions, or just bad decisions in general, but they are able to do a simple feud like this right. Beer Money are a great tag team for TNA, and Im sure they could go on to become a great tag team of the future if they remain together and dont split up (although Im sure a split up is inevitable). I havent cared for Team 3D in years, before they came to TNA, but I will still watch this match just to see the two teams go at it, especially now that it isnt just heels attacking faces, but more about respect.

King of the Mountain Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship - AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle vs Jeff Jarrett vs Mick Foley vs Samoa Joe: Kind of a nice mix of people in this match. You have Angle/Joe getting continued, Jarrett/Foley getting continued, and then the wildcard of AJ. Personally, Foley should drop the belt here, because I dont think he should be anything more than a transitional champion. I hope TNA don't have him retain as, while I have found him rather entertaining with his heelish tendencies, he needs to drop the belt so that it can be shifted into the Mafia stuff again so that putting over and building up a new star can be better done with the use of a championship win (assuming that is where TNA ends up going, and not just casting everyone else aside for the veterans).

Thus far Slammiversary has two matches I will actually look forward to, one that could be decent for the high flying and spots, one I am only going to watch to see whether the match is any good or not, and one that is probably in the middle. Im sure this years KOTM main event could be nice for the most part since you have a nice little mix of styles.