BRM Reviews TNA Slammiversary 2005

[Big Red Machine]

TNA Slammiversary 2005 (6/19/2005)- Orlando, FL

DELIRIOUS vs. AMAZING RED vs. ZACK GOWEN vs. SHARK BOY vs. ELIX SKIPPER vs. JERELLE CLARK- 5.75/10
Good, fun, spotty opener

SHOCKER & ALEX SHELLEY SEGMENT- good promo by Shocker, and a great promo by Shelley.

ALEX SHELLEY vs. SHOCKER- 7/10
Great match

3 LIVE KRU BACKSTAGE SEGMENT- GREAT!

KIP JAMES vs. RON “THE TRUTH” KILLINGS- 4/10
An okay match, marred by the fact that Kip’s shoulder was definitely up for the match-ending three count.

AFTERMATH- Great stuff, but it left you with the feeling that this angle wasn’t going anywhere. It needs to go somewhere soon or I will stop caring.

SHANE DOUGLAS INTERVIEWS TEAM CANADA- Roode was outstanding, Petey was eh, D’Amore was pretty good.

NWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Naturals(c) vs. Petey Williams & Eric Young) (w/Team Canada)- 6.75/10
If I were the Naturals, I would have wanted Jimmy Hart in my corner the whole match, not just at the end. A swerve for the sake of a swerve, rather than a swerve that makes logical sense.

SEAN WALTMAN PROMO- okay

SAMOA JOE vs. SONJAY DUTT- 5.5/10
Did it’s job perfectly, though. It showed what Joe could do and made him look like an absolute monster.

RAVEN PROMO- Great!

LANCE HOYT vs. BOBBY ROODE (w/Scott D’Amore)- 5/10
The aftermath was decent

AMERICA’S MOST WANTED vs. B.G. JAMES & KONNAN- no rating. Good segment. Heh. When I said that the 3LK angle needed to go somewhere soon, I guess they heard me.

TREE-WAY ELIMINATION MATCH FOR THE TNA X-DIVISION TITLE: Christopher Daniels(c) vs. Chris Sabin (w/Trinity) vs. Matt Bentley (w/Traci)- 7.25/10
Props to Traci and Trinity. The crowd (and the announcers) were ready for a catfight… so Traci and Trinity start chopping the sh*t out of each other, instead.

MONTY BROWN PROMO- GREAT!

Major props to whoever came up with the idea to keep Jeff Jarrett in the graphic for this match. Yes, they could have come up with a new graphic in less than three hours, but this feels more real.

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN MATCH FOR THE NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: AJ Styles(c) vs. Raven vs. Abyss vs. Sean Waltman vs. “The Alpha Male” Monty Brown- 8/10
Awesome match, completing Raven’s face turn with his big title win. I popped HUGE for all of Monty Brown’s offense, especially hitting the PUNCE to knock Abyss off of the ladder.

BONUS FEAUTRES:
Pre-show:
LARRY ZBYZSKO, JEFF JARRETT, & RAVEN SEGMENT- Great!

SIMON DIAMOND & TRYTAN vs. SONNY SIAKI & APOLO- 3.25/10


Overall, a great show from TNA.