Slammiversary (2005) - Aftermath

Aftermath

After winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, Raven fought Abyss in a Dog Collar match which could only be won by pinfall at No Surrender. The match was set up on the June 24 episode of Impact!, when Abyss attacked Raven after James Mitchell became his new manager. Raven challenged Abyss to a Dog Collar match on the July 1 episode of Impact!, which Abyss accepted. Raven defeated Abyss at No Surrender to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. A.J. Styles went on to No Surrender to face Sean Waltman. The feud was set up at Slammiversary during the King of the Mountain match when Styles and Waltman formed an alliance. The alliance ended when Waltman turned on Styles and performed an X-Factor off the top of a ladder. Styles requested a match against Waltman on the July 8 episode of Impact!, which he was granted by Larry Zbyszko after making Jerry Lynn the Special Guest Referee. Styles then defeated Waltman at No Surrender. Also at No Surrender, Christopher Daniels fought Petey Williams over the TNA X Division Championship. On the July 1 episode of Impact!, Daniels announced he had beaten the best Mexican and American X Division wrestlers to retain the X Division Title. He was then challenged by Canadian wrestler Williams to a title defense at No Surrender, which Daniels accepted. Daniels retained the title at the event over Williams.

After Slammiversary Team Canada continued their feud with The Naturals and Lance Hoyt. On the July 1 episode of Impact!, Team Canada attacked Hoyt after his match with Eric Young. At this time, The Naturals came to Hoyt's defense, creating an alliance between them. Hoyt and The Naturals then defeated Team Canada (A-1, Bobby Roode, and Young) in a Six Man Tag Team match on the July 8 episode of Impact!. At No Surrender, Team Canada defeated Hoyt and The Naturals in a rematch.

The 3Live Kru went on to face Monty Brown and The Outlaw in a Tag Team Street Fight at No Surrender. On the June 24 episode of Impact!, Brown and The Outlaw attacked Konnan and Killings during an interview with Mike Tenay. During this time, light was shown on the absence of B.G. James in the storyline. Brown and The Outlaw defeated Konnan and Killings at the event. Afterwards, James entered the ring, where The Outlaw offered him a steel chair to bash Konnan with, which he declined and left.

Following his debut at Slammiversary, Samoa Joe defeated Chris Sabin at No Surrender. He then competed in the 2005 TNA Super X Cup Tournament, defeating A.J. Styles in the finals at TNA's Sacrifice PPV event on August 14 to win the tournament. Joe later went on to win the TNA X Division Championship on December 11 at TNA's Turning Point PPV event from Styles. Eventually, Joe won other titles in TNA. He won the TNA World Tag Team Championship in July 2007 at TNA's Victory Road PPV event and held it solo his entire reign. In April 2008, Joe won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA's Lockdown PPV event from Kurt Angle.

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