Reception
A total of 775 people attended the event. Canadian Online Explorer writer Jason Clevett rated the entire event a 7 out of 10, which was higher than the 6½ out of 10 given to the 2006 Slammiversary event by Chris Sokol. Clevett did not rate TNA's previous event Hard Justice, but he gave a rating of 6 out of 10 to TNA's Lockdown. Slammiversary was marked lower than TNA's next PPV event No Surrender on July 17, which was given an 8 out of 10 by Clevett. Compared to rival World Wrestling Entertainment's Vengeance PPV event held on June 26, Slammiversary was rated higher: Sokol gave Vengeance a 6 out of 10. Clevett felt that overall Slammiversary was a "very good event". Regarding the King of the Mountain match, Clevett thought it "was fun". Although, he felt the rules were "so convoluted and confusing that it ended up being a complicated spotfest". When speaking of the TNA X Division Championship match, Clevett wrote that it had a "good blend of the storyline involving Sabin, Trinity, Shane and Traci Brooks, Daniels fighting to keep his belt and some killer spots". Clevett gave his highest match rating of 8 out of 10 in his review to the X Division and World Tag Team Championship matches. He gave his lowest rating of 4 out of 10 to the The Outlaw versus Ron Killings, Samoa Joe versus Sonjay Dutt, and AMW versus the 3Live Kru bouts. Clevett gave the main event a 7 out of 10.
Wade Keller of the Pro Wrestling Torch rated the main event 4¼ of 5, while he rated the X Division Championship match a 3½ out of 5. He gave the lowest ranking to the AMW versus 3Live Kru bout, at ½ of a star, while his highest went to main event. Keller described the main event as an "absolutely crazy match, but they managed to create a sense of order and consequence from the chaos and big spots". Keller thought that X Division Championship bout had "a lot of good moves and felt exciting", but when it was over "it felt like too many spots and not enough story". Keller spoke of Samoa Joe's debut as a "great squash", which showed "what sets him apart." TNA released a DVD counting down the top 50 moments in their history in 2007, in which Raven fulfilled his destiny and won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, listed at number 16.
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