The B.O.W (Blog of Wrestling)

  Intro:  2018 can be seen as an important year in modern wrestling history as the landscape of the professional wrestling world would be changed for here on in; Key events like WWE signing a ten year deal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host events in the area, they 'All In' event which lead to the rise of All Elite Wrestling and the weakening of Ring of Honor but mostly important the year also saw the resurrection of a wrestling promotion that many believed was dead and soon to be buried. Considered by many to be the best PPV in company history if not one of the best PPV's of the year and of the decade, Slammiversary 2018 was the night that got wrestling fans and journalists alike to pay attention to Impact but for the first time in a long time it was for all the right reasons. An amazing set and venue for the event, spectacular in-ring action, a wild and energetic crowd, and a few career defining matches t...

Intro: I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that 2017 was easily the worse year in company history; With a combination of negative press, rising competition from other promotions, a shrinking roster, questionable figure heads running the company and a serious lack of finances forced TNA to merge with Global Force Wrestling which lead to Double J, Jeff Jarrett back in charge of the company (a decision that I'm sure the company or the fans wouldn't immediately regret soon afterwards). Despite all of this, there was one great thing that came out of this disastrous and that would be the Slammiversary 2017 PPV. A show that featured an amazing four way tag team title match featuring newcomers, Santana and Ortiz, a number of unification matches, and somehow even a No DQ tag team match between Josh Matthews and Scott Steiner vs. Jeremy Borash and Joseph Parks was enjoyable. While the year would get a lot worse for the company follow...