Back in 2002, businesswoman Dixie Carter and pro-wrestler Jeff Jarrett and his family conceived the idea of a small wrestling organization that bypassed television and went straight to pay-per-view.
The organization Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) would go on to become the second-largest wrestling promotion in the world besides Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
TNA's base is in Orlando and it's limited traveling schedule became a major draw for wrestlers tired of the grueling schedule they had to face at other companies.
Eventually, the company expanded beyond just pay-per-views and began taping a weekly show, IMPACT!, at Universal Studios, but the schedule remained light.
With more popular wrestlers making the jump to TNA and the influx of promising young talent, the company's fan base slowly grew.
TNA also became popular because of it's use of a hexagonal wrestling ring and it's exciting X-Division wrestling.
On Sunday, June 21 TNA came to the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan for it's seventh anniversary pay-per-view Slammiversary.
With solid matches throughout the card and a big swerve to end the night, the pay-per-view more than lived up to it's hype.
Before the show went live, the British Invasion defeated Eric Young and Detroit native Rhino. Young caused the loss by walking out of the arena during the match.
Slammiversary officially began with a X-Division King of the Mountain match.
The King of the Mountain match is a TNA original and is basically a reverse ladder match with the wrestlers having to climb a ladder to hang a belt rather than take one down. The wrestlers have to pin someone to become eligible to climb a ladder and if you are pinned you must spend two minutes in a "penalty box".
The X-Division match featured hometown faves the Motor City Machine Guns versus Jay Lethal versus Consequences Creed versus Suicide. The match also featured a special guest time keeper in the Detroit Tigers' Curtis Granderson.
The match was fast-paced and action-packed and ended with Suicide taking out Alex Shelley to retain his X-Division belt.
Next up was a Second Chance Match between "The Franchise" Shane Douglas and Christopher Daniels. If Douglas won, he would get Daniels spot on the TNA roster.
The match started out slow and Douglas was hurt in the middle of it causing it to be shortened, but the last couple of minutes were solid. Daniel's moonsault to win the match was particularly entertaining.
The women's Knockout Title match was up next between Beautiful People champion Angelina Love and recent WWE defect Tara.
It wasn't too bad for a women's match and featured a lot of ringside action. Love ended up retaining her title after interference from her teammates.
Next up was a Monster's Ball match with Raven and Daffney versus Abyss and Taylor Wilde. A Monster's Ball match is basically an anything-goes hardcore match and this one didn't disappoint.
The match was full of action and the women held their own. Most of the match took place outside the ring and in the crowd and featured a Wilde stage dive on to Daffney who was laid out on a table.
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