Main event match On the July 20 episode of
Impact!,
Matt Sydal demanded a title shot after defeating
Low Ki and
El Hijo del Fantasma in a three-way match. However,
Lashley interrupted Sydal and demanded a title shot of his own and then both men insulted each other on mic, leading to Lashley attacking Sydal. On the July 27 episode of
Impact!, Lashley demanded that executive
Bruce Prichard give him a title shot at Destination X. However, Sydal interrupted Lashley and attacked him as retribution for the previous week. On July 28, it was announced that Lashley would compete against Sydal in a match at Destination X, with the winner getting a title shot of his choice.
Undercard matches At Slammiversary XV, the
GFW Women's Champion Sienna defeated the
Impact Knockouts Champion Rosemary in a title unification match to unify both titles and create the Unified Knockouts Championship. and the
2017 edition would begin on the July 6 episode of
Impact!. The eight participants announced for the tournament were:
Dezmond Xavier,
Davey Richards and
Andrew Everett representing GFW, with Idris Abraham representing original GFW and the Can-Am Wrestling School,
ACH representing
All American Wrestling,
Drago representing
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide,
Sammy Guevara representing Wrestle Circus and
Taiji Ishimori representing
Pro Wrestling Noah. Ishimori and Xavier qualified for the tournament final, setting up a match between the two in the final of Super X Cup at Destination X. On the July 6 episode of
Impact!,
Trevor Lee attacked
Sonjay Dutt after the latter defeated
Caleb Konley and stole Dutt's the
X Division Championship belt, proclaiming himself to be the next X Division Champion. and then Bruce Prichard banned Dutt from the
Impact Zone. On July 27, vignettes began airing on
Impact!, hyping the debut of
Crist Brothers (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) as a tag team called
Ohio Versus Everything (oVe).
Cancelled match At
Slammiversary XV, the
GFW Global Champion Alberto El Patron defeated Lashley to win the
Impact World Championship in a title unification match to unify both titles, thus creating the Unified World Championship. On the July 6 episode of
Impact!,
Latin American Exchange interfered in a rematch between Patron and Lashley for the title and
Konnan attacked Lashley, causing Patron to get disqualified. Konnan and LAX dragged Patron out of the ring to the backstage after the match. The following week, on
Impact!, Konnan offered Patron to join LAX but Patron declined the offer, leading to Konnan directing LAX to attack Patron until Lashley made the save. Later that night, Patron and Lashley defeated LAX members
Santana and Ortiz, but LAX attacked Patron after the match. As a result, on August 14, GFW stripped Patron off the Unified World Championship, thus cancelling his scheduled Destination X match against Ki. ==Event==