Background During the Lockdown Fanfest held in
San Antonio, Texas on March 9, 2013, TNA President
Dixie Carter announced that this year's Slammiversary would take place at the
Agganis Arena in
Boston, Massachusetts on June 2, 2013. The Slammiversary Fan InterAction, held annually, will give TNA fans the chance to get close and personal with their favorite stars in the company for autographs, photographs, and conversing on June 1, 2013, a day before the event.
Storylines Slammiversary featured nine
professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portrayed
villains,
heroes, or
less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The headlining angle at the event was
Sting versus
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray for the title.
Matt Morgan criticized
TNA General Manager Hulk Hogan for his mistakes, including that he mistakenly placed his trust in Bully Ray, who joined the rebel group
Aces & Eights and won the world title on March 10 at
Lockdown 2013. Presenting himself to Hogan as the "ultimate solution", Morgan campaigned to help Hogan against the Aces & Eights if in turn, he received a shot at the TNA World Title. However, Sting, who was unceremoniously discharged by Hogan for having a wrongful judgement of Bully Ray in the past, returned to help his comrade Hogan combat the threat of the Aces & Eights. Hogan subsequently reconciled with Sting and scheduled Sting and Morgan in a contender's match to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, which Sting won after Morgan passed out to the
Scorpion Death Lock. Sting and Bully Ray later met for the contract signing to their match, where Sting chose to compete in a
No Holds Barred match and agreed to Ray's stipulation that if he lost, he could no longer compete for the world title. A primary featured feud was between
A.J. Styles and
Kurt Angle. In March 2013, A.J. Styles returned to TNA following a 3-month hiatus and portrayed a darker, more silent, lone wolf persona after a past year of setbacks. Many wrestlers attempted to reach out to him, including
James Storm, Aces & Eights,
Bad Influence, Hulk Hogan, Sting, and his former rival and tag team partner Kurt Angle, some of whom caused his problems. Angle, however, became irritated by Styles' behavior of walking out and not picking a side to support between TNA and the rebel group, Aces & Eights, which led to a brawl between the two. Eventually Hogan, giving up on trying to reason with Styles, pit Styles to compete against Angle at Slammiversary. In February 2013,
Bobby Roode and
Austin Aries won the
TNA World Tag Team Championship and defended them until April, when
Chavo Guerrero Jr. and
Hernandez defeated them to regain the titles they lost. Amidst the rivalry for the tag titles was
Bad Influence (
Christopher Daniels and
Kazarian), who had lost the championships back on October 14 at
Bound for Glory 2012 to who now were the newest champions. After a series of confrontations and matches between all three teams, with two teams trying to gain championship contention,
James Storm entered the scene. Storm officiated a match between Bad Influence and Roode and Aries, during which he opposed and attacked competitors in the match, leaving it to end in a no-contest. Storm soon announced a
four-way elimination tag team title match, pitting all three teams against him and a mystery partner, later revealed to be a returning
Gunner. The feud between Team TNA and Aces & Eights continued after the Lockdown PPV. When
Magnus was attacked by Aces & Eights members
DOC and
Knux prior to his
TNA Television Championship match with defending champion
Devon,
Samoa Joe made the save taking Magnus' spot in the match, but ultimately lost to Devon due to interference from the rest of the Aces & Eights group. Several weeks later, Joe made his return from absence helping Magnus once again from a 3-on-1 onslaught. Later it was announced that DOC,
Wes Brisco and
Garett Bischoff would face Joe, Magnus and a returning
Jeff Hardy, who was sidelined by a hammer shot from Aces & Eights leader, Bully Ray. In May 2013,
Chris Sabin returned from one of two torn
ACL injuries that sidelined him for close to a year. Upon his return, Sabin momentously fought and defeated
Sonjay Dutt and
Zema Ion to earn a spot in the newly incorporated three-way format for the
TNA X Division Championship. During his public address about his injuries and return to the X Division, Sabin was confronted by arrogant X Division Champion
Kenny King, setting up a feud. When
Suicide made his return, he defeated
Petey Williams and
Joey Ryan to earn his place in the three-way. At Lockdown, Knockouts referee
Taryn Terrell reached a high point of conflict with
Gail Kim, which stemmed from Kim having issues with how Terrell officiated matches. As a result, Terrell attacked and cost Kim her match with champion
Velvet Sky for the
TNA Women's Knockout Championship. Due to breaching her probation, TNA Knockouts Executive,
Brooke Hogan, relieved Terrell of her referee duties and reinstated her as a wrestler, allowing Terrell and Kim to further feud. Their match at Slammiversary was later scheduled to be a
Last Knockout Standing match. A feud between
Joseph Park and
TNA Television Champion Devon had the belt hanging in the balance. Following an attack from the Aces & Eights group to Joseph Park, this became the catalyst for the return of his brother
Abyss to manhandle the group. Park later got into words with Devon over how the Aces & Eights treated him, ending with Park getting angered and competitive towards Devon. After winning contracts into the promotion through the
TNA Gut Check challenge in 2012, TNA Held a 4-man Gut Check tournament to decide which Gut Check winner would compete in the Bound for Glory Series,
Jay Bradley returned to television and defeated
Christian York for a shot in the upcoming
Bound for Glory Series. The following week,
Sam Shaw returned and won his shot by default against
Alex Silva, who was attacked and left unconscious by the Aces & Eights. ==Results==