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Slammiversary 10 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on June 10, 2012 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas on the University of Texas at Arlington campus. It was the tenth Pay-Per-View under the Slammiversary chronology, the sixth event in the 2012 TNA PPV schedule, and the company's largest domestically attended PPV at the time. TNA's Lockdown 2013 event drew a larger crowd since. With TNA having their origins date back to June 2002, the company commemorated and celebrated their 10 year anniversary. During the event, history was made as TNA General Manager and wrestling household name Hulk Hogan hosted parts of the show, a special appearance by WWE contracted wrestler and former TNA wrestler, Christian Cage, who was the WWE Intercontinental Champion at the time, had him announce the #1 moment in the history of the company,〔 and most prominently, however, Sting was announced as the first inductee into the newly created TNA Hall of Fame.〔 Nine professional wrestling matches took place at the event and were broadcast live on pay-per-view. The main event saw TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode successfully defend his title against Sting. The undercard also featured acclaimed matches such as A.J Styles and Kurt Angle defeating Kazarian and Christopher Daniels for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, Mr. Anderson defeating Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy in a TNA World Title Contender's match, and Austin Aries retaining the TNA X Division Championship by defeating Samoa Joe. ==Background== 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 predominant feud on the card was between Bobby Roode and Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Back in March at Victory Road, Sting inadvertently harmed himself attempting the ''Scorpion Death Drop'' on Roode onto a chair and was defeated by Roode in their match. Following that match, Sting gave up his position as the General Manager of TNA to Hulk Hogan to focus on training back into shape as a full-time wrestler to compete with Bobby Roode on his level. Sting returned during the May 24 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' attacking Roode after his World Title match. During the following week's advertised Lumberjack match, Sting showed how much his training paid off in his momentous in-ring return defeating Roode with the Scorpion Deathlock. Immediately following Sting's non-title victory over the champion, much to the dismay of Roode, Hogan announced that Roode will face Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary. Later that night, Sting picked up more momentum going into Slammiversary by forcing Roode to submit to the ''Scorpion Deathlock'' again in a 6 Man Tag main event. Another match heading into the event was between Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson over contention to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the June 7 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', TNA GM Hulk Hogan announced that there would be a #1 contender's match between RVD, Hardy and Anderson in a Three Way match and ruled that the winner of this match will face whoever walks out of Slammiversary (either Bobby Roode or Sting) as the TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Another high profile match featured TNA World Tag Team Champions Christopher Daniels and Kazarian defending the titles against A.J. Styles and Kurt Angle. In April, Daniels and Kazarian began threatening that they would expose Styles' secret if Styles hadn't done it himself. The next month, due to Styles not complying, Kazarian and Daniels revealed what was an apparent affair between Styles and TNA President Dixie Carter through the use of privately recorded footage and photography. This began the derailment of Styles' focus as a competitor. At Sacrifice, Kazarian and Daniels attacked Styles after his match with Angle, who acted on good conscience to save Styles since he had already fell into dispute with Daniels a week ago.〔 On the May 17 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Styles last eliminated Gunner to win the Open Fight Night Qualifier Battle Royal for the right to call out a champion for a title match. Backstage after the match, Styles declared his relationship with Carter was strictly professional and that they were both separately married, but Daniels who intervened, claimed Styles' relationship with Carter exceeded a professional level when both were on video at a hotel together. The next week Styles faced Bobby Roode for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and lost because of his disorientation, which in turn, made Roode the record-breaking longest reigning champion under the TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt. After a singles match Styles won over Daniels the following week, Daniels and Kazarian proceeded to beat Styles down post-match. However, Angle evened the odds by helping Styles fend off his two antagonists. It was later announced that the Tag Team Title match between all four would take place at Slammiversary. Heading into Slammiversary was an angle featuring an Anything Goes match between Bully Ray and Joseph Park. On the March 8 episode of ''Impact Wresting'', storyline attorney Joseph Park started introducing himself to the TNA roster and staff, and for weeks, began investigating the disappearance of his brother Abyss since the Genesis PPV in January, where he was physically assaulted backstage by Ray after his match.〔 〕 Continuing his probing, Park gradually placed accusation on Bully Ray, who was the opponent of Abyss at Genesis that night. By May, Abyss abruptly returned to warn his brother that he was getting "too close to the fire".〔 Park tried to push Ray's buttons by belittling his status as a bully for having lost to Abyss and others on the roster, but in return, Ray commenced to bully and humiliate Park, viewing him as a coward "lawyer boy" who has no place being in the wrestling business. On the May 24 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Ray called out Park who was seated in the audience. Park, intimidated, confronted Ray with his attorney background and judged from all the information gathered, that Ray was guilty in the case of Abyss' disappearance which provoked Ray into attacking him with a chain.〔 The next week, Ray conceded to the guilt of attempting to leave Abyss for dead, a move that angered Park into wanting to fight him, but Ray threatened to sue him if he laid a finger. With Park in a belligerent mood, Ray told Park that they would fight at Slammiversary.〔 On the June 7 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' during the official contract signing, Ray confiscated the standard wrestling contract and presented a different contract that had a hold harmless clause removing all liability for his actions in what would be an Anything Goes match. Initially refusing to sign and gamble his well-being; after being insulted one last time by Ray, Park decided to sign the contract in honor of Abyss. This led to Abyss making a video screen appearance to scold Park for the trouble he caused but also to tell Ray that he was actually alive and well and intending to appear at Slammiversary.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Slammiversary 10」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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