iMPACT! Slammiversary 2021

• Ultimate X X Division Championship (Trey Miguel vs. Ace Austin vs. Petey Williams vs. Rohit Raju vs. Chris Bey vs. Josh Alexander): 7/7. Basically Money in the Bank but with scaffolds and ropes instead of ladders, and for the championship. It's a fun gimmick. Getting rid of the ladders is a good for a change because, well, if you've read my previous reviews you know how I feel about ladders in wrestling. The match itself? A lot of fun moments and some good wrestling. Exactly what you want from this kind of special event.
• Mixed Tag (Bryan Myers & Tenille Dashwood vs. Matt Cardona & Chelsea Green): 6/7. This match was announced as Cardona teaming with a mystery partner. If I'd known he was engaged to Chelsea Green that would probably have been a pretty big hint, but I was curious to see who it was going to be, and the answer was underwhelming. I know Green from NXT, where she was part of the Robert Stone Brand, but I don't really recall anything about her herself. Mixed tag is always fun, even if the gender segregation is dumb and unnecessary, but the finish raised an odd point; apparently a low blow is only a disqualification if it's done to a man? Weird rule.
• Singles (W Morrissey vs. Eddie Edwards): 1/7. Skipped.
• Tag Team (Shera and Madman Fulton vs. FinJuice): 2/7. Pointless, but short.
• Singles (Moose vs. Chris Sabin): 4/7. This match, along with the previous two, could have been scrapped in favour of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship, which was on the pre-show for some reason.
• Four Way Tag Team Championship (Violent By Design vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack vs. No Way & Fallah Bahh vs. The Good Brothers): 4/7. No Way (Jose) seemed like he was supposed to be a surprise, but one of the commentators kind of spoiled it on the previous episode, so that was weird. Also, he's got the exact same gimmick from WWE, including the conga line, which I didn't get the impression was ever particularly popular or successful, and now just seems like he's got no other ideas.
• Knockouts Championship (Deonna Purrazzo vs. Thunder Rosa): 4/7. Thunder Rosa was another mystery competitor, and this one was actually a surprise - and a welcome one. I like Thunder Rosa and I feel like she was mostly wasted on AEW. That said, the match was just ok.
• No Disqualification Impact World Championship (Kenny Omega vs. Sami Callihan): 5/7. There were some good bits, but it was too long and just too much. The blood was badly done and unnecessary, and the sheer number of different weapons they brought in felt like they were running through a checklist.

Overall Rating: 4/7. This show seemed to be more about revealing new and returning characters than anything else. On top of Chelsea Green, David Finlay, Juice Robinson, No Way and Thunder Rosa, we also had Mickie James and Switchblade Jay White show up between matches. I don't know why you'd want all of those reveals on one show; it's just distracting and waters down the impact each of them can have. And it's a real shame that the best match of the show was also the first match of the show, and that the Knockouts Tag Team Championship changed hands on the pre-show.