The 2020 Slammiversary was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on July 18, 2020, at the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the sixteenth event under the Slammiversary chronology.
Seven matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Eddie Edwards defeated Ace Austin, Trey, Eric Young, and Rich Swann (the last two being unannounced participants) in a five-way elimination match to win the vacant Impact World Championship. In other prominent matches, Chris Bey defeated Willie Mack to win the Impact X Division Championship, and Deonna Purrazzo defeated Jordynne Grace by submission to capture the Impact Knockouts Championship. The event also marked the Impact debut of Heath and the return of The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin).
Production
Background
On the June 2, 2020, episode of Impact!, it was announced that Slammiversary would take place on July 18, 2020. It took take place (with no fans) at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, which was Impact's home base during the bulk of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Storylines
The event will feature professional wrestling matches that involves different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
On Night 2 of Rebellion, Tessa Blanchard was due to defend the Impact World Championship against Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards in a three-way intergender match. However, due to Blanchard and Edwards being stuck in lockdowns in Mexico and Massachusetts respectively as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the match was unable to take place, and Elgin faced Moose and Hernandez in a three-way match instead, which Moose won. On the May 5, 2020, episode of Impact!, it was announced that an eight-man tournament would take place to determine the number one contender for the Impact World Championship. Ace Austin won the tournament during the June 2 episode of Impact! after defeating Wentz, who stood in for Trey after he was attacked before the match, in the tournament final. However, on the following week's episode, it was announced that Blanchard would defend her title against Elgin, Edwards, Austin and Trey in a five-way intergender match at Slammiversary.
On June 22, Impact Wrestling released a statement announcing that alongside the termination of Dave Crist and Joey Ryan's contracts with the promotion, that Elgin had been suspended indefinitely pending a further investigation into allegations of sexual assault made against him. Four days later, Impact released additional statements announcing that both Blanchard and Elgin had their contracts terminated with the promotion, the former being stripped of her Impact World Championship and the latter being a result of the allegations. On the June 30 episode of Impact!, it was announced that Austin, Edwards, Trey, and a mystery opponent will face each other in a four-way match for the vacant title at Slammiversary.
On the June 9 episode of Impact!, Deonna Purrazzo made her return to the company, attacking Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace after Grace successfully defended the title against Taya Valkyrie. The following week, Purrazzo interrupted Grace's backstage interview and once again attacked her. On the June 23 episode of Impact!, it was announced that Grace will defend the Knockouts title against Purrazzo at Slammiversary.