Bully Ray has confirmed that he has a new tag team partner lined up for Slammiversary. Ray announced the news live on the Busted Open radio show.

Deaner, the leader of The Design, will be Ray’s partner for the high-profile Slammiversary tag team match.

Deaner replaces former IMPACT Wrestling World Champion Steve Maclin who is unable to participate at Slammiversary as he suffered a serious injury during IMPACT’s recent Down Under Tour in Australia.

Deaner surprised everyone with his very personal appeal to Bully Ray. He went into great detail on the live radio show, sharing never-before-told stories about D’Amore – and his hatred for him.

“Scott D’Amore is an over-rated POS in the ring – and I can prove it and it would make me so, so, so happy to do it in his hometown, in front of his friends and family,” Deaner said. “I’m going to kick the s–t out of D’Amore at Slammiversary.”


Support Slam and order Impact’s Slammiversary using the link above or this link.

In addition, IMPACT Wrestling executives have not commented on the status of PCO who endured a fiery assault by Bully Ray and Maclin on last week’s episode of Impact! Wrestling.

D’Amore was unavailable for comment. However, D’Amore is scheduled as a special guest on IMPACT’s Press Pass Podcast on Tuesday, July 11, to address the media about everything Slammiversary-related. Tom Hannifan is the host of Press Pass, which starts at 1pm ET and airs live on IMPACT’s Facebook page.

Former NHL star Darren McCarty, a 4-time Stanley Cup winner for the Detroit Red Wings, will be the Special Enforcer for this special grudge match.

Slammiversary airs on starting at 8 p.m. ET. Saturday, July 15th, starting with the Countdown to Slammiversary show, streaming LIVE & FREE at 7:30 p.m. ET on YouTube, IMPACT Plus (live player) and FITE.

At present the Slammiversary card is:

  • Impact World Championship Match: Alex Shelley vs. Nick Aldis
  • Impact Knockouts Championship Match: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Trinity
  • Impact World Tag Team Championship Match: ABC vs. Brian Myers & Moose vs. Rich Swann & Sami Callihan vs. Subculture
  • Impact World Knockouts Tag Team Championship Match: The Coven vs. Killer Kelly & Masha Slamovich
  • Impact X Division Championship Match: Chris Sabin vs. Lio Rush
  • Ultimate X Match: Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham vs. Kushida vs. Kevin Knight vs. Angels
  • Impact Digital Media Championship Match: Joe Hendry vs. Kenny King
  • PCO & Scott D’Amore vs. Bully Ray & Deaner : Special Guest Enforcer: Darren McCarty
  • Frankie Kazarian (w/ Traci) vs. Eddie Edwards (w/ Alisha Edwards)

RELATED LINKS