TNA Slammiversary: Mike Bennett Vs. Ethan Carter III
- JB is backstage with Maria Kanellis and Mike Bennett. Bennett brags on having the hottest wife and TNA and being the most dominant. Bennett says he's nothing like EC3 because Ethan has flaws and he doesn't. Bennett goes on and says this story will not have a happy ending for Ethan.
- We get a video package for the next match.
Ethan Carter III vs. Mike Bennett
We go to the ring and out first comes Mike Bennett with Maria Kanellis. Ethan Carter III is out next to cheers.
They lock up and break. Bennett ends up dropping EC3 with a shoulder and showing off. They lock up and Ethan applies a headlock, then drops him with shoulders. Ethan runs into an elbow and Bennett gets in some strikes. More back and forth. EC3 dumps Bennett to the floor and works him over around the ring but Bennett turns it around and drops him with a clothesline. Bennett comes back in as the referee counts EC3 out. He makes it back in but Bennett dropkicks him right back out to the floor.
Bennett goes back to the floor and used the barrier on Ethan. Bennett with a hangman's DDT from the barrier. EC3 is laid out on the floor as Bennett goes back into the ring to wait on the count. Ethan crawls back to the ring and makes it back in as Bennett stomps and covers for a 2 count. Bennett keeps Ethan grounded now. Bennett goes on and hits a neckbreaker. EC3 comes back with clotheslines and a jawbreaker. EC3 misses a splash in the corner and takes a big boot. Bennett goes for the Miracle in Progress but EC3 rolls him up. EC3 ends up hitting a sitdown powerbomb for a 2 count. More back and forth. Bennett with a spinebuster for a 2 count. Bennett goes on and hits a cutter but EC3 comes right back with a clothesline. They both go down and fans chant for EC3.
They get up and trade shots in the middle of the ring. EC3 unloads and hits a clothesline. EC3 with more offense. EC3 with the splash and a flapjack. EC3 hits the One Percenter for a close 2 count. They end up on the apron and EC3 hits a TK3 on the apron. Ethan hits the floor and also got hurt on the move. Ethan goes to the top but Bennett catches him with a cutter on the way down. Bennett with a 2 count as Maria looks on. EC3 gets the clutch applied but Bennett hits a low blow that the referee missed. Bennett hits a piledriver but Ethan kicks out just in time. Bennett misses a right hand and EC3 hits a German. EC3 keeps it locked and hits two more Germans. EC3 hits another One Percenter but Maria slides a chair in the distracts the referee. EC3 only gets a 2 count but had the pin held for the win. Fans chant for Maria to be thrown out. EC3 leaves the ring and stares her down. The referee gets in between. EC3 comes back in the ring but Bennett nails Miracle in Progress on top of the steel chair and slides it out of the way. The referee comes back and EC3 kicks out at 2.
Fans chant for EC3 now. He makes a comeback and hits another TK3, followed by a third One Percenter for the win.
Winner: Ethan Carter III
- After the match, EC3 celebrates the win and stands tall in the ring as fans cheer.