TNA Slammiversary avoids direct competition with AEW Forbidden Door
Though the pay-per-views are taking place on the same day, TNA Slammiversary and AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026 won’t directly be going head-to-head.
The start time for Slammiversary is now listed as 3 p.m. Eastern on Ticketmaster and on the website for Agganis Arena. That venue in Boston is hosting Slammiversary on Sunday, June 28. Forbidden Door will take place on the other side of the country later that night, with the PPV being held at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The start time for Forbidden Door is listed as 7 p.m. Eastern (4 p.m. Pacific).
TNA will still face tough sports competition due to Slammiversary going against a second-round World Cup soccer game that afternoon.
Competition between TNA and AEW has become a story over the past month after TNA pulled its talent from scheduled indie matches against AEW wrestlers. In an interview with Busted Open Radio, TNA President Carlos Silva accused AEW of trying to “come at” TNA by airing programming against Impact and allegedly blocking TNA from some venues. The issues appear to stem from an episode of AEW Collision that was moved to Thursday night opposite Impact due to a scheduling conflict with NCAA March Madness.
TNA’s PPV schedule for 2026 includes events in Chicago, Boston, Tampa, and Edmonton (Canada).
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