New Impact World Title Match Announced For Slammiversary Following Tessa Blanchard's Departure

[Kemo]

The Impact World Title has been declared vacant and a Fatal 4 Way has been officially announced for the upcoming Slammiversary pay-per-view.

It was announced on tonight's Impact that Eddie Edwards vs. Trey Miguel vs. Ace Austin vs. a mystery opponent will take place at Impact with the winner being declared the new World Champion.

As previously reported, Impact Wrestling last week terminated Tessa Blanchard's contract and stripped her of the Impact World Championship.

Below is the updated card for the July 18 Slammiversary pay-per-view from Nashville, TN:

Fatal 4 Way for the Vacant Impact World Title
Eddie Edwards vs. Trey Miguel vs. Ace Austin vs. Mystery Opponent

Impact Knockouts Title Match
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace (c)

Impact Tag Team Titles Match
Ken Shamrock and Sami Callihan vs. The North (c)

Impact X Division Title Match
Chris Bey vs. Willie Mack (c)

Gauntlet Match to Determine the New #1 Contender to the Knockouts Title
Alisha Edwards vs. Taya Valkyrie vs. Susie vs. Kiera Hogan vs. Havok vs. Kylie Rae vs. Kimber Lee vs. Nevaeh vs. Rosemary vs. Tasha Steelz

[Smartmark]

Stupid decision. It's sad to see what TNA has become. Not that I was a big fan of putting the strap on Tessa in the first place. I loved the feud with Sami, and I really like Tessa as a performer, but putting the strap on her was the wrong decision. Now they make up her departure with a match that makes zero sense, just because they can't put some work into a storyline that explains the vacancy of the title.