In other prominent matches, The Latin American Xchange (Konnan, Santana and Ortiz) defeated The OGz (King, Hernandez and Homicide) in a Concrete Jungle Death match, Ohio Versus Everything (Dave Crist, Jake Crist and Sami Callihan) defeated Brian Cage, Fénix and Pentagón Jr. in a oVe Rules match, and Tessa Blanchard defeated Taya Valkyrie to retain the Impact Knockouts Championship.

At Slammiversary XVI, Impact Wrestling announced that Bound for Glory was to be held on October 14, 2018, at the Melrose Ballroom.

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.

[2] On September 6 episode of Impact!, Konnan and King were called for a meeting by their commissioner, who stated that King along with The OGz (Hernandez and Homicide) will face the team of Konnan and The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) in their final war, a Concrete Jungle Death match.

On October 11 episode of Impact!, Eli Drake issued an open challenge for anyone to wrestle against him at Bound for Glory.

[8] The pay-per-view opened with Rich Swann and Willie Mack facing Matt Sydal and Ethan Page in a tag team match.

After that, Eli Drake entered the ring for his open challenge, which was answered by James Ellsworth.

[9] Later, The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) faced The OGz (Hernandez, Homicide and King) in a Concrete Jungle Death match, which featured the ring stripped of its canvass and padding, exposing the wooden boards and turnbuckles.

[9] Moments after the main event ended, Aries immediately rose to his feet, effectively no-selling Impact's Starship Pain finisher, and pointed to the arena balcony while shouting at Impact Wrestling co-executive vice president and commentator Don Callis.