Slamball
Extreme SportsBy Kevin Harrish on

If you’re a fan of contact sports, gigantic dunks, and trampolines, then there’s good news for you. SlamBall – an extreme sport that combined football and basketball with trampolines mixed in – is set to make its triumphant return.

SlamBall founder Mason Gordon announced to TMZ Sports on Wednesday that after hearing pleas from fans over the years, the extreme sport will officially be returning in the summer of 2023.

“There have been all kinds of people clamoring for SlamBall to come back,” Gordon told TMZ. “There has been #BringBackSlamBall media, viewed over 200 million times in the last 12 months. So, I’m ready to announce next summer, 2023, SlamBall is coming back, live.”

SlamBall, which debuted in 2002 and lasted only two years before folding, is a game similar to basketball, but full-contact and featuring trampolines placed throughout the playing floor.

Gordon said he always wanted to bring SlamBall back, but that they wanted market conditions to be just right. Now, with the popularization of social media and fewer people watching full-length sports games, Gordon thinks the time is right for SlamBall’s return.

“SlamBall just kind of fits the bill. They’re 20-minute games. Television half hours. People obviously have really gravitated to the action, and it’s this incredible mash-up between basketball, football, hockey, little bit of gymnastics, little bit of video games, that’s just SlamBall.”

Naturally, the sports world went absolutely wild in celebration of the news.

While Gordon hopes the game will appeal to younger audiences, the nostalgia appears to have already captured the game some fans before it even officially returns. Now, they’ll just have to wait until 2023.

[TMZ Sports]

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