After several bug reports, Blizzard clarified in a forum post that players had to kill Ashava on a Level 20 character during the Server Slam and only during the Server Slam to receive Mount Trophy.
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We’ve checked a few reports of this coming in and want to remind everyone that you must have killed Ashava during Server Slam at level 20.