Results
- Judas Icarus & Travis Williams def. Brad Attitude & TW3 (Pre-show) (6:51)
- Frankie Kazarian def. Alan Angels (Pre-show) (2:17)
- Jody Threat def. Rosemary, Tasha Steelz, Jada Stone, Harley Hudson, Myla Grace, Mila Moore, Victoria Crawford, Elayna Black, Mara Sadè & Tessa Blanchard (Battle Royal) (TNA Knockouts #1 Contender Match) (7:57)
- Trey Miguel def. Stacks (TNA International Championship) (11:05)
- Mance Warner def. Action Mike Jackson (5:22)
- Heather & M By Elegance def. Indi Hartwell & Xia Brookside (TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championships) (11:10)
- Eric Young def. BDE (10:32) (Recommended)
- Arianna Grace def. Lei Ying Lee (TNA Knockouts World Championship) (13:25)
- Jason Hotch, John Skyler, Mustafa Ali & Special Agent 0 def. Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Dutch & Vincent (15:34) (Recommended)
- Leon Slater & Mike Santana def. Eddie Edwards & Nic Nemeth (23:23)
Sinner & Saint return in pre-show spot
Before the main card for TNA No Surrender went live from The Pinnacle in Nashville, Tennessee, a 30-minute pre-show aired on social media. The first match of the night saw Sinner & Saint (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) team up to face Brad Attitude and TW3.
TW3 is mainly an OVW talent, but appeared in an Impact squash match earlier this month. Attitude, a 23-year vet who has worked as enhancement talent for WWE in the past, was making his TNA debut. Commentary noted this was a return of sorts for Sinner & Saint, who have been off the show’s TV since December due to visa issues.
Williams hit TW3 with a nasty-looking tope suicida in the closing moments of the match, nearly running into the commentary desk at ringside. Icaus followed up with a gigantic frogsplash onto TW3, but Atittude interrupted a pin attempt right after. Icarus and Williams took out Attitude then scored a double-team kick into a suplex for the pinfall win in just under seven minutes.
Returning Alan Angels falls to Frankie Kazarian on pre-show
An interview backstage with 76-year-old wrestler and trainer Action Mike Jackson was interrupted by Mance Warner and Steph De Lander, causing it to be teased that these two might actually face off later. Let’s hope not. (This was confirmed just before the pre-show wrapped up).
The second match of the night saw Ryan Nemeth face off against Alan Angels, who was returning to TNA for the first time since late 2024.
Before the match got started, former TNA champ Frankie Kazarian appeared on stage with a mic. He demanded that, instead of a match, he’s going to host the latest edition of his King’s Speech segment. A group of stagehands came to the ring and set up some seats, then Kazarian asked both Nemeth and Angels to leave the ring. Nemeth said he knows that, since he’s in the ring, his purse for tonight is set. The payday was confirmed, so he willingly left the ring.
Kazarian went on a long, rambling promo, causing the crowd to chant “wrap it up.” He eventually turned his focus to Angels, who was still in the ring. When asked to leave for a second time, Angels snatched the mic from Kazarian.
“I know it’s been over a year since I’ve been in TNA, but I don’t really remember you being such an asshole,” Angels said. Kazarian threatened to punch Angels after he refused to leave the ring. But, it was Angels who sent Kazarian out of the ring with a punch.
“I’m not gonna let this opportunity pass my by … You say you’re the king? Why don’t get in this ring, cross the line, and maybe, just maybe, imma take your crown,” Angels said.
Angels launched Kazarian into the ring, the referee rang the bell, and an impromptu match which Kazarian seemingly never consented to was underway. Oh, pro wrestling. Angels sent Kazarian out of the ring with a hurricanrana, then came flying to ringside with a tope suicida.
Back in the ring, Angels came off the top with a huge crossbody, but Kazarian kicked out at two. Kazarian tried for a roll-up, but the count never started due to him blatantly putting his feet on the top rope for leverage. Kazarian dodged a springboard moonsault then locked in a Chickenwing for the submission win in two minutes. Angels looked good here, let’s hope he can get signed and join an X-Division which is in deep need of new talent.
Jody Threat earns Knockouts title shot
The main card for No Surrender got started with a battle royal to determine the next woman in line to challenge for the TNA Knockouts World Championship. The entrants in this match were: Mara Sadè, Tessa Blanchard, Jody Threat, Mila Moore, Victoria Crawford, Harley Hudson, Jada Stone, Elayna Black, Myla Grace, Rosemary, and Tasha Steelz. The broadcast had some technical difficulties during this match, as no commentary was provided.
Sadè eliminated Black after dropping her on the ring apron with a superkick which slightly missed. Sadè celebrated the elimination while still on the ring apron, which allowed Blanchard to take her out by simply pushing her.
Blanchard thought she won the match, but Threat, who had spent the past minute hanging off the bottom rope by her feet, got back into the ring and threw her out. Threat has earned herself a title opportunity. Battle royals are not the best wrestling (which is unfortunate since TNA really seems to love them, with this being the 4th battle royal of the past 12 months), but I like Threat getting a title shot.
The broadcast showed that Jelly Roll is in attendance for the event.
Trey Miguel takes down NXT’s Stacks, captures International title
The first title match of the night saw the recently re-signed Trey Miguel take on NXT’s Stacks for the TNA International Championship. Miguel was walked out by musician Teddy Swims. For anyone interested: The commentary is STILL not working on the broadcast.
Miguel had a hot start to this match, but lost a lot of momentum after Stacks dodged a tope suicida attempt, causing him to take a rough crash onto the floor at ringside. Stacks used a ring apron to shield the ref’s view while Arianna Grace gouged Miguel’s eyes.
Miguel dodged a legdrop from Stacks on the ring apron, beginning his comeback at the five-minute mark. He reversed a move into a snazzy German Suplex, then came off the top rope with a huge missile dropkick. This Nashville crowd was quite alive for the match and behind Miguel.
Miguel ended a series of strikes with a dropkick to the back of Stacks to flatten him out, giving him a near fall. A distraction from Grace at ringside allowed Stacks to reverse a top rope move from Miguel into a superplex which was completely botched, causing them to both land on their side. Really hard landing and neither looked like they came out on top.
Miguel tried to come off the ropes with a moonsault, but Stacks reversed it mid-air into a superkick. Miguel knocked Stacks off the ropes with a pair of kicks, then came off the ropes with a Rolling Cutter (really awkward landing), but it didn’t put away Stacks.
Stacks knocked Miguel out of the ring with a dropkick. He started to fake an injury to distract the referee, allowing Grace to land a cheapshot on Miguel at ringside. However, the referee saw the shot and ejected Grace.
Miguel scored a DDT on the outside, another in the ring, then a Lightning Spiral to win in 11 minutes. Miguel is the new TNA International Champion.
This match was full of errors, including maybe the worst superplex I’ve ever seen. With that being said, it seems logical to put some momentum behind Miguel, whom they have really focused on rebranding since his return last month.
Mance Warner beats Action Mike Jackson
AJ Francis, a name we didn’t expect to appear tonight, got on stage before the next match. He said watching the Super Bowl taught him that he has a lot in common with Bad Bunny because they both like Latinas. Francis called out Jelly Roll, and said if he ever wants to step into the TNA ring, Francis will be waiting for him.
Upset with not being booked for the show, Francis said he will be on commentary for the rest of the night. By the way, the commentary still isn’t working on the broadcast, so this means nothing.
In a matchup made during the pre-show, 76-year-old “Action” Mike Jackson faced off with Mance Warner. Jackson walked the ropes for an Old School and tried to follow it up with a tope suicida, but Warner blocked it by striking him as he came through the ropes. Jackson reversed a move from Warner at ringside into a suplex onto the floor, then hit a suicida upon second attempt.
Back in the ring, Jackson peeled down an arm of his singlet before going on a run of numerous moves to Warner, ending with a neckbreaker. Warner eventually took control of the match and put away Jackson with a DDT. The novelty of this match wore off once it became a beatdown for Warner.
Warner offered to shake hands with Jackson after the match, and they did. Steph De Lander, who was quite disrespectful to him during the pre-show, also shook hands with Jackson. Was there going to be a post-match swerve? No, they were actually giving him his due for what was a great showing.
Warner got in the face of Francis during the post-match. I don’t know – the commentary isn’t working, so I actually can’t explain what happened here. Sorry.
The Elegance Brand retains tag belts, Mickie James appears
Knockouts tag gold was on the line next, with Heather and M By Elegance defending their belts against the team of Indi Hartwell and Xia Brookside. The champs had lots of support at ringside, with Ash, Mr. Elegance, and The Personal Concierge all in attendance.
Brookside was isolated by the Elegance Brand for a significant portion of the match, finally giving Hartwell the hot tag after dodging an elbow drop from M. Hartwell delivered a running bulldog to M By Elegance, then a top-rope elbow drop to her back. A follow-up pin attempt was stopped by Heather, however, Brookside took her out of the ring moments later.
M wiped out Brookside with a beautiful Michinoku Driver. Hartwell took control of the match with spinebuster to M. She tried for a Hurts Donut, but M reversed it into a pin attempt. They brawled into the corner, where Heather tagged back into the match. In a two-on-one position, Hartwell took a double stomp off the rope from Heather to end the match in 11 minutes. The Elegance Brand still has tag gold.
In a surprising moment, “Hardcore Country” Mickie James appeared in the post-match and attacked Ash By Elegance. James was able to quite impressively brawl with these women despite wearing massive heels. Brookside and Hartwell got into the ring for the fight, sending the Elegance Brand retreating to end the segment.
Eric Young takes down BDE in high-flying affair
In a grudge match, Eric Young tried to continue his “cleanse” of TNA by facing influencer turned wrestler BDE in a singles bout. Thankfully, the TrillerTV feed finally started to air the event’s commentary at this point.
BDE got the jump on Young with a trio of dives to the outside before the match started. Showing his veteran ring IQ, knowing that the match hadn’t officially started, Young ended BDE’s run by kicking him in the groin.
BDE tried for a springboard crossbody, but Young caught him and dumped him out of the ring. Back in the ring, BDE got a two-count from a blockbuster. Young tried for what looked like a pop-up powerbomb twice, but BDE reversed them both into hurricanranas. He nailed the bomb upon third attempt.
BDE tried to battle back into the match with a reverse DDT. He tried for a rolling neckbreaker but Young turned it into a powerslam for a quite close near fall. BDE went on a run of moves at the seven-minute mark, ending with a springboard cutter, giving him another two-count.
Young knocked BDE off the top rope with a strike and scored a massive elbow drop, causing the nearest of all falls. Frustrated, Young chased the ref to ringside and threatened to hit him.
BDE countered a piledriver into a back bodydrop then tried for another move, but Young reversed into a Death Valley Driver for another near fall. BDE bit Young on the head to knock him off the top rope, then came off the middle rope for a huge Canadian Destroyer. However, Young remained alive with another kickout.
BDE climbed to the top turnbuckle, but was knocked off-balance after Young pushed a referee into the ropes. Young then picked up BDE for a piledriver, giving him the win in 10 minutes. BDE continues to impress and, if he can keep putting on performances like this, should be a big deal for TNA eventually. I enjoyed this one.
Backstage, Tessa Blanchard told Jody Threat that she should’ve won the battle royal. Threat responded by challenging her to a match on Thursday’s Impact.
NXT’s Arianna Grace dethrones Lei Ying Lee
The final title bout of the evening saw Arianna Grace challenge TNA Knockouts World Champion Lei Ying Lee. Commentary made note that Grace has done nothing to earn the title shot, citing her incredibly unsuccessful in-ring stats from 2025. Grace teased earlier in the night that she’ll break up with Stacks if things don’t go well, so high stakes here.
This match was interrupted at the two-minute mark by Dani Luna, a contender who was denied a matchup against Lee earlier this year after visa issues prevented her from making a date. Security was able to move Luna backstage, but this nonetheless distracted Lee and allowed Grace to take the lead in the match.
At ringside, Grace scored a hard suplex onto the floor. Lee dodged a splash in the corner from Grace, then started to battle back into the fight with a series of punches and kicks. Lee got a two-count from an exploder suplex as the match approached eight minutes.
Grace tried to mount a comeback, ending a combination of moves with a twisting neckbreaker. She came off the top with a double stomp, but Lee got out of the way then scored a release German Suplex. Lee came out of the corner with a Superplex.
A series of reversals ended with a spinning wheel kick from Lee. She tried for the Warrior’s Way, but Grace raked the eyes of Lee to avoid the finisher. Stacks rolled his International title into the ring, insisting that Grace use it as a weapon.
Lee hit Grace with a Shining Wizard, then came through the ropes with a huge dive which took Stacks off the apron (this looked great). Grace caught Lee coming through the ropes with a kick, used Santino Marrella’s Cobra for a shot to the neck, then scored a knee strike for the win in 13 minutes. Grace has captured the TNA Knockouts World Championship.
This match worked an incredibly slow, plodding pace the entire time, and I struggled to get into it. Between Luna being a distraction, Stacks getting involved, and a title getting rolled into the ring and never being utilized, this felt overbooked. However, they had to make some sort of plausible argument for why Grace, who is in-storyline extremely unskilled, could go 13 minutes and even win.
Grace getting the title seems like a move which will likely annoy some people, but that’s not the part here that bothered me. However, I don’t like that this likely delays Luna’s program with the title as a heel (unless they plan to put her against Grace for the title, but I don’t see how they do that without babyfacing her in the process).
Order Four wins hectic eight-man tag
Backstage, Rich Swann offered to take BDE under his wing, giving the TNA newcomer some guidance.
Eight-man tag action took place in the co-main event, with The Hardys teaming with The Righteous to battle against Order Four.
Jeff Hardy got a hot tag at the eight-minute mark of this match, landing a Whisper in the Wind onto the Great Hands. He tried for a pin, but Mustafa Ali got in to break it up. The towering Special Agent 0 did a huge dive over the top rope and to the outside, only for Dutch to top this with a dive of his own moments later.
The Righteous and Hardys picked on Agent 0 in a four-on-one scenario. Ali got into the ring, allowing the quartet to score stereo Twists of Fate then Swanton Bombs. The babyface squad went for the pin, but the rest of Order Four was able to break up the pin attempt. A “This is awesome” chant broke out, which was definitely justified.
The Great Hands tried to take Jeff Hardy out of the mix with a suplex off the ramp and to the floor at ringside, but Vincent stopped them from hitting that move. Instead, Jeff and Vincent both delivered dives off the ramp to take out numerous Order Four members.
Dutch and Matt Hardy were in the ring with Ali, and it looked like they were closing in on the win. However, Tasha Steelz got on the ring apron and threw chalk into the eyes of Dutch. Ali pushed Matt into Dutch, causing him to give his own teammate a Bossman Slam.
Ali took out a blinded Dutch with a dropkick, then gave Matt a 450 Splash for the win in 15 minutes. Honestly, a really fun eight-man tag, one of the highlights of the card despite being one of the least notable bouts headline-wise.
Someone we thought was Elijah appeared in the post-match ceremony, with assistants wheeling a coffin onto the stage with him (they were showing this from an angle where it became clear that the man dressed as Elijah wasn’t actually him).
Ali ran to the stage and attacked the fake Elijah. The real Elijah came out of the guitar-shaped casket, attempting to attack Ali and put him in the casket. Ali escaped, ending the segment.
Leon Slater scores pinfall win in headliner full of twists
The main event of the night saw TNA World Champion Mike Santana team with X-Division Champion Leon Slater to face Eddie Edwards and Nic Nemeth. This match was promoted as a spot where Santana was surrounded by his biggest enemies: Nemeth can still cash in his Call Your Shot trophy for a title shot at any time, Edwards also has an opportunity waiting for him via his Feast or Fired briefcase, and Slater has an “Option C” to exchange in his X-Division belt for a world title shot, if he wants.
Slater walked out to EsDeeKid’s “4 Raws,” which is a pretty popular song right now. Interesting if TNA paid for the rights to that.
Slater got a hot tag at the eight-minute mark and started to set up for a 450 Swanton, but was delayed due to distraction by Cedric Alexander at ringside. Santana took care of the rest of The System with a dive to the outside, but by the time Slater tried for the 450, Edwards rolled out of the way. Nemeth dropped Slater with a superkick, allowing Edwards to get a two-count.
The heel duo kept Slater isolated, eventually allowing Santana to go on a hot tag run. He caught Nemeth mid-air with a Death Valley Driver, but it wasn’t enough to end the match. Slater, back into the match, came off the top with a huge frogsplash. Santana jumped off Slater’s back for a moonsault, but Nemeth kicked out at two.
Edwards pulled Nemeth out of the ring for a breather, but Santana followed him to ringside with a tope suicida. Slater hit his massive dive over the ringpost onto Edwards. With the referee distracted, Steve Maclin emerged at ringside and attacked Santana! These two brawled for a long time, going into the crowd with their fight and disappearing into the concourse. Apparently, the referee didn’t see any of this.
With Santana distracted, Slater found himself in a two-on-one scenario in the ring. Slater tried to mount a comeback, avoiding a DDT from Nemeth and instead scoring a suplex. He came off the top with a crossbody, dropping both Edwards and Nemeth.
Slater knocked Edwards out of the ring with a leg lariat, then dropped Nemeth with a Blue Thunder Bomb. However, the swinging motion of the powerbomb dropped the referee, allowing the rest of The System to get in the ring and attack Slater. In for the save was Moose, who was brutally kicked out of The System recently.
Bear Bronson was floored with a dropkick, Cedric Alexander was taken out by a senton, then Brian Myers took a gigantic powerbomb onto Bronson at ringside. Moose then set his sights on Edwards, who he brawled with to the backstage area.
This tag match turned into a one-on-one bout, with none of the interference seen by this referee. Nemeth dodged a leg lariat from Slater then hit a Famouser, but the X-Division champ kicked out!
Nemeth called for a superkick, but Slater beat him to the punch (or I guess kick) with a boot of his own. Slater then came off the top with his beautiful Swanton 450 for the pinfall in 23 minutes. Was this an incredibly overbooked match full of goofy moments that made little sense? Definitely. But, hate me for this if you want, I enjoyed it. Slater is incredible in the ring and was stellar in the closing stretch, and all the twists and turns made this Nashville crowd red hot. It was a fun way to close out the show.
Final thoughts
This was a show of ups and downs. While we got a solid main event which pushed numerous stories forward, as well as a couple of other fun bouts, there were some rough watches along the way and inexcusable technical errors. The first hour or so of this show made it seem like this would be a total mess of a night. TNA recovered after the first hour, albeit not without a few more slips. However, overall, apart from a few bouts, this isn’t something I’d recommend people go out of their way and watch if they haven’t already.
