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The 2023 No Surrender was a
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event Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of eve ...
produced by
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. It took place on February 24, 2023, at Sam's Town Live in
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, and aired on
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and
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. It was the 15th event under the No Surrender chronology. The event also featured wrestlers from partner promotion
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(NJPW). Ten matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show and one taped as a digital exclusive. In the main event,
Josh Alexander Joshua Lemay (born May 29, 1987), better known by his ring name Josh Alexander, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family. He also makes a ...
defeated
Rich Swann Richard Anthony Swann (born February 15, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. he is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is a former Impact World Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2020–2021), ...
to retain the
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. In other prominent matches,
Mickie James Mickie Laree James (born August 31, 1979) Additional January 6, 2017. is an American Country music, country singer and Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE. She is also signed to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) as Cre ...
defeated
Masha Slamovich Anna Khozina (; born 18 June 1998) is a Russian-American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Masha Slamovich. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the reigning TNA Knockouts World Champion in her Li ...
to retain the
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,
Steve Maclin Stephen Kupryk (born May 26, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under the ring name Steve Maclin, and is a former TNA World Champion and the inaugural TNA Internat ...
defeated
Brian Myers Brian Myers (born April 20, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The System. He is a three-time TNA World Tag Team Champion, having held the title with Trevo ...
,
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, and PCO in a
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to become the number one contender to the Impact World Championship, and
Joe Hendry Joe Hendry (born 1 May 1988) is a Scottish Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and musician. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), while also making appearances for partner promotion WWE on its NXT (WWE brand), NXT WW ...
defeated
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in a Dot Combat match to retain the
Impact Digital Media Championship The TNA Digital Media Championship was a professional wrestling television championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It was an intergender tertiary championship, openly available to both male and female wrestlers. ...
.


Production


Background

No Surrender is an annual
professional wrestling Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to Real life, real- ...
event Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of eve ...
produced by
Impact Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busine ...
. It was originally produced by Impact Wrestling (then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling), as a
pay-per-view Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast. Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
(PPV) event. The first one was held in July 2005, but when the PPV names were shuffled for 2006, it was moved to September. In December 2012, TNA announced that the event was canceled. The last event took place in the
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in September 2012. It was resumed as a special episode of ''
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'' between 2013 and 2015 and was then revived as an
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event Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of eve ...
in 2019. On October 25, 2022, Impact Wrestling announced that No Surrender would take place on Friday, February 24, 2023, at the Sam's Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada.


Storylines

The event featured several
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that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers will portray
villains A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...
,
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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines are produced on Impact's weekly television program. At
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,
Masha Slamovich Anna Khozina (; born 18 June 1998) is a Russian-American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Masha Slamovich. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the reigning TNA Knockouts World Champion in her Li ...
defeated
Deonna Purrazzo Deonna Lynn Purrazzo (born June 10, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Purrazzo began training in December 2012, and then started wrestling in various independent promotions the following y ...
,
Killer Kelly Raquel Lourenço (born 21 March 1992), best known by her ring name Killer Kelly, is a Portuguese professional wrestler signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is a former two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion (with Masha S ...
, and
Taylor Wilde Shantelle Larissa Malawski (born January 26, 1986) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with TNA Wrestling, where she performed under the ring name Taylor Wilde. Malawski was under a World Wrestling Enter ...
in a
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to become number one contender to the
Impact Knockouts World Championship The TNA Knockouts World Championship is a women's professional wrestling Professional wrestling championship#World championships, world championship owned by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The championship debuted on October 14, 2007, at t ...
. Later in the main event,
Mickie James Mickie Laree James (born August 31, 1979) Additional January 6, 2017. is an American Country music, country singer and Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE. She is also signed to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) as Cre ...
defeated
Jordynne Grace Patricia Forrest Gresham (née Parker, born March 5, 1996), better known by her ring name Jordynne Grace, is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand. She is best ...
to win the title in a Title vs. Career match, the final match of her "Last Rodeo" campaign. On the subsequent episode of ''Impact!'', Slamovich confronted James in the ring with a "death warrant" (a picture of James crossed out in Slamovich's blood), with Impact announcing that James will have her first title defense against Slamovich at No Surrender. On the January 26 episode of ''Impact!'',
Rich Swann Richard Anthony Swann (born February 15, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. he is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is a former Impact World Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2020–2021), ...
won the "Golden Six-Shooter" six-way elimination match, thus earning an
Impact World Championship The TNA World Championship is a professional wrestling Professional wrestling championship#World championships, world championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It is the promotion's principal championship. Like mo ...
match against
Josh Alexander Joshua Lemay (born May 29, 1987), better known by his ring name Josh Alexander, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family. He also makes a ...
at No Surrender. On the February 2 episode of ''Impact!'', a
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was announced for No Surrender to determine the next number one contender for the Impact World Championship. Qualifying matches would take place over the next two weeks.
Brian Myers Brian Myers (born April 20, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The System. He is a three-time TNA World Tag Team Champion, having held the title with Trevo ...
, PCO,
Steve Maclin Stephen Kupryk (born May 26, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under the ring name Steve Maclin, and is a former TNA World Champion and the inaugural TNA Internat ...
, and
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qualified after defeating Dirty Dango, Shera,
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, and Eddie Edwards, respectively. After Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champions The Death Dollz (
Jessicka Jessicka Addams (born Jessica Fodera on October 23, 1975) is an American visual artist and musician. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the frontwoman for the alternative rock band Jack Off Jill, and later for the Noise pop, noise-p ...
,
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, and
Taya Valkyrie Kira Renée Magnin-Forster (born October 22, 1983), better known by her ring name Taya Valkyrie, is a Canadian professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and Model (people), model. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where she is one-half ...
) won their match on the February 9 episode of ''Impact!'', they would be confronted by former associate
Father James Mitchell James Lamar Mitchell (born February 26, 1965) is an American professional wrestling manager, known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as James Vandenberg, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) as The Sinister Minister, and ...
. He claimed he was there to put a "hex" upon The Death Dollz before they would be ambushed from behind by The Hex (
Allysin Kay Allysin Kay (born November 5, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where she was a former NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship, NWA World Women's Tag Team champ ...
and
Marti Belle Martibel Payano (born August 7, 1988) is an American professional wrestler, best known working under the ring name Marti Belle. She is best known for her time with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where she was a former NWA World Women's ...
). Four days later, on February 13, Impact announced that The Hex will challenge The Death Dolls (represented by Jessicka and Valkyrie) for the titles at No Surrender. At Hard To Kill,
Joe Hendry Joe Hendry (born 1 May 1988) is a Scottish Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and musician. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), while also making appearances for partner promotion WWE on its NXT (WWE brand), NXT WW ...
defended the
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against
Moose The moose (: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is also the tal ...
. Initially, Moose seemed to have won after a low blow to Hendry, but the match was restarted by new Director of Authority
Santino Marella Anthony Carelli (born March 14, 1974), better known by the ring name Santino Marella, is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he works as the on-screen director of authority. He is best kn ...
– taking the place of Impact Executive Vice President
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for the time – where Hendry would defeat Moose to retain the title. For the next month, Hendry would be involved in a feud with
Matt Cardona Matthew Brett Cardona (born May 14, 1985) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is a freelancer who competes on the independent circuit as well as making in ring appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Al ...
over the title after some goading from Moose to Cardona. On the February 9 episode of ''Impact!'', Hendry successfully defended the title against Cardona, after which he also avoided an attack from Moose. The following week, Moose shattered Marella's car window, mistakenly believing the vehicle was Hendry's, to send a message to the champion. Tired of his actions, Marella booked a Dot Combat match for the Digital Media Championship between Hendry and Moose at No Surrender. On the February 16 episode of ''Impact!'', Santino Marella booked a live edition of
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show "Busted Open Radio" for No Surrender, where
Tommy Dreamer Thomas James Laughlin (born February 13, 1971) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and professional wrestling promotion, promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestli ...
and
Bully Ray Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971), known by his ring name Bubba Ray Dudley (also spelled Buh-Buh Ray Dudley), is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for being one-half of the Dudley B ...
would sort out their issues (Busted Open host Dave LaGreca would be presiding as mediator). The following week, the two men participated in a Beat the Clock Challenge to determine who would have the first word at the event. Dreamer defeated Jason Hotch in 1:15, while Ray defeated
Bhupinder Gujjar Bhupinder Singh Gujjar (born 4 December 1994) is an Indian professional wrestler signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Professional wrestling career Early career (2019–2022) Gujjar trained under The Great Khali at Continental Wrest ...
in just 32 seconds, giving him the honor of speaking first.


Event


Pre-show

There were two matches on the pre-show. In the opener, Deonna Purrazzo faced
Gisele Shaw Gisele Mayordo (born 30 October 1989), known professionally as Gisele Shaw, is a Filipino-Canadian professional wrestler. She is known for her work in England with various promotions including Progress Wrestling and Revolution Pro Wrestling, hav ...
(with Jai Vidal). In the closing stages, unbeknownst to the referee, Savannah Evans blindsided Purrazzo, allowing Shaw to hit a knee strike for the win. After that,
Jonathan Gresham Jonathan Gresham (born March 20, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He performs on the independent circuit. He has previously wrestled for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Champion, ROH Pure ...
took on Mike Bailey. In the end, as Bailey was looking for Ultima Weapon, Gresham countered it into a Schoolboy pin for the victory.


Preliminary matches

The pay-per-view started with
Frankie Kazarian Frank Benedict Gerdelman (born August 4, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and musician signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), performing under the ring name Frankie Kazarian. He is also known for his wo ...
taking on Kon (with Deaner,
Angels An angel is a spiritual (without a physical body), heavenly, or supernatural being, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and humanity (the profane) in variou ...
, and Callihan). In the closing stages, as Angels was distracting the referee, Callihan carried a steel chair to hit Kazarian, but unintentionally hit Kon, allowing Kazarian to perform a Slingshot Cutter for the victory. The next bout featured The Death Dollz (Jessicka and Taya Valkyrie) (with Rosemary) defending the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship against The Hex. The match ended when The Hex were looking for Hex Marks The Spot, but Jessicka countered it into the Sick Driver to retain the titles. Next, Joe Hendry defended the Impact Digital Media Championship in a Dot Combat match against Moose. Moose performed an O'Connor Roll with the tights, but Hendry kicked out. Hendry performed the same manoeuver, also with the tights for the 1-2-3 pin. Next, David LaGreca hosted a live edition of Busted Open Radio with Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray. Ray wanted to make "amends" but Dreamer did not initially accept. Dreamer began to accept, but Ray threw coffee into him and hit him with a glass flask. The fourth match featured Heath, PCO, Brian Myers, and Steve Maclin in a four-way match to determine the #1 contender to the Impact World Championship. In the end, Heath delivered the Wake Up Call to Myers, as Eddie Edwards came down and hit PCO with a shovel. Maclin then hit the KIA on Heath for the pinfall victory. Next, Time Machine took on Bullet Club. Shelley and Sabin delivered Skull and Bones to Austin. Austin then rolled Sabin over to pickup the victory. The penultimate match saw Mickie James defended the Impact Knockouts World Championship against Masha Slamovich. As Slamovich was looking for the Codebreaker, James rolled her over to retain her title.


Main event

In the main event, Josh Alexander defended the Impact World Championship against Rich Swann. Alexander locked into the ankle lock, but Swann escaped. Alexander the hit the C4 Spike, but Swann went under the ropes. Swann started getting momentum, hitting the Phoenix Splash, but Alexander kicked out. As Swann was looking for a second Phoenix Splash, Alexander countered it into another ankle lock, but Swann refused to tap out. Swann hit the Handspring Cutter for a two count. Alexander countered another Handspring Cutter into a Tombstone Piledriver, which gave way to another C4 Spike for the victory.


Results


Notes


References


External links

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