TNA No Surrender Coverage: Anderson Cutless, AJ Primed for Title Shot

This Mr. Anderson/Bully Ray angle had to make you scoff.

Like a poorly-written episode of Sons of Anarchy, Mr. Anderson looked done with the club. While there was no swerve, you have to wonder what’s next for Anderson. After a few World Title reigns in the company, he hasn’t proven he can be the face of a company. At the same time, you have to wonder what he’d be able to do if he was back in the WWE.

There’s just a whole lot of questions and not many answers at this point. With just Ray in the group as the only established star, The Aces and Eights look weaker than ever, a prime target for the surging AJ Styles.

Such is the case with other mediocre shows TNA puts on, this event was saved by some excellent matchups. To see the Bound for Glory series ended the way it did, on free TV was cool. The same thing goes for TJ Perkins insistence that he wants to fight Jeff Hardy. Talk about making the X-Division meaningful again.

Regardless, you can’t help but feel that the company is pulling at anything they can right now, hoping that something gets fans excited.

Matches:

Bound For Glory Series Semifinal: Austin Aries vs. AJ Styles: This was a high-energy counter fest. Styles ironically was the one doing most of the offense, perhaps TNA’s way of putting Styles over again with the fans with a dominant performance over another beloved face in Aries. “The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived” had a few nice segments in him, but couldn’t pin Styles. “The Phenomenal One” ultimately got the win with a wicked Styles Clash off the second rope.

Bound For Glory Series Semifinal: Robert Roode vs. Magnus: This was another counter fests, but this time it was more of the submission type. It appeared that Magnus had the match won with a Cloverleaf, but ultimately squeaked out a victory with a sunset flip variation.

Last Man Standing: TNA Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray w/Brooke Tessmacher vs. Mr. Anderson: A stiff and hardcore match that could have ended in a plethora of ways. After Earl Hebner was knockout, Anderson’s Mic Check on a chair was essentially useless. Eventually Tessmacher hit the nut shot on Anderson and the rest of the club turned on Anderson. After Knox, Wes Brisco and Garret Biscoff nailed the Triple Powerbomb on Anderson, Hebner counted, but Anderson wouldn’t stay down for the ten-count. A clothesline and chain shot later and Anderson still wouldn’t go down. Ray ultimately finished him off with a Spear through a table. After the stretcher carried him out, Ray kicked him off it and took off his cut and delivered the Piledriver on the ramp.

Bound For Glory Series Final: AJ Styles vs. Magnus: A back and forth encounter with plenty of drama. After Roode, Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian interrupted the match, Bryan Hebner allowed it to continue. At one point, Magnus nearly won with the Falcon Arrow. A few seconds late, Styles nearly won with the Pele. After some more counters, submissions and offense, Styles shocked the world and won with the Spinal Tap.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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