TNA No Surrender Coverage: Another One Down for Lashley

With no Gail Kim or Ethan Carter III in action at No Surrender, there certainly was a few things missing, but quality performances in the ring more than outshines the lack of surprises and storyline drama.

Although it wasn’t their best show in New York City by a long shot, this week’s Impact Wrestling was a healthy medium that continues to make you think that the company has potential to be a viable #2 company in North America if they can find a television contract once their existing deal with Spike runs its course.

Matches:

No. 1 Contender’s Battle Royal: Taryn Terrell vs. Madison Rayne vs. Velvet Sky vs. Angelina Love vs. Rebel vs. Brittany vs. Havok: Away from furthering the drama between the Beautiful people and The Menagerie, this match was all about Havok. Eliminating everyone who stood in her way, the edgy newcomer won easily to claim a shot at the Knockouts title.

Kenny King w/ MVP vs. Chris Melendez: King was in control throughout until Melendez showed some athleticism by countering King’s finisher into a pinning combination. After the match however, King destroyed Melendez with his finisher and quickly stirred the pot on the microphone.

Homicide vs. X-Division Champion Samoa Joe: An athletic match with plenty of offense and near-falls. But in spite of all of the offense, Homicide could not put Joe away with the Cutter and after an attempt at the Gringo Killer, Joe wrapped him up with the Rear-Naked Choke for the win. After the match, James Storm hit the ring with The Great Sanada and the new-look Manik to take out the already-weakened Homicide and Joe.

Tag Team Championship Series – Match #3: Ladder Match: Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy vs. Bully Ray and Devon vs. TNA Tag Team Champions Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards: Another wild match full of hardcore spots. The fans were bloodthirsty and they got their wish on several occasions. Down a match to both Team 3D and the Hardy’s The Wolves had to bring it tonight and after Richards put Matt through a table with an insane Double Foot Stomp, he managed to knock Jeff off a ladder so Edwards could climb up n the win.

Bram vs. Gunner: Another rough match between two of the toughest guys in Impact Wrestling. Simply put, Bram is a monster and was able to even take care of the interfering Sam Shaw to ensure a win.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Lashley vs. Bobby Roode: Lashley, ever the dominate champion took it through Roode the entire match, but Roode dished out plenty of offense as well. After escaping from a pin following a Running Powerslam, Roode escaped the Spear and went for the Roode Bomb, but Lashley finally managed to hit the Spear for the win.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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