No Surrender (2015) (also known as '' Impact Wrestling: No Surrender'') was a
professional wrestling
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event produced by
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
(TNA). It took place at the
Impact Wrestling Zone
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in
Orlando, Florida
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on June 27, 2015. It was the eleventh event under the
No Surrender No Surrender may refer to:
Politics
* "No Surrender!", a British Unionist slogan originating from Siege of Derry now used in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and England
*No Surrender (to the IRA), a political chant since used by England football fans
...
chronology and aired as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of ''
Impact Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
'' on
Destination America
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on August 5, 2015.
Six
professional wrestling matches
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were contested at the event. The
main event
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was a
Full Metal Mayhem match for the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship
The Impact World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It is the promotion's principal championship. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result o ...
, in which
Ethan Carter III
Michael Hutter (born March 18, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Ethan Carter III (or simply EC3). EC3 is a co-founder of Control Your Narrative. He also performs on the independent circuit. He ...
successfully defended the title against
Matt Hardy
Matthew Moore Hardy (born September 23, 1974) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his time with WWE.
With his real life brother Jeff, Hardy gained notoriety in WWF's tag team d ...
. The undercard notably featured
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his time with Impact Wrest ...
' last match in TNA against
Rockstar Spud
James Michael Curtin (born 30 January 1983) is an English former professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE as a writer on Raw. During his time as an on screen performer in the company, he worked under the ring name Drake Maverick. H ...
, which stipulated that if Aries won then he would take Spud's "Rockstar" nickname and if Spud won then Aries would have to leave TNA, which Aries lost.
Storylines
No Surrender featured
professional wrestling matches
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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portrayed
villains
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,
heroes
Heroes or Héroes may refer to:
* Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good
Film
* ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama
* ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film
Gaming
* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
, or
less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Event
Preliminary matches
The event kicked off with a match between
Mr. Anderson and
Bram
Bram may refer to:
People
* Bram (given name)
* Bram (surname)
* Bram (wrestler) (born 1986), ring name of professional wrestler Thomas Raymond Latimer
* Bram Tchaikovsky (born 1950), stage name of British musician Peter Bramall
* Bram Stoker Iris ...
. Bram tried to hit Anderson with a microphone but Anderson countered with a
small package
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Background
A pinfall is a victory condi ...
and pinned Bram for the win. Bram hit Anderson with the microphone after the match.
After the match,
James Storm
James Allen Cox (born June 1, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name James Storm. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling.
He started his career in 1997 and after working on several independent pr ...
cut a promo insulting his
Revolution
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teammate
Khoya
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and Khoya retaliated by hitting a ''
Sky High'' to Storm and proclaimed that his name was Mahabali Shera.
Next,
Gail Kim
Gail Kim-Irvine (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she serves as a producer. In Impact Wrestling she was the inaugural and record setting seven-time Knockou ...
took on The Dollhouse (
Taryn Terrell
Taryn Nicole Dryden (née Terrell; born December 28, 1985) is an American Model (person), model, Actor, actress, stuntwoman, ring announcer, and a retired professional wrestler.
She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling, Total Nonstop ...
,
Jade
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and
Marti Bell
Martibel Payano (born August 7, 1988) is an Dominican-American professional wrestler who is currently signed with National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and is a former NWA World Women's Tag Team Champion. She is best known for working for Total Nons ...
) in a
3-on-1 Handicap match. Dollhouse triple teamed Kim throughout the match until Kim gained momentum which led to Terrell retreating from the ring and she escaped through the crowd. Kim then countered a
double suplex
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by Jade and Bell and
dropkick
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ed both of them and nailed an ''
Eat Defeat'' to Bell for the win.
Next,
Eli Drake
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took on
Drew Galloway
Andrew McLean Galloway IV (born 6 June 1985) is a Scottish professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Drew McIntyre.
McIntyre is a two-time WWE Champion, one-time WWE Int ...
. Drake poked Galloway in the eye and rolled him up and grabbed the ropes for leverage to pin him for the win.
Later,
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his time with Impact Wrest ...
took on
Rockstar Spud
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in a match which stipulated that if Aries won then he would get Spud's "Rockstar" nickname and if Spud won then Aries would be forced to leave TNA. Spud countered a
back superplex by Aries into an ''
Underdog
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'' for the win, thus forcing Aries to leave TNA.
This was followed by the penultimate match of the event between Mahabali Shera and James Storm. Storm hit Shera with a cowbell, thus getting disqualified.
Main event match
The main event was a
Full Metal Mayhem match, in which
Ethan Carter III
Michael Hutter (born March 18, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Ethan Carter III (or simply EC3). EC3 is a co-founder of Control Your Narrative. He also performs on the independent circuit. He ...
defended the
World Heavyweight Championship against
Matt Hardy
Matthew Moore Hardy (born September 23, 1974) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his time with WWE.
With his real life brother Jeff, Hardy gained notoriety in WWF's tag team d ...
. After knocking off EC3 through a table with a
diving leg drop
Aerial techniques, also known as "high-flying moves" are maneuvers in professional wrestling using the ring's posts and ropes as aids, in many cases to demonstrate the speed and agility of smaller, nimble and acrobatically inclined wrestlers prefer ...
from a ladder, Hardy climbed the ladder to retrieve the title belt. EC3 then hit a chair to Hardy's knee and then kicked his knee out to send Hardy to the mat and then climbed the ladder and retrieved the title belt to retain the title.
Results
References
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2015 in professional wrestling
2015 American television episodes
2010s American television specials
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Events in Orlando, Florida