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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||
| Date | September 9, 2012 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | Impact Zone | ||
| Attendance | 1,100 | ||
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The 2012No Surrender was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view event produced byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) that took place on September 9, 2012 at theImpact Wrestling Zone inOrlando, Florida.[1] It was the eighth and final annualNo Surrender under its chronology. The event hosted the culmination of theBound for Glory Series, which determined the number one contender for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship atBound for Glory.
In October 2017, with the launch of theGlobal Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[2]
| Other on-screen personnel | |
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| Commentator | Mike Tenay |
| Taz | |
| Ring announcer | Jeremy Borash |
| Referee | Rudy Charles |
| Mark "Slick" Johnson | |
| Andrew Thomas | |
| Interviewers | Jeremy Borash |
No Surrender featured sevenprofessional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
The primary matches on the card center around the conclusion of theBound for Glory Series. The top four in the standings based on points wereJames Storm,Samoa Joe,Bully Ray, andJeff Hardy. As the final four, they advanced to the one night tournament at the PPV that will determine the ultimate winner. As points leader, Storm had the option to choose his opponent in the semi-finals, and selected Bully Ray (due to Ray making accusations about Storm being involved withAces & Eights and because in the previous year, Bully Ray beat James Storm in a Bound for Glory semi-final match), leaving Joe vs Hardy as the other semi-final. The winners of those matches will meet in the finals where the winner receives aTNA World Heavyweight Championship match atBound for Glory.
Another major match on the card features TNA World ChampionAustin Aries challenging any member ofAces & Eights to a fight. After weeks of attacks on Aries by the renegade group, Aries had threatened a lower level member of the group in exchange for a fight at the PPV, specifically targeting the large enforcer known as "Arm Breaker".
Another storyline on the card featuresRob Van Dam going againstMagnus. After Van Dam was eliminated from the final four, Magnus mocked him in backstage by saying that Van Dam can't reach the bar anymore and isn't the man he once was, which resulted in Van Dam punching Magnus in the face. They start fighting until Security run in to separate them.
The top midcard match featuresChristopher Daniels andKazarian defending theTNA World Tag Team Championship against former championsAJ Styles andKurt Angle. After the revelation that Daniels and Kazarian had fabricated the whole Claire Lynch pregnancy story to blackmail Styles, Styles vowed revenge, and is using his rematch clause to challenge for the titles that Daniels and Kazarian won from Styles and Angle in June.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | Jeff Hardy defeatedSamoa Joe | 2012 Bound for Glory Series Semi-Final match | 12:34 | ||
| 2 | Bully Ray defeatedJames Storm | 2012 Bound for Glory Series Semi-Final match | 13:54 | ||
| 3 | Miss. Tessmacher (c) defeatedTara | Singles match for theTNA Women's Knockout Championship | 06:55 | ||
| 4 | Zema Ion (c) defeatedSonjay Dutt | Singles match for theTNA X Division Championship | 11:32 | ||
| 5 | Rob Van Dam defeatedMagnus | Singles match | 10:07 | ||
| 6 | Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels andKazarian) (c) defeatedA.J. Styles andKurt Angle | Tag Team match for theTNA World Tag Team Championship | 19:30 | ||
| 7 | Jeff Hardy defeated Bully Ray | 2012 Bound for Glory Series final match | 12:23 | ||
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