[Srdjan99]

No Surrender 2012


Bound For Glory Series Semi-Final Match
Jeff Hardy vs. Samoa Joe

I would have preferred to see Joe win here to continue my dream of seeing the Aries/Joe feud renewed in TNA, but the match itself was hot stuff with bot guys working hard and busting out all the swank counters you expect. Great kick-start to the show. ***1/2


Bound For Glory Series Semi-Finals Match
Bully Ray vs. James Storm

There was a solid match here mostly, but the beginning and end dragged it down a bit. Lots of stalling followed by a cliched ref-crazy finish, but the middle portion of the match was quite good. ** 1/2


TNA Knockouts Title Match
Miss Tessmacher © vs. Tara

Tara helped carry the load for most of the match but Tessmacher didn't look terrible either, and the "teacher vs. student" trope is a classic story that's hard to mess up. **1/4

TNA X-Division Title Match
Zema Ion © vs. Sonjay Dutt

Spectacularly solid title defense by Ion and Dutt looks just as great as he ever did. ***


Rob Van Dam vs. Magnus

Good, but nothing you can't see on TV every week for free **


TNA Tag Team Title Match
Christopher Daniels/Kazarian © vs. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle

This was actually even better than their first encounter as we had the added backstory and more time to develop things here and god damn did they deliver in spades as all four men were busting out new and innovative double-team moves everywhere. This was absolutely fantastic, the best American tag team match I've seen in 2012 certainly. ****


Bound For Glory Series Finals Match
Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy


This one took a bit to get going and it started off giving you the implication that Bully would win quickly but begrudgingly and earn the fans respect in a way, but instead they did a total 360 mid-match and had Jeff make the whole babyface comeback and win the BFG series clean to justify his redemption story. Solid story told in the match and though it was a bit finisher-heavy, it served it's purpose well and ended the show on a high note. ***


Final thoughts:


When I have seen it live, id didn't look so good, but I have rewatched it yesterday and it was highly entertaining. No Surrender was always for me, only a filler for BFG, complete with a last-minute announced card and all. But this was a very good show, Thumb Up for TNA. My final rating is : 8.5/10

[Merc_With_A_Mouth]

So the Observer awards came out today. Figured I'd post where TNA ranked among things.

Figured I would post what TNA won in the WON Awards here.

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)
6. Austin Aries (2) 157
7. Bobby Roode (10) 130

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
6. Austin Aries (20) 358
Honorable Mentions: A.J. Styles 84, Kurt Angle 70

FEUD OF THE YEAR
10. Bobby Roode vs. James Storm (22) 203
Honorable Mentions: Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode 117, A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels 90

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR
1. CHRISTOPHER DANIELS & KAZARIAN (373) 2,248

MOST IMPROVED
5. Bully Ray (25) 344
10. Frankie Kazarian (18) 173
Honorable Mentions: Austin Aries 158, Magnus 155

BEST ON INTERVIEWS
5. Christopher Daniels (12) 299
7. Bully Ray (22) 284
10. Austin Aries (8) 167

MOST CHARISMATIC
10. Austin Aries (1) 117

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER
7. Austin Aries (13) 273

BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER)
3. Bully Ray (71) 726
Honorable Mentions: Samoa Joe 106, James Storm 79

BEST FLYING WRESTLER
Honorable Mention: A.J. Styles 217

MOST OVERRATED
3. Garett Bischoff (55) 405
5. Ken Anderson (9) 295
7. Matt Morgan (21) 240
9. Rob Van Dam (14) 142
Honorable Mention: Devon 128

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
6. Total Nonstop Action (18) 324

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
1. TNA IMPACT (122) 1,043

PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR
Honorable Mention: A.J. Styles & Kurt Angle vs. Christopher Daniels & Kazarian 6/10 Arlington, TX 97

BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
7. Mike Tenay (10) 192

WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
2. Taz (117) 1,242
7. Todd Keneley (17) 184
10. Mike Tenay (8) 90

BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW
10. TNA Destination X 7/8 Orlando (2) 184
Honorable Mentions: TNA Slammiversary 6/10 Arlington, TX, 157

WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW
4. TNA Against All Odds 2/12 Orlando 74
5. TNA Genesis 1/8 Orlando 39
7. TNA Lockdown 4/15 Nashville 28
9. TNA No Surrender 9/9 Orlando 23
Honorable Mention: TNA Sacrifice 5/13 Orlando 18

BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER
6. Sonjay Dutt moonsault double foot stomp 29

WORST TELEVISION SHOW
2. TNA Impact 199

WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
5. Gunner vs. Kris Lewis 8/23 Orlando 38
9. Gunner vs. Garett Bischoff 2/12 Orlando 21

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR
2. TNA vs. Aces and 8s 192
6. A.J. Styles vs. Claire Lynch 19

WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1. TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION 269

BEST GIMMICK
1. JOSEPH PARK 154
9. Bully Ray 17

WORST GIMMICK
1. ACES AND 8S 163
4. Claire Lynch 90
8. Joseph Park 18

[Jack Evans 187]

So iMPACT gets best weekly TV show along with 2nd worst tv show? Yeah, makes sense.

[TripleG]

Joseph Park got best gimmick? Yep! I agree with that.

But how can Impact get Best Wrestling TV show and 2nd Worst? I mean....Jesus.

[Jeff Hardy Hater]

That was a shitty poll.

[Merc_With_A_Mouth]

Just 199 people thought Impact was the worst. Raw beat it with a score of 319 people voting it the worst.

[Defrost]

Originally Posted by Jack Evans 187

So iMPACT gets best weekly TV show along with 2nd worst tv show? Yeah, makes sense.

Quirk of the voting. WWE having 10,000 shows skews things.

[Obfuscation]

How did TNA vs Aces & Eights get voted as a worse feud of Styles & Claire Lynch?

I guess Daniels SWAG during all of that was far too good to not make it a complete bust.

[TripleG]

And why are the Aces & Eights getting shit on in general? I mean come on, the storyline has taken some directions recently that are bad, but overall the gimmick had some steam early on and I thought there was some interesting ideas put into it.

AJ & Lynch was much much worse than anything else TNA did this year, so no doubt that should be it. Hell, if Aces & Eights 2 was 2 and AJ/Lynch is as low as 6, then what the hell was one and what the hell were the feuds that came 3-5?

[Obfuscation]

I could see them ranking Cena vs Johnny Ace at #1. Which did stink, but nothing trumped Claire Lynch for me as the worst angle of 2012.