The 2013 No Surrender (also known as Impact Wrestling: No Surrender) was the ninth No Surrender professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on September 12, 2013 at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri. Unlike the previous events, this event was not be held on pay-per-view (PPV) and instead, like Destination X and Hardcore Justice, was featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling.
Five matches were contested at the event including a pre-show match. The event concluded the 2013 Bound for Glory Series, as A.J. Styles defeated Magnus in the tournament final to earn himself a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at Bound for Glory. Also at the event, Bully Ray successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Mr. Anderson in a Last Man Standing match.
Production
Background
In 2013, TNA announced that it was discontinuing most of the pay-per-views and would run pay-per-view events on quarterly basis a year and instead introduced the pre-taped One Night Only pay-per-view events. No Surrender was also dropped as a pay-per-view event and instead resumed as a special episode of TNA's flagship television program Impact Wrestling.
Storylines
No Surrender featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The show was centered around the 2013 Bound for Glory Series. On the August 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, TNA General Manager Hulk Hogan announced that the knockout stage of the BFG Series would take place at No Surrender on September 12 and announced that a gauntlet match would take place on the September 5 Impact Wrestling, where all the 12 participants of the BFG Series would participate and the winner would gain 20 points in the series. A.J. Styles won the gauntlet and became the leader in the BFG Series points with Magnus, Austin Aries and Bobby Roode being ranked next to Styles in the rankings respectively, thus determining the Final Four of the BFG Series who would qualify for the knockout stage at No Surrender. Styles was be given the opportunity to choose his semi-final opponent due to being points leader and he chose Aries as his opponent due to him losing Aries earlier in the tournament, thus setting up Styles versus Aries and Roode versus Magnus in the semifinals at No Surrender.
At Hardcore Justice, Tito Ortiz revealed himself to be the newest member of Aces & Eights by turning on Rampage Jackson by hitting him with a hammer, which distracted Chris Sabin enough for Aces & Eights leader Bully Ray to defeat him in a steel cage match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The Aces & Eights Vice President Mr. Anderson took exception to Ortiz' inclusion into the group and said that Ray had to discuss with the group and vote before adding Ortiz into the group but Ray said that Anderson better not be sensitive and take care of his own business. Ray then revealed that the only "Brooke" that matter in his life was Brooke Tessmacher and not Hulk Hogan's daughter Brooke Hogan, whom he had used to reach to the top and win the World Heavyweight Championship. On the August 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, Hulk Hogan announced that Ray would defend the title against a member of Aces & Eights at No Surrender. On the September 5 episode of Impact Wrestling, Anderson revealed himself to be that Aces & Eights member by costing Ray, a no disqualification match against Sting by tossing the hammer away from Ray while Sting had applied a Scorpion Deathlock on Ray. At No Surrender, Hogan added a stipulation to the title match that it would be a last man standing match.
Event
Pre-show
During a taping for the September 18 episode of Xplosion prior to the start of the event, Kazarian defeated Chris Sabin by reversing a sunset flip attempt into a roll-up and pinned Sabin by using the ropes for leverage.
Preliminary matches
During the first 2013 Bound for Glory Series semi-final match, A.J. Styles competed against Austin Aries. Styles performed a Styles Clash from the middle rope onto the mat on Aries for the win.
The second semi-final match featured Magnus against Bobby Roode. Magnus was able to pin Roode with a jackknife to advance to the final round against A.J. Styles.