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ALEXANDER VS. SWANN, MASHA VS. MICKIE, BUSTED OPEN DEBATE & MORE: COMPLETE IMPACT WRESTLING NO SURRENDER 2023 COVERAGE

By David Tees on 2023-02-24 22:50:00

- Joe Hendry gets the microphone before the next match, Hendry talks about all the sins that have happened in Sin City. Hendry says the only sin the people have to worry about is not saying “we believe” in Hendry, Hendry says the people believe in him.

Impact Wrestling Digital Media Championship: Dot Combat Match - Joe Hendry (c) vs. Moose

The match begins with Moose attacking Hendry before the bell sounds, Moose attacks Hendry again once the ref call for the bell to start the match. Moose takes off his ring jacket and he chokes Hendry with it, Moose leaves the ring and he finds a Sega Dreamcast console. Moose also finds a keyboard and a steel chair, Hendry attacks Moose with the ring jacket before landing a few strikes. Hendry then hits Moose with the keyboard to the back, Moose recovers and he rakes the eyes of Hendry. Hendry quickly fights back and he sends Moose out of the ring, Hendry also leaves the ring before sending Moose into the ring post a few times. Moose recovers and he puts a swinging Hendry through a table with a uranage, Moose gets Hendry back in the ring before dropping him with a hard Irish whip into the corner. Moose grabs a steel chair and he sets it up in between the ropes in the corner, Moose angers Hendry and Hendry hits him with the Dreamcast. Hendry leaves the ring again and he returns with a children’s remote control car, Hendry drives the car into Moose and Moose destroys it. Hendry then hits a charging Moose with a slam followed by the Trust Fall, Hendry leaves the ring again and he returns with a box with a better remote control car in it.

Hendry brings the RC car into the ring and he throws it at the testicles of Moose, Moose fights back and he sends Hendry into the steel chair that was in the corner. Moose then hits Hendry with a sit out power bomb for a near fall, Moose grabs the steel chair and he sets it up in the corner again. Moose leaves the ring and returns with a bag filled with keyboard caps the get dumped in the ring, Hendry fights back and Moose hits him with a uranage. Moose goes to the top rope and Hendry throws keyboard caps at him, Hendry also climbs the ropes and he superplexes Moose onto the keyboard caps for a near fall. The competitors leave the ring and Moose finds another steel chair, Hendry finds a gaming chair and he tosses it into the ring. The competitors return to the ring and Hendry hits Moose with the gaming chair, Hendry then hits Moose with a power bomb onto the keyboard caps for a near fall. Hendry leaves the ring and he returns with a VR headset that he places on Moose, Moose starts dancing to a nightclub scene on the VR headset before a music video mocking him appears next.

Moose takes off the VR headset and Hendry sends him into a steel chair, Hendry then hits Moose with a cutter onto the keyboard caps for a near fall. Hendry goes for a Standing Ovation and Moose counters with a low blow for a near fall, Moose goes for a spear and Hendry counters with a roll up for a near fall. Moose goes for his own roll up with a handful of tights and Hendry counters with one of his own for a three count.

Winner: Joe Hendry, still your Impact Wrestling Digital Media Champion

- Gia Miller interviews Impact Wrestling Knockouts World Champion Mickie James, who says she has a whole lot on her plate right now. James claims she didn’t tap out to Jordynne Grace during their title bout, James says she knows what Masha Slamovich is capable of and James says her era as champion has just begun.

- Dave LaGreca makes his way to the ring for the in-ring edition of Busted Open Radio, LaGreca welcomes everybody to the first ever edition of Busted Open Radio on Impact Wrestling. LaGreca says both Bully Ray and Tommy Dreamer will get a chance to air their grievances tonight, LaGreca brings out Tommy Dreamer first and Bully Ray after that. Ray gets the chance to speak first and he stays silent for awhile before apologizing to Dreamer, Dreamer goes next and he says everything between them has gone beyond his apology. Dreamer question Ray’s motives and he talks about what Ray said about his dying mother, Ray goes next and he agrees with Dreamer that things have gone too far. Ray wants to eliminate the time restraint before apologizing to Dreamer again about what he said about his mother, Ray says he recently watched a documentary about the NWO. Ray talks about Kevin Nash getting emotional when talking about the late Scott Hall in the documentary, Ray says he and Dreamer are tighter than Nash and Hall. Ray talks about death and wanting to work things out with Dreamer before either pass away, Ray says he would attend Dreamer’s funeral and carry his casket.

Ray says that he wants to stay on good  terms with Dreamer for the good of Impact Wrestling and Busted Open Radio, Ray says he wants to make amends with Dreamer before either of them die. Dreamer says things have gone too far for handshakes or apologies and he wants them to go their separate ways, Dreamer thanks Ray for saying what he said. Ray grabs a canister of hot coffee and he tosses into the eyes of Dreamer, Ray knocks LaGreca down before hitting Dreamer with a coffee pot. Ray gets the microphone and he questions what Dreamer said to him, Ray asks Dreamer if he knows who he is. Ray knocks over the podium before heading backstage. 

- Gia Miller interviews Rich Swann, who says tonight is the night he regains the Impact World Heavyweight Championship. Steve Maclin interrupts and he says that he hopes Swann wins tonight because they could headline the Rebellion event, Maclin mentions how he has already defeated Swann. Swann says he will be more motivated to win tonight of Maclin becomes the top contender.

Impact World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Match: PCO vs. Steve Maclin vs. Heath vs. Brian Myers

The match begins with everybody attacking PCO, PCO shoves everybody over before dropping them multiple times with strikes. PCO uses a running clothesline to send himself and Maclin out of the ring, Myers then hits Heath with a pele kick to the head. Maclin grabs PCO and he shoves him into the ring post while Heath sends Myers out of the ring, Heath then takes out Myers and Maclin with a dive from the ring apron. Heath gets Maclin back in the ring and Myers drags Heath back out of the ring, Maclin then takes some people out with a suicide dive. PCO does a moonsault from the top rope to send everybody crashing to the arena floor, PCO follows up by hitting Maclin with a neck breaker on the entrance ramp. PCO finds Myers and he sends him right into the ring steps, PCO looks for a piledriver on the ring steps and Myers drops him with a back body drop onto the arena floor. Maclin and Myers work together to hit PCO with a double back suplex on the entrance ramp, Maclin and Myers then shove PCO under the ring before Heath attacks them. Myers gets Heath back in the ring before working him over alongside Maclin, Heath fights back and he knocks Myers out of the ring before getting dropped by Maclin.

After the match, Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel comes on stage and he says non-champions are occupying tonight’s show instead of him. Miguel wonders is people like AJ Styles would’ve been left off the show if he or other Impact Wrestling alumni were still in the company or X Division Champions.  Miguel insults PCO and PCO choke slams him onto the ring apron before landing a clothesline. 

Maclin follows up by hitting Heath with a uranage back breaker for a near fall, Maclin traps Heath in the corner while landing some strikes. Heath fights back and he propels a charging Maclin out of the ring, Myers returns to hit Heath with a knee strike for a near fall. Heath fights back and Myers hits him with a jumping flat liner, PCO returns and he gets back in the ring to battle Maclin. PCO then takes Myers out with a suicide dive, Heath returns to hit Maclin with a clothesline followed by a power slam for a near fall. Heath follows up by hitting Maclin with the Wake Up Call, PCO then hits Maclin with a swnaton bomb from the top rope. Myers returns and he rolls up Heath for a near fall, Myers follows up by landing a spear on Heath for another near fall. PCO returns and he nails Myers with an avalanche before dropping Heath, PCO then hits Myers with a reverse  DDT. PCO goes to the top rope and he nails Myers with a moonsault for a near fall, Eddie Edwards hits the ring and he nails PCO with a shovel. Edwards knocks PCO out of the ring and a bunch of officials come to the ringside area, Heath then hits Myers with the Wake Up Call. Maclin returns and he hits Heath with the KIA for a three count.

Winner: Steve Maclin

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