No Surrender 2007: Jay Lethal’s Breakthrough Gives a Deep Card Its Best Moment

Team Pacman took the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Kurt Angle and Sting in 5:34, with Adam Jones credited for pinning Sting after Angle struck his own partner with an Angle Slam. Karen Angle's ringside distraction fed the breakdown between the outgoing champions; Jones and Ron Killings collected the belts despite the match giving them little time to establish a regular tag-team rhythm. The result matters to the title lineage, but Jones's limited in-ring involvement leaves the new champions' wrestling credibility less certain than the headline suggests. The C and 6.0 reflect a consequential championship change that was rushed and driven by the Angle–Sting feud rather than a sustained contest between established teams. SKIP the full match when selecting for athletic value, but the concluding title switch is historically useful.

Rhino ended his September 2007 grudge match against James Storm with a Gore through a table positioned inside the ring, pinning Storm after 9:26. Their fight had spilled through the crowd even before the official bell, giving the rivalry a rougher tone than a straightforward opening singles contest. Jackie Moore tried to intervene after the result and was driven away by another Gore; that postmatch attack did not alter Storm's recorded loss. The key viewing choice is the last table spot and its direct finish, not an imagined title consequence. The C+ and 6.8 recognize a serviceable personal-feud payoff with a clear winner, though it had less in-ring variety than the later X Division title upset or the tag contender gauntlet.

Robert Roode scored the fall over Kaz after avoiding a top-rope leg drop and landing the Pay Off around 13:50. Traci Brooks stood at ringside and visibly showed concern for Kaz, irritating Roode as the match progressed; that tension was part of the ongoing personal story rather than a second legal participant. Nearly fourteen minutes let both wrestlers trade offense instead of resolving the angle with an immediate interference ending. Roode's decisive move and Kaz's missed aerial attempt are more precise explanations of the result than a vague claim of momentum. B- at 7.3 credits an extended and mostly coherent singles match, but the midcard program did not carry the championship consequences of Jay Lethal's later victory.

Jay Lethal shocked Kurt Angle by countering an ankle-lock attempt into a roll-up for the pin at roughly 12:19, becoming TNA X Division Champion. Only the X Division title was at stake, so Angle's TNA World Heavyweight Championship survived this defeat and was still on the line against Abyss later in the evening. The reversal is important: Lethal did not submit Angle or benefit from a fabricated disqualification; he caught a dominant multi-title holder in a genuine three-count. The title change gave an established X Division performer a defining opportunity and became a focal point of the card. An A- and 8.6 make this an essential WATCH for the sudden finish, crowd reaction and immediate title-lineage consequence.

Chris Harris survived a short No Disqualification fight with Black Reign and pinned him with an inside cradle at about 5:12 while Reign argued with the referee over a weapon. The fight did not conclude through an official disqualification despite the weapon dispute; that distinction prevents confusing the stipulation with the actual result. Both men continued the violence afterward, using handcuffs and a chair before Reign placed his pet rat on Harris, but none of those postbell moments counts as the winning fall. This is more useful as a feud escalation than a substantial wrestling attraction. C- at 5.8 reflects the hurried match and aftermath; SKIP it when choosing the card's strongest bell-to-bell matches.

The Tag Team Gauntlet for the Gold began as a twenty-wrestler over-the-top battle royal representing ten teams. A.J. Styles and Alex Shelley were the final surviving men; the stipulation then brought in their respective partners, Tomko and Chris Sabin, for a concluding tag phase. Styles rolled up Sabin while grabbing the tights for leverage at about 25:37, earning Styles and Tomko a future TNA World Tag Team Championship opportunity rather than winning the belts at No Surrender. The wider field included Team 3D, LAX, Voodoo Kin Mafia, Triple X, Sonjay Dutt and Petey Williams, Raven and Havok, Eric Young and Shark Boy, and Lance Hoyt and Jimmy Rave. The B+ at 8.4 rewards the unpredictable twenty-person field and clear contender consequence, with the assisted final cover tempering the victory.

Christian Cage received the official win after Samoa Joe was disqualified around 15 minutes into their rivalry match. Joe became furious with referee Rudy Charles, struck him with a Samoan drop after the official repeatedly intervened, then attacked security and several wrestlers who tried to calm him. The result thus did not come from Cage pinning or submitting Joe. Their exchanges before the outburst gave the contest weight, but the deliberate disqualification denied the conclusive athletic finish a fifteen-minute match might have earned. Cage kept an official victory while Joe's attack pushed their hostility forward, a different result from beating him through superior wrestling. B at 7.6 and SKIM reflect the strong buildup and story-rich aftermath rather than an undisputed in-ring resolution.

Kurt Angle retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship by forcing Abyss to submit around 19:25, working over the challenger's ankle and removing his boot before securing the ankle lock into a heel hook. Angle had already lost the tag championship and the X Division championship earlier that night, which made this final defense central to avoiding a complete title collapse. Abyss took the sustained punishment but did not lose by a pin, countout or outside disqualification. The finish was decisive, even if having the monstrous challenger tap out was a divisive booking choice. After the bell, James Mitchell's ominous video and an arm dragging Abyss under the ring advanced another storyline; those events should not be described as part of Angle's legal victory. B+ at 8.0 makes the full match worth watching.