Santino’s daughter manipulates him into Knockouts title match at TNA No Surrender

The card for TNA No Surrender is taking shape, and one of the stories is Arianna Grace manipulating Santino Marella into granting her a shot at the Knockouts Championship.

Not too long ago, Arianna broke her father’s heart by attacking him. Arianna called Santino a deadbeat dad. A few weeks went by, and Arianna suddenly changed her tune. She claimed to feel embarrassed by her actions, and she put some of the blame on Stacks putting ideas in her head. The abrupt apology seemed fishy, but Santino couldn’t stay mad at his baby girl.

Fast forward to Thursday night on Impact (Feb. 5, 2026). Arianna’s plan became clear. She emotionally manipulated Santino into booking a title match for her. Santino knew that this nepotism would look bad to the locker room, however, Arianna said this act could make up for missing her sweet sixteen when he was on the road.

Santino officially booked the match.

The current lineup for No Surrender includes:

• Mike Santana & Leon Slater vs. Nic Nemeth & Eddie Edwards
• Knockouts Championship: Lei Ying Lee (c) vs. Arianna Grace
• TNA International Championship: Stacks (c) vs. Trey Miguel
• Hardys & Righteous vs. Order 4

The main event centers around sharks circling Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship. Nic Nemeth still has the Call You Shot trophy to cash in as he pleases. Eddie Edwards earned a future title shot in Feast or Fired. Daria Rae wants Leon Slater to consider Option C as X-Division champion, which is a clause to cash in for a world title shot in exchange for vacating the X-Division title.

Trey Miguel earned his International title shot through Feast of Fired. Stack made a statement to ambush Trey.

The Righteous don’t want to fight the Hardys. They want to stand by their side. During Impact, the Hardys were attacked by the System. TNA made this 8-man tag against Order 4 instead.

No Surrender takes place on Friday, February 13 from Nashville, TN.

Share your thoughts on the No Surrender card so far from TNA. What do you think will be the payoff to the story with Santino and his daughter?