 A.J. Styles challenged Sean Waltman with Jerry Lynn as the Special Guest Referee in another encounter promoted for No Surrender . At TNA 's previous PPV event Slammiversary on June 19 , then @-@ champion Styles defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a King of the Mountain match against Abyss , Monty Brown , Raven , and Waltman . Waltman and Styles created an alliance during the match , which ended when Waltman turned on Styles , costing him the championship as Raven went on to win the match . Styles and Waltman had a confrontation on the July 1 episode of Impact ! , which was stopped by Lynn . Styles asked for a match against Waltman from NWA Championship Committee member Larry Zbyszko on the July 8 episode of Impact ! . Zbyszko granted Styles his request only after making Lynn the Special Guest Referee . 
