TNA Lockdown – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
During the half hour preview we got to see Danny Bonaduce facing Eric Young inside the 6 sides of steel. Some might remember Bonaduce was a part of the Hulk Hogan Celebrity Wrestling show, and did rather well. The match was nothing special, but Bonaduce held his own in the match. He hit a decent Swanton Bomb. In the end EY wrapped him up for a three count. After the match they exchanged a handshake, but then as EY turned away Bonaduce hit him from behind with the pair of nunchuks he had been using during the match. As he choked EY out, Rhyno came into the ring and waited for his chance to charge. Bonaduce laid on his back after a devastating Gore.
X-Division Championship Match
Champion Suicide vs. Jay Lethal vs. Consequences Creed vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir vs. Kiyoshi
Competitors are eliminated by pinfall or submission until there are just two remaining. At that point the winner is the first to escape from the six sides of steel. As always this X-Division match was fast paced and exciting. Kiyoshi was eliminated, followed by Consequences, and finally Jay Lethal. That left Bashir and Suicide fighting to escape from the cage. Suicide controlled most of the action. He climbed to the top of the six sides of steel and fought off Bashir’s attempt to stop him. Then Kiyoshi came back out, but security stopped him before he could interfere. Suicide saw Bashir trying to open the door so he could beat him to the floor and decided to leap from the top of the cage down onto the group of security and Kiyoshi to retain his X-Division title.
Queen of the Cage Match
Madison Rayne vs. Sojournor Bolt vs. Daffney vs. ODB
After battling for a few minutes ODB got the pinfall on Sojournor Bolt to become the Queen of the Cage. Cody Deaner joined her in the six sides of steel for a celebration.
Three Team Tornado Match for the New Japan Jr. Tag Team Championships
LAX (Homicide & Hernandez) vs. No Limit vs. Champions The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley)
Tornado rules means that all six competitors will be in the ring simultaneously, no tags needed. There was action everywhere in this match. Hernandez’s power controlled the early part of the match, but in the end it was the Guns that outlasted the competition. Sabin got the pin on Nito to retain their New Japan Jr. Tag titles.
Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match
Matt Morgan vs. Abyss
Before a competitor can win this match his opponent must be bleeding. Once your opponent is bleeding then and only then you can score a pinfall or submission. Morgan busted Abyss open early with a chair shot to the head. Abyss was losing a lot of blood. After Morgan took out the referee with a flying crossbody from the top rope Abyss woke up. He took a large shard of glass and drove it hard into Morgan’s forehead. It ripped him open, I believe it cut Abyss’s hand as well. Now both men were eligible to pin or make their opponent submit. the problem was referee Rudy Charles was laid out in the corner of the ring. When Abyss did try for a pin out came referee Slick Johnson, but it was too late. Morgan kicked out at two. Abyss then went outside of the cage to get a steel chair. As he was going back into the ring with the chair out came Dr. Stevie to stop him from using the chair. Mike Tenay tried to sound shocked when he saw it was Stevie Richards. As Abyss turned around Morgan hit him with a Carbon Footprint and nearly got the three count, but Abyss kicked out. After he put Morgan down for a bit he went out to the floor again and pleaded with Stevie to give him the chair. Stevie refused repeatedly and told him no more weapons, no more violence. Abyss turned and got a bag from under the ring. With a bag of broken glass already scatted about in the ring one could only assume this was the bag of thumbtacks. It indeed was the tacks. After he scattered them on the mat Dr. Stevie jumped into the ring and took off his jacket. At this point he began yelling at Abyss and then began slapping him repeatedly. Morgan was now back up and hit Abyss with a lowblow from behind. He then grabbed him and sort of powerbombed him down onto the tacks. Morgan then threw an arm over him and got the three count.
TNA Knockouts Championship Match
Champion Awesome Kong vs. Angelina Love vs. Taylor Wilde
This was a surprisingly good match for the most part. The Beautiful People wound up tying Kong’s hair to the cage to take her out of the match. Taylor Wilde flew off the top rope with a crossbody into a pin on Angelina Love. It seemed like Love’s head hit the mat hard. At the two count there was a kickout that was really just Wilde lifting up, Love didn’t move. she seemed a bit out of it. Another pin by Wilde, another kickout that wasn’t a kickout. she then sat her up and put on a sort of sleeper hole from behind so Rudy Charles could check on her. after a minute she let Love go and headed towards Kong. Kong kicked her down to the mat, and Love climbed on top for the pinfall. The winner and new TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love. Angelina could barely stand on her own, she was so out of it. I bet she didn’t realize she had won till well after the match.
Team 3D holding some of their many titles.
Philadelphia Street Fight
New Japan and TNA Tag Team Title Match
New Japan Champions Team 3-D vs. TNA Champions Beer Money, Inc.
This match had shades of the original ECW, right down to the fans chanting ECW at times. It didn’t take long for 3-D to move things outside of the six sides of steel. They moved into the crowd, up the stairs to the top of the first level, into a luxury box, and back down again. Brother Ray had the door to the cage rammed into his head and was the first to bleed. After that Beer Money set up a table and the steel ring steps next to one another. They took Devon and suplexed him from the top of the steps through the table. It took him some time to recover. In the meantime they locked themselves in the ring with Ray. He fought back and hit a Super Bubba Bomb from the top rope on Robert Roode. Davon came back in and the hit the 3-D, but couldn’t get the three count. Ray got Storm up on his shoulders and Devon hit him with a clothesline from the top rope, but it was still only good for a two count. Next they did the What’s Up move on Robert Roode. Next there was a familiar phrase used. So familiar that Ray didn’t even have to say it, the crowd said it in unison for him – Devon, Get the Tables! It took too long though, and by the time Ray had the table set up Beer money was on their feet and took control of the match. Of course now that there was a table in the ring the Philly fans started chanting for fire. They would get a two count on Devon. They would both climb to the top rope, but Ray rolled out of the way of both of their moves. Roode hit a Spinebuster on Ray. then Storm tried to slam the cage door into Devon who was thrown into it by Roode, but Devon reversed it and Roode’s head met the door instead. As Roode turned around he was hit with the 3-D through the table. Ray then pinned Roode for the victory. World Tag Team Domination was achieved by Team 3-D. The now 22-time World Tag Team Champions now hold both the New Japan titles and the TNA titles.
Lethal Lockdown Match
Team Jarret – Jeff Jarret, Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, and Christopher Daniels
vs.
Team Angle – Kurt Angle, Booker T, Scott Steiner, and Kevin Nash
Kurt Angle is first out for his Main Event Mafia team, while Christopher Daniels is first out for his team for the five minute opening session. The first segment was pretty evenly matched. Next out was Booker T. Once he hit the ring the numbers game took over. For the two minute segment they pounded on Daniels. A.J. was out next for Team Jarret and once he was in the ring things turned around. He and Daniels worked well as a team to dominate the two minutes until Scott Steiner came out. When Steiner hit the ring it was like it was 15 years ago. He started off with a few Steiner Lines, then a Belly to Belly Suplex off the top rope, and then to cap it off, a FrankenSteiner! Next out was Joe, but when it was time to go he was in the middle of talking to somebody in the back. When he did make it to the ring he took control if things until Nash came out a minute later. At that point Nash turned everything around again. The final man out was Jeff Jarret. They lowered the roof of the cage and Jarret was setup and waiting to grab the weapons. After a couple of minutes Angle managed to break through in a spot so he could get on top of the cage. A.J. followed him, and after fighting a bit near the edge angle crawled back into the ring. A.J. decided to get back in the ring using a different route. He jumped onto a section of the roof that gave way and allowed him to bust through. his landing wasn’t a very good one on the mat. during that commotion Daniels attempted the first pin on Angle, but only got a two count. At this point Team Jarret seemed to have control for a bit. Joe hit a Muscle Buster on Steiner, but Booker hit him with a kick to the head. Then A.J. managed to get back on his feet and start fighting Booker. He was holding Booker as Jarret moved in with a chair. Booker moved, and Jarret hit A.J. with the chair instead. It was only good for a two count from Angle’s pin. At this point Joe pushed Jarret and asks him what he’s doing. This allowed Angle to come up from behind and hit the Angle Slam on Joe. This started a series of two counts going back and forth from team to team. Jarret then reached up and got the guitar. With Booker and A.J. standing side by side Jarret chose to swing the guitar and hit Booker over the head with it. A.J. then got the three count on Booker. As team Jarret stood in the ring raising their hands in victory the lights went out and a new music played.
The music was from that former champion they rumored was coming to TNA. It was Bobby Lashley! Judging from the looks on their faces Angle seemed happy to see him, while Jarret not so much. Could Lashley be a new member of the Main Event Mafia? Regardless, woohoo it will be great to have Lashley back in a wrestling ring, be it 4 or 6 sided!
TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Champion Sting vs. Cactus Jack
Cactus came to the ring in the wanted dead or alive shirt, and the leopard print boots, along with a barbed wire bat. He did spare us the wearing of the spandex leopard print though, opting instead for the sweats and flannel vest.
The match went back and forth a bit. Cactus tried to climb out of the ring at every chance he got. The third time Sting came up behind him and clipped his knee while he was on the top rope. As Cactus fell his foot got stuck between the turnbuckle and the cage in a bad way. It seemed like his ankle was really hurt. Sting kept going after that same leg and ankle after that. Cactus got it turned around a bit, but was unable to climb again, he could barely stand. He hit a swinging neckbreaker, and then a double arm DDT, but still only got a 2 count. He then tried to use the Scorpion Deathlock to make Sting tap, but Sting got out of it rather quickly. Then Cactus demanded that they unlock the door to the cage. when they wouldn’t do that he did a Baseball Slide and hit one of the cameramen with it. He then tried to crawl through the hole in the cage for the camera to escape from the cage. Sting caught him though before he could make it out and put on the Scorpion Deathlock. Cactus was able to reach through the cage still. He asked the same cameraman that he had just kicked to give him his barbed wire bat. The cameraman reached over and handed it to him. Sting didn’t realize he had the bat and charged at him, but Cactus held the bat up and stopped him in his tracks. after three sings and three misses of the bat Sting managed to kick and punch him a few times. Once he was on his back on the mat Sting started to climb the cage to escape. Cactus got up and could reach his legs. He swung the bat and hit Sting right in the back of the knee with the bat. Sting tried to climb again, and got another shot in the back of the knee. This one made him fall to the mat. As Cactus charged at Sting with the bat he was tripped and fell to the mat, his finger and hand hit the barbed wire. Now Sting had control of the bat. He swung and connected with two shots to Cactus’s stomach, and then two to his back. By now the barbed wire was beginning to unravel a bit from the bat. Sting then got behind hm and placed the bat in front of his head. Immediately Cactus raised his foot for a low blow to stop the bat from doing too much damage to his face. Cactus jabbed the bat into Sting’s forehead, then dropped an elbow onto him using the bat simultaneously. Now you could see Sting bleeding from the top of his head. Out came Mr. Socko, but this time he took the barbed wire and wrapped it around the sock and his hand and punched Sting in the head with it. With Sting now sitting in a corner Cactus went to the opposite corner and charged at him. He put the bat between him and Sting as he made contact. This sent him reeling in pain also, but Sting took the brunt of the shot. Cactus started to climb the cage. When Sting realized Cactus already had one leg over the top of the cage. Sting tried to quickly climb up and over, but he just couldn’t do it fast enough. Cactus feel from the top of the cage to the floor. the winner of the match and NEW TNA World Heavyweight Champion Cactus Jack. . . Mick Foley!
Wow, what a pay-per view! It was so cool to see both Bubba Ray and Devon Dudley (That’s right I called the Dudleys! They are in Philly, and will ALWAYS be Dudleys, no matter what McMahon’s lawyers say.) return to Philly and win another tag team championship. Even better for them to do it in ECW-esque fashion. Also nice to see Cactus make his return to Philly and go hardcore again while winning another title.
McMahon must have been fuming when those he pays to watch all TNA events reported back to him that Mick was now a champion again, and that Bobby Lashley is now a member of TNA. I can’t wait to see Lashley in action again!
The rest of the card was pretty good too, but in Philly those were by far the two best.
One last note – now that the Dudleys and Cactus Jack are on top of the world at the same time again – maybe they can talk Too Cold Scorpio into joining TNA and create a TNA Television title for him to win.
