Official "LockDown 2011" Discussion Thread *CONTAINS SPOILERS*

[vantheman77]

I'm glad Sting retained as I predicted and I had a feeling Mickie James was going to win the TNA Knockouts title. Mickie is the first womens wrestler to hold all major women's titles and Madison is the longest-reigning TNA Knockouts Champion. I hope there's not a Sting Vs. Hulk Hogan again as it could be in Sacrifice, but I'm hoping for a Sting/ Ken Anderson one-on-one match as well.

[Canflam]

I'm not expecting Hogan & Sting to wrestle each other again. It was an enjoyable show, but I was shocked how Madison lost her title. Great match my Kurt & Jarrett, but was hoping Jeff would fight his own battle in this one. Oh well. Nice victory by The Blueprint who I'm guessing will be chasing the TNA Title soon.

[DarkDefender85]

I am glad AJ Styles is back because he IS TNA but having him feud with Fat Boy Dudley is a waste of his talent. He should be going after the World Title. I am also glad that Mickie is the first woman to hold every major Women title.

[Tnafan23]

i dont mind seeing hogan sting match one more time. just not for the tittle. i think its stings last year. go out with a bang. i did not see the ppv because i was working. i will catch the replay. i heard it was a good show

[NWAFAN]

That had to be one of the biggest US crowds in TNA history. The place looked pretty packed.

[John]

I think the AJ v Bubba feud will be Good.

As for Lockdown, I've seen the Pre-Show (D Von v the Mexican dude) and I've seen half of the PPV.. What a show.. Absolutely awful thus far. None of the matches have been special (I've seen up to Morgan v Hernandez). The opener was Alright, but completely forgettable and I was bored for the majority of the bout. Steiner's match was good. I think TNA could do so much more with The British Invasion, if done correctly. Madison v Mickie was good, as I capped it and didn't watch it xD.. Pope v Joe wasn't good. I just wasn't interested, and think the feud is flat. The match fell off a cliff after Pope's ass was exposed and the camera zoomed in to it. Morgan v Hernandez has been an alright match. Best match of the night so far is the Tag battle featuring Steiner.. I haven't seen the two main events yet.

[NWAFAN]

I think the AJ v Bubba feud will be Good.

As for Lockdown, I've seen the Pre-Show (D Von v the Mexican dude) and I've seen half of the PPV.. What a show.. Absolutely awful thus far. None of the matches have been special (I've seen up to Morgan v Hernandez). The opener was Alright, but completely forgettable and I was bored for the majority of the bout. Steiner's match was good. I think TNA could do so much more with The British Invasion, if done correctly. Madison v Mickie was good, as I capped it and didn't watch it xD.. Pope v Joe wasn't good. I just wasn't interested, and think the feud is flat. The match fell off a cliff after Pope's ass was exposed and the camera zoomed in to it. Morgan v Hernandez has been an alright match. Best match of the night so far is the Tag battle featuring Steiner.. I haven't seen the two main events yet.

I couldn't believe that they actually zoomed in to his ass. This PPV was flat until Mr Reliable Kurt Angle once again put on the match of the night.

Also, I believe they should get rid of the "every match in a cage" concept. Two or three cage matches is just fine.

[The Olympic Hero]

Overall, from what I saw, Lockdown was pretty good. The best match of the night was by far, Jeff Jarret vs. Kurt Angle. Even though Angle had to carry the match. Is it just me, or did anyone else think that Angle was either A: dead or B: seriously hurt, after the botch of the power bomb? Luckily(seemingly) he was ok. And I heard that he used the RKO, guess I missed that part, that's funny. And I don't see why Angle even tries the top of the cage moonsault, yeah, it's cool, if he can hit it. But it's mostly Jarret's fault, he was to close to the cage. And lethal Lockdown was pretty good. I'd really wish they'd let Daniels use his in ring abilities. The man is a beast. Instead of just having him jump of cages. Let him show what he's got.

[D.B.]

I'm usually the one defending TNA but for me that was more Letdown than Lockdown


Xscape match was solid but overdone and felt a bit rushed, plus the wrong guy won, I like Max Buck but the crowd needed a different winner just to help the PPV along

What the hell was that Bischoff promo about? I like Eric but that was a waste of time

4-team tag match was pretty average, again the wrong team won, I get it's heels winning to face Fortune and that makes sense but a Crimson/Steiner win would have had the crowd buzzing
BI are automatically heels again? great to see them together again but they deserved better from the match

Mickie vs Madison
I was really looking forward to this, wtf TNA? all that time building Madison for her to go down like that? bad, bad move
Coming after the Victory Road farce TNA should have changed this match, I understand that Mickie is still injured and Madison did take some nasty looking cage shots but it's still a big NO in my book, no TNA, just no

Pope vs Joe was decent at best, I wanted Joe to win but what happened to Pope's offense? actually what's happened to Pope? I've seen him perform far better
This fued has been a waste of time and both men have been weakend by it, hopefully TNA is finished with it

Hernandez vs Morgan, nobody cares, simple as that
It's strange that Morgan is the face when it showed him trying to kill Hernandez after their tag team split, a Hernandez win would have made more sense
A waste really, good selling by Hernandez after the match though

Angle vs JJ should have easily been MOTY, it wasn't
Good match and I enjoyed it, I even called JJ winning 5 minutes into the thing and was fine with it
I've said it before but to keep Kurt competing TNA need to keep him out of cage matches, that attempted top rope powerbomb that had Kurt land on his head was horrible to watch, at first glance I thought Angle had landed on his shoulders and neck (like when AJ took that nasty Gringo Killer from Homicide a few years back) maybe he's lucky he landed on his head but they need to stop that crap, Angle getting killed/paralyzed in the ring is not a good thing, nice nod to Orton from Kurt
WWE get crap for the happy ending to a lot of their big PPV matches but TNA could have done with it here, the crowd were desperate for an Angle win

3 way title match was decent, it could have been a bit slower paced but it was fine, I'm a bit surprised that Anderson didn't win considering how long he's been the focus of TNA

Lethal Lockdown was MOTN for me, which I wasn't expecting
I like Fortune's remixed theme but there was something of the boy band look about their entrance, nice to see/hear it was the "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels
Kaz is impressing me lately and I hope his fued with Matt continues, has Bubba/Bully lost a ton of weight?
Lots of good back and forth with some high levels of brutality, the spot on the cage was horrible to watch, it's going to go badly wrong one day but the leap from Daniels was pretty damn good, he was really trying to show he deserves a good spot in TNA
Great to see AJ back
Only downside was what they done to Flair, I like the guy and feel he can still put on a good match but they need to stop doing that to him


I only got properly into the show during the last 3 matches, that's not good, the Knockout's match would have changed that but we saw what happened there
Overall a decent to good PPV, I suppose, but TNA dropped the ball as it should have been a great PPV

[Roode17]

It was a strange Pay Per View in my opinon, I couldnt quite put my finger on it. The crowd looked huge but seemed pretty flat, sometimes the wrestlers didnt seem to perform and othertimes the booking seemed bad.

Xscape Match: The worst one I have seen and I cant understand the booking. These guys can steal the show, Red, Sabin, Lethal and J Buck. So I cant understand why Kendrick, M Buck and Robbie E were the last guys in, the most unexciting. Why couldnt Red or Sabin have stayed in longer and done some breath taking moves? People say the X division is dead, but you look back 5 years ago and the matches dont compare anymore. Shame had great potential.

Tag Match: Was good but strange. No one seemed to care about EY, the Brits have been booked aful since back, no real payoff or contact between Mooore and Steiner, strange. Flat finish I thought and again maybe because crowd wasnt to excited nor was I.

James vs Rayne: Obviously couldnt go long because of Mickies shoulder. I was cool with that, they can keep that feud going a little bit longer hopefully and have a rematch down the line, nicely done and nice selling from Rayne I thought.

Joe vs Pope:I must be the only person that enjoyed this match and feud. Yeah its been pointless, yes its been silly, but it has kept both these guys on TV and PPV's for the last 3 months and it had a good pay off I thought. Sort of reminded me of The Rock vs Billy Gunn from 1999 in a way. But overall I enjoyed the match, thought it could of bin better, nice the crowd were so into Joe and hopefully these guys can move up into the main event scene.

Morgan vs Hernandez: Dont care, never have. Bring back homicide, never put 2 giants together, simple.

Angle vs Jarrett: Wow what match, great selling by Jeff at the end. Kurt Angle is freaking insane, powerbomb or hurricanrunna, I dont know and then that moonsault, insane. Great match though, I thought the first fall with Jeff doing the sbumissions was great, 2nd fall was good and the end was brilliant. Guitar, anklelocks, falling of cage. I thought the storyline was perfect and I wasnt to dissapointed Jeff won. Was just an insane match where Kurt detsroyed him but Jeff got the win. Maybe match of the night, but hopefully these guys can move on now.

Sting vs RVD vs Anderson: Very good for what it was I thought. Great use of the 3 guys with the double moves. When Hogan come down I was like here we go, but nice booking. Great ovations for all three guys and I thought it was a very good match for the time limit and considering how bad RVD vs Anderson was last PPV, adding an ageing champion it was very good.

Lethal Lockdown: Good Lockdown. Great wrestling, great storytelling, good violence, nice return, great dive, awesome end to the night. Not to X Division, what Christopher Daniels does in that ring is perfect X Division style, getting the crowd going and great moves that make you go wow. He deserves that spot in TNA, I thought it was a great job overall!

So overally good PPV but just flat for some reason. That crowd did look great though, the biggest since Lockdown 2007 that I can remember. With that and the Carolina shows TNA can really improve the look of the company in highlight videos etc.

[General Rection]

I'm a bit surprised that Anderson didn't win considering how long he's been the focus of TNA

it looks like they're trying to create a "about Time" feel for his next world title reign

[NWAFAN]

One more thing, TNA needs to start taking all their PPV's on the road.

[TheManRicFlair]

Best PPV in Hogan/Bischoff era