TNA Lockdown 2012
TNA Lockdown 2012 (4/15/2012)- Nashville, TN
TEAM GARRETT SEGMENT- good
LETHAL LOCKDOWN MATCH IN WHICH THE LOSING TEAM’S BISCHOFF MUST LEAVE TNA: Garrett Bischoff, Rob Van, Dam, Austin Aries, AJ Styles, & Mr. Anderson vs. Eric Bischoff, Gunner, Bully Ray, Kazarain, & Christopher Daniels- 7.5/10
Great opener, which told its story extremely well. I really enjoyed Bischoff’s hiding, Good stuff. My only problem with this match was the “Eric beating on Garrett” portion of the match went on a bit too long for Garrett to get up as quickly as he did.
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: Samoa Joe & Magnus(c) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns- 6.25/10
Disappointingly short.
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA TV TITLE: Devon(c) vs. Robbie E. (w/Rob Terry)- 3.75/10
It had no build on TV and the match only went four minutes. Why was this on PPV? The only semi-decent thing about this was the aftermath, which is the sort of thing that you do on TV to lead up to a PPV match! If you cut this out of the PPV, between Robbie’s promo, the entrances, the match, and the aftermath, you have saved yourself ten minutes that could have gone to something else (like, perhaps the “disappointingly short” Tag Team Title match).
MATT MORGAN PROMO- good
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA KNOCKOUTS’ TITLE: Gail Kim(c) (w/Madison Rayne) vs. Velvet Sky- 4.25/10
Taz and Tenay completely no-sold all of Gail’s heel tactics in this match, which really pissed me off. They are just horrible announcers.
HOGAN & FLAIR SEGMENT- a horrendous waste of time (ELEVEN MINUTES!) that resulted in Flair looking dumb and building towards Hogan vs. Flair… IN 2012! If you absolutely had to do a segment like this, it should have been done on Impact this week, not on the PPV.
STEEL CAGE MATCH: Matt Morgan vs. Crimson- 4.75/10
The were definitely holding back here. I loved the finish, though. Morgan gets the moral victory but Crimson gets the win, thus keeping his streak intact.
STEEL CAGE MATCH: Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy- 7.75/10
It really felt liked they just skipped the middle of the match and went from the preliminary stuff straight to the finishers. Still, a great match.
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM TITLES: Eric Young & ODB(c) vs. Sarita & Rosita- 3.25/10
ODB beats Sarita & Rosita pretty much single-handedly, making them look bad.
BOBBY ROODE PROMO- decent
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Bobby Roode(c) vs. James Storm- 8.5/10
An awesome match that told a great story. I don’t think it is possible to watch this match and not be 100% behind James Storm. If I were booking it, I probably would have had Storm go over clean, but I can’t deny that the finish worked as I was just filled with this horrible feeling of disappointment and sadness. The type of feeling that, although you know that life isn’t fair, still makes you want to cry about how unfair it can be.
Overall, a very up and down PPV for TNA. The main matches all delivered, but nothing else did, and I can certainly see others liking the finish to the main event a lot less than I did.
STUPID ANNOUNCER QUOTES:
1. Taz misuses the term “sacrificial lamb.”
2. Tenay- “no weak links on Team Eric”- Ummm… what about Eric himself? He is not a trained wrestler! That seems to make him a major weak link.
3. Tenay miscalls a freakin’ SUPER ANGLE SLAM as a suplex.
TEAM GARRETT SEGMENT- good
LETHAL LOCKDOWN MATCH IN WHICH THE LOSING TEAM’S BISCHOFF MUST LEAVE TNA: Garrett Bischoff, Rob Van, Dam, Austin Aries, AJ Styles, & Mr. Anderson vs. Eric Bischoff, Gunner, Bully Ray, Kazarain, & Christopher Daniels- 7.5/10
Great opener, which told its story extremely well. I really enjoyed Bischoff’s hiding, Good stuff. My only problem with this match was the “Eric beating on Garrett” portion of the match went on a bit too long for Garrett to get up as quickly as he did.
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: Samoa Joe & Magnus(c) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns- 6.25/10
Disappointingly short.
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA TV TITLE: Devon(c) vs. Robbie E. (w/Rob Terry)- 3.75/10
It had no build on TV and the match only went four minutes. Why was this on PPV? The only semi-decent thing about this was the aftermath, which is the sort of thing that you do on TV to lead up to a PPV match! If you cut this out of the PPV, between Robbie’s promo, the entrances, the match, and the aftermath, you have saved yourself ten minutes that could have gone to something else (like, perhaps the “disappointingly short” Tag Team Title match).
MATT MORGAN PROMO- good
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA KNOCKOUTS’ TITLE: Gail Kim(c) (w/Madison Rayne) vs. Velvet Sky- 4.25/10
Taz and Tenay completely no-sold all of Gail’s heel tactics in this match, which really pissed me off. They are just horrible announcers.
HOGAN & FLAIR SEGMENT- a horrendous waste of time (ELEVEN MINUTES!) that resulted in Flair looking dumb and building towards Hogan vs. Flair… IN 2012! If you absolutely had to do a segment like this, it should have been done on Impact this week, not on the PPV.
STEEL CAGE MATCH: Matt Morgan vs. Crimson- 4.75/10
The were definitely holding back here. I loved the finish, though. Morgan gets the moral victory but Crimson gets the win, thus keeping his streak intact.
STEEL CAGE MATCH: Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy- 7.75/10
It really felt liked they just skipped the middle of the match and went from the preliminary stuff straight to the finishers. Still, a great match.
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM TITLES: Eric Young & ODB(c) vs. Sarita & Rosita- 3.25/10
ODB beats Sarita & Rosita pretty much single-handedly, making them look bad.
BOBBY ROODE PROMO- decent
STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Bobby Roode(c) vs. James Storm- 8.5/10
An awesome match that told a great story. I don’t think it is possible to watch this match and not be 100% behind James Storm. If I were booking it, I probably would have had Storm go over clean, but I can’t deny that the finish worked as I was just filled with this horrible feeling of disappointment and sadness. The type of feeling that, although you know that life isn’t fair, still makes you want to cry about how unfair it can be.
Overall, a very up and down PPV for TNA. The main matches all delivered, but nothing else did, and I can certainly see others liking the finish to the main event a lot less than I did.
STUPID ANNOUNCER QUOTES:
1. Taz misuses the term “sacrificial lamb.”
2. Tenay- “no weak links on Team Eric”- Ummm… what about Eric himself? He is not a trained wrestler! That seems to make him a major weak link.
3. Tenay miscalls a freakin’ SUPER ANGLE SLAM as a suplex.