TNA Lockdown 2016 Review

Beer Money VS Bram and Eric Young

Highlights:

Beer Money attacks Bram and Young on the ramp during their entrance

Storm grabs a beer from a fan and takes a few sips before hitting Bram with it

Bram hits a DDT on Storm who was then locked out of the cage.

Storm climbs the cage to get into the ring and bounces Bram's face of the cage 10 times 

Storm throws EY in to Bram who gives Young a DDT when Storm gives Bram a neckbreaker

Winner: Rhoode pins Bram after a DWI

Grade: 2 3/4 stars

Thoughts:

I really wanted to give this match a higher grade but I never bought into Bram and Young as being real competitors. I also am going to say it right now for any future matches that has a going toe to toe moment in the middle of the ring immediately gets a 1/2 star lower grade. It's the most over used moment in wrestling today and it is 90% of the time not believable. Beer Money was entertaining and worked the crowd well. All in all the match needed a little more passion to be a feud blow off like it was supposed to be.

Ethan Carter III promo

Typical face promo, couple of cheap pops and Matt Hardy is evil lines before calling out Rockstar Spud.

With the amount of love that ECIII is giving Spud there is no way he is not going to turn on ECIII at some point.

Rockstar Spud with a passionate no one tells me what to do promo that gets interrupted by Matt Hardy who babbles something about owning everything.

Threat to Rockstar Spud to not get involved. Yep I sense a heel turn coming

Tigre Uno vs Trevor Lee (w/ Shane Helms)

Highlights:

Uno with a cross body from the top of the cage

Winner: Lee with a fisherman's buster to retain the X-Division Championship

Grade: 1 1/2

Thoughts:

The X-Division was always known as the highlight of the company. This was a weak match that didn't really do much for either guy. Uno hit the cross body from the top of the cage and then seconds later Lee wins the match. Really not a whole lot to buy into.

Lethal Lockdown

The Dollhouse vs Gail Kim, Velvet Sky, ???

Highlights:

Jade and Gail Kim start the match

Marty Bell enters next

Velvet Sky enters as a house of fire

Rebel then enters and lays everyone out

Rebel is the first to grab a weapon

Jade hits herself in the face with a kendo stick that ricocheted off the turnbuckle

Maria comes down and acts like she is going to enter then shuts the door and walks out on velvet and and Gail

Velvet Sky and Gail give Jade a flapjack from the top rope

Winner: Jade by pinfall on Gail Kim after a cradle pile driver on a chair

Grade: 2 stars

Thoughts: 

A horrible heel turn by Maria that really made no sense. After a brief conversation between Gail and Maria in the back, Maria feigned entering the match. The match itself had very few high spots and was almost a waste of time.

Kurt Angle promo 

Seconds in he gets interrupted by Lashley who cut a heel promo?? Angle challenges Lashley and Bobby just walks away? Did we just see another heel turn.

Eli Drake Vs Odarg the Great

Highlights:

Odarg struggles to get to the top of the cage.

Drake gets his tights pulled down as he tries to leave the ring and wrestled the next 3 minutes with a full moon (I guess it's your call if that's a highlight or not) Personally it's just stupid.

Winner: Odarg by escaping the cage when Drake pulls off his mask

Grade: 1 star

Thoughts:

This is why I think the Feast or Fired match is the dumbest gimmick ever. Every year the guy that gets fired takes a couple months off or comes back wearing a mask. It's a waste of time and was fun the first time, but it's been a decade now. It was an entertaining comedy match that made me chuckle a couple times. but had no place being anywhere near a PPV

EC3 vs Matt Hardy for the TNA Heavy Weight Championship

Highlights:

Tyrus throws in a chair

EC3 hits a big splash in the corner then follows with a flapjack

Side Effect on a chair

EC3 tries to escape the cage but Tyrus blocked him.

Pope- "He just told tyrus he's number 2"

EC3 invited Tyrus into the cage. 

EC3 uses the chain from the door to lock Tyrus to the ropes 

Twist of fate on EC3 with his head through a chair

Winner: Matt Hardy retains by escaping the cage when Rockstar Spud turns on EC3

Grade: 2 1/2 Stars

Thoughts:

Solid match through out EC3 makes a much better heel thought, I felt like he showed a ton of hatred towards Hardy and Tyrus and worked really well, Matt Hardy has no business in the main event. This match also lost a half star for the two of them going Toe-Toe in the middle of the ring; Also a predictable heel turn by Rockstar Spud while wearing the worst suit in the history of man.

Final Thoughts:

What a horrible show. To many promo's, backstage segments and failed heel turns for a special event. The Jimmy Havoc/ Rosemary segments were out of place and their were two many of them. Also to many comedy mid card acts that had no reason to be in the 6 sides of steel. I actually feel bad for Josh Matthews, having to shoe horn those promos for other shows in the middle of a match, it is just getting painful to listen to. I have seen better Impact shows in the middle of the year then this one that was a Special show. TNA is also really struggling with no uper echelon stars since every one who was marketable either jumped to ROH, GFW, or NXT.