Reception Lockdown (2005)

all matches contested @ lockdown held inside 6 sides of steel.

a total of 775 people attended event. canadian online explorer writer jason clevett rated entire event 6 out of 10, lower 8 out of 10 given 2006 lockdown event chris sokol. rating not given tna s previous event destination x, clevett gave rating of 7 out of 10 in review of tna s against odds. compared rival world wrestling entertainment s wrestlemania 21 ppv event held on april 4, lockdown rated lower, dale plummer , nick tylwalk gave wrestlemania 7 out of 10. regarding overall event, clevett felt cage match format of thing . went on state end of event tired of seeing cage , styles , abyss brought interest brutal , fun bout ended off show on positive note . when speaking of tna x division championship match, clevett wrote felt technically match , expected more considering talent involved . however, felt psychological aspect excellent regarding 2 former triple x partners counters of each other s moves. clevett gave highest match rating of 8.5 out of 10 main event, while gave lowest rating of 2 out of 10 prince of darkness match. gave lethal lockdown match 5 out of 10, while gave x division title match 8 out of 10.

wade keller of pro wrestling torch rated main event , x division championship match 3 , half stars out of 5, while rated lethal lockdown match 2 , three-fourths out of 5. gave lowest ranking prince of darkness match, @ fourth of star. keller commented on main event not being bad @ all, not quite @ four-star level . felt if there had not been other cage matches or stunt bumps, might have been four-stars-plus . regarding lethal lockdown match, keller believed bout felt rushed . x division championship defense, keller stated match . when speaking on candido s injury, keller stated absolutely brutal looking , felt obvious full snapping of ankle bone . 411mania s ronnie lafianza rated lockdown overall 8 out of 10. main event given 4 , three-fourths stars out of 5, lethal lockdown match 2 , half stars, , x division championship defense 3 , half stars. lafianza felt event seemed better , better went on , felt pretty average ppv leading main event . on august 19, 2005, event released on dvd tna home video. dvd boxset called tna anthology: epic set , including lockdown, tna s november 2004 victory road ppv event, , 2004 turning point event released on september 20, 2005. tna released dvd counting down top 50 moments in history in 2007, , lockdown first steel cage ppv listed @ number 23.