Event Lockdown (2005)

1 event

1.1 pre-show
1.2 on-air employees
1.3 preliminary matches
1.4 main event matches

event
pre-show

prior event s commencement, tna held thirty-minute pre-show. featured 3 way tag team match between 3live kru (ron killings , konnan), team of david young , lex lovett, , naturals (andy douglas , chase stevens), accompanied chris candido, lasted 6 minutes , 34 seconds. 3live kru victors in contest after killings gained pinfall forcing young s face mat.

on-air employees

the event featured employees other wrestlers involved in matches. mike tenay , don west commentators telecast. jeremy borash , david penzer ring announcers event. andrew thomas, rudy charles, , mark slick johnson participated referees encounters. besides employees appeared in wrestling role, kevin nash, coach d amore, a-1, traci, trinity, , doa dusty rhodes appeared on camera, either in backstage or in ringside segments. tna announced via official website few days prior event kevin nash unable appear in lethal lockdown match due staph infection. explained @ start of telecast, , doa rhodes announce nash s replacement later during event.

preliminary matches

america s wanted (chris harris , james storm) defended nwa world tag team championship against team canada (eric young , petey williams) @ lockdown.

the show opened 6 sides of steel tag team cage match pitted team of apolo , sonny siaki against chris candido , lance hoyt, lasted 6 minutes , 58 seconds. promoted bout between hoyt , apolo changed @ event. during opening minutes, candido suffered bad fall , helped backstage area. siaki , apolo won contest after siaki performed splash top of padded turnbuckle on hoyt.

dustin rhodes fought bobby roode, accompanied coach d amore , a-1, in billed prince of darkness match next. duration of bout 15 minutes , 20 seconds. in contest, there 3 falls, third fall contested under blindfold match rules, in both wrestlers wore hoods on heads. roode earned first fall roll-up pin, , dustin earned second 1 when forced roode face-first mat top rope. during third fall, both wrestlers wore black hoods impaired vision, causing dustin accidentally knock referee unconscious in storyline terms. due this, d amore opened cage door , passed roode steel folding chair. roode attempted bash dustin instead mistakenly struck d amore. dustin grabbed chair , struck roode it, gave him pinfall referee came to.

tna held first-ever xscape match between shocker, michael shane (who accompanied trinity), sonjay dutt, , chris sabin in following bout. lasted 15 minutes , 42 seconds. in match, 4 competitors fought until 2 eliminated pinfall or submission; 2 remaining wrestlers fought escape cage, first winner. dutt first wrestler eliminated after shocker slammed him steel cage. after elimination, trinity climbed top of cage , performed backflip off top onto 3 wrestlers below. traci entered arena , forced trinity backstage area. second eliminated shane, after sabin forced him back-first mat signature maneuver cradle shock. sabin , shocker remained both fought escape cage, shocker did first win contest.

the fourth encounter 6 sides of steel tables match between jeff hardy , raven, lasted 11 minutes , 51 seconds. in tables match, 2 opponents fight until 1 forced through table other. @ 1 point during contest, hardy laid raven on table ascended top of cage. hardy followed jumping off , performing front-flip towards raven, moved out of way , caused hardy crash through table. due not being forced through raven, match continued until hardy laid raven on stack of 4 tables. hardy jumped off top of cage onto raven in seated position, forcing him through tables , winning encounter.

america s wanted (chris harris , james storm) defended nwa world tag team championship against team canada (eric young , petey williams), accompanied a-1, in 6 sides of steel strap match next. lasted 14 minutes even. in strap match, wrestlers attached strap duration of match, used weapon. amw retained titles after forcing williams mat performing signature maneuver, death sentence.

main event matches

a.j. styles defeated abyss future nwa world heavyweight championship match @ lockdown.

the tna x division championship defended in bout lasted 15 minutes , 28 seconds between then-champion christopher daniels , elix skipper. during encounter, daniels performed signature backflip, best moonsault ever, on skipper, earned him near-fall. skipper later jumped off top of cage , bashed daniels in of head forearm. gained skipper near-fall. daniels went on perform signature maneuver, angel wings, on skipper, forced him face-first mat , allowed him gain pinfall , retain title.

team nash (diamond dallas page, sean waltman, , unknown member) fought team jarrett (jeff jarrett, monty brown, , outlaw) in first-ever three-on-three lethal lockdown match, ran 15 minutes , 35 seconds. waltman , jarrett started match fighting through crowd before entering cage. after 5 minutes, outlaw joined match , helped jarrett attack waltman. diamond dallas page entered match 2 minutes later , attacked jarrett , outlaw cane. following 2 minutes, brown joined fray, finished out team jarrett, , threw waltman cage wall. final member of team nash revealed after final 2 minutes, b.g. james thrown mix allowed pinfall or submission occur. brown gained near-fall team jarrett on james after forcing him trash can signature maneuver, pounce. eventually, waltman performed move called hurricanrana on brown, leading pinfall , victory.

the main event between a.j. styles , abyss, in winner received nwa world heavyweight championship match @ hard justice. duration 18 minutes even. match began on outside styles performed front-flip onto abyss, standing in doorway of cage. later, styles enter cage, abyss slammed door twice styles, while second door slam second hit him in face , caused him crash floor , bleed forehead. during contest, abyss used steel chain weapon open styles wound more. @ 1 point, abyss opened bag , poured large number of thumbtacks onto mat, proceeding try slam styles them. styles countered , slammed abyss face-first tacks instead signature maneuver, styles clash. near end of contest, styles climbed steel cage , stood on top, abyss grabbed , threw referee cage wall, causing styles fall , barely hang on. abyss followed climbing cage , hanging styles neck brief time steel chain. then, styles performed sunset flip powerbomb , slammed abyss tacks back-first. followed covering 3 count, winning of encounter , earning future title match.