Preliminary matches Lockdown (2005)

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.