OC Times Live Coverage: TNA Wrestling's 'Lockdown' 2007

Welcome to the OC Times and our live match-by-match coverage for TNA Wrestling's All Steel Cage Pay Per View, Lockdown.

The Pre-show is starting in a bit, where VKM will wrestle Serotonin. If my keyboard doesn't crap out on me during the show, refresh your browser for the latest happenings.



Some stuff happened on the pre-show but I don't know because I went to get food.

I came back and Angle was arguing with Cornette and the heels will have the man advantage in Lethal Lockdown, and that's as it should be.

Don West runs down the card for the final sell for everyone watching the pre-show, which for me means I already bought the show to begin with.

Nice opening video. They show the arena and TNA spent some money on the pyrotechnics.

We're opening with the X-division title Xscape match.

West and Tenay are currently running down the card they just ran down, and on a show we've paid for already. Theoretically if I bought the show, I should already know the card.

Match 1: Xscape match - Shark Boy Vs. Alex Shelley Vs. Sonjay Dutt Vs. Black Machismo Vs. Chris Sabin

God damn Lethal's Savage impression is uncountable kinds of awesome.

The Rules: First 3 falls must come by pin or submission. When it comes down to the last 2 men it is escape the cage rules, got it? Good.

Tenay points out that this is the 4th reign of Chris Sabin. Well, when one of your reign lasts 1 TV taping, that will tend to allow them to pile up.

St. Louis is down with Black Machismo. In order to reenforce that this is an x-division match, the announcers talk about the main event. Just call them Luchadors and call me 1997.

The spots go fast and furious in the early going and the crowd is hot. I guess when you don't sit in the audience every 2 weeks, you don't take what you see for granted.

Shark Boy is the first one out via Alex Shelley. Yeah, I know you're surprised by that development. Don't worry, the report will be here when you recover from the shock.

Dueling chants for Lethal and Alex Shelley.

Crowd chants "This is awesome", and while I wouldn't go that far, at least they're chanting it in appreciation not to get themselves over. Yeah, I hate Orlando so sue me.

Shelley and Sabin are working as a unit for now.

A nice spot comes when Alex Shelley has Black Machismo in a neckbreaker position and Sabin drop kicks him in the face.

Dueling submissions by the heels and dueling reversals by the faces into their own submissions, including Sonjay with a camel clutch on Shelley. Break his back, make him humble and then fuck his ass!

Sonjay Dutt is eliminated via Sabin with the Cradle shock.

Alex Shelley eliminated via the flying elbow from the most awesome man in the vold.

Sabin and Lethal battle to escape a kick from Sabin catches Machismo in the cage and Sabin drops down for the win.

Winner: Chris Sabin
A fun, fun match in front of a hot appreciative crowd.

Borash is backstage with Team Cage who are celebrating the fact they have the advantage. Team Cage is a family accept for Abyss who gets mad at this and Mitchell reads him the riot act.
Christian says that Team Angle has a traitor in its midst and that's Je ha Double F Jarrett. Then Christian says that nothing will bring him down and that he will get the pin. This effectively ends the celebration.

Robert Roode and Eric Young video package airs. If you're excited for this, then phu-cough!!

Match 2: Petey Williams Vs. Robert Roode

Traci Brooks is Roode's Chief Executive Offender and I'm still not sure what the hell comes along with a job description like that?

Team Canada is mentioned so that's nice of them. Young is to sit in a chair and not move, again I say, strict contract.

I don't have a lot to say other than Roode's pretty much owned Petey in this match. The crowd still in to it though did sing Oh Canada when Petey did the move.

Roode pulls out a hockey stick but EY holds the end of it so he can't use it. An argument breaks out and this allows Petey to hit a hurricanrana and take control.

Young still fighting with Brooks over the stick, Roode demands that he give it up and this allows Williams to role him up for 2.

Young finally throws i the stick to a huge pop because he waited for Petey to get in to a posiion where he could grab it and that's xactly what happened.

Williams uses the stick but the momentum doesn't last. Roode eventually throws the stick out of the ring. Williams teases the Destroyer to a big pop and Roode reverses out of it and in to his own finisher for the pin.

Winner: Robert Roode
A pretty fun match all things considered.

When was the last time you heard Orlando pop for a tease of the Destroyer?

Latisha is with Kurt Angle. Angle is telling Rhino the bad news. Rhino says he can forgive and forget but he suggests that Angle go and tell Joe.

A video package airs for the Jackie Moore Vs. Gail Kim feud.

Match 3: Jackie Moore Vs. Gail Kim

Ok, I was talking to Euan about this earlier, other than this match anyone know of any other women's matches inside the cage? I refuse to think this hasn't happened before now. TNA's not saying it has never happened in wrestling in fact they're careful to say it is the first time in TNA. So I'm just thinking that there has been at least 1 and likely several that I've just not seen.

Gail comes to the ring and Ms. Jackie makes sure she doesn't even make it in before the match starts. Gail throwing Jackie in to the broadcast table and its a Jeff Jarrett women's match.

Mike Tenay's water ended up in Gail's hair and that just made her mad. Finally, the match enters the ring.

Jackie just flings Gail around even hitting a release suplex.

For as heated as the feud has been in terms of the women giving their most intensity to it, the crowd is not as in to it as I would've guessed. The women put more in to the build than they're going to get in the response to the match.

Neither women has been sent in to the cage at this point so it is basically a match that happens to have a cage around it. Gail hits a missile dropkick off the top for a 2 count.

I just found out that in this match you can win by pinfall, submission or escape through the door.

Gail uses the door to hit Jackie, but then instead of escaping she decided to climb the top of the cage and hit a crossbody off it and she gets the pin.

Winner: Gail Kim
Jackie didn't really catch Gail the best. This match was ok but I actually expected more of the match, but the finish was surprising.

JB interviews Mr. Backlund. I can hardly hear what Backlund said but Borash asked him if he'd call it fair and square.

Match 4: Austin Starr Vs. Senshi
Special Referee: Bob Backlund

The focus early in the match was on whether or not Backlund would call the match fair. In this feud, you have 2 men capable of greatness working to the level of okness and to me that's kinda gayness.

Backlund's count was quick but it was quick for the both of them.

Powerbomb gets Starr a 2 count and as Senshi kicks out Starr slaps him in a half crab. Senshi reaches for the ropes but Starr pulls him back. Backlund finally does make him release, I've got a question...release or what? Can you be DQ'd in these matches? It would be nice for TNA to let me know such things but its not meant to be.

Senshi uses a dropkick to "knock the crap out of" Austin Starr. That's Don West'swording not mine.

Senshi gets the win off of a role up after a little assist from Backlund.

Winner: Senshi
It was better than their piror bouts, and it picked up considerably toward the end of the match so another in a streak of watchable matches tonight.

JB is with Samoa Joe. Joe is kinda pissed at Angle and he cuts a firey promo and he will never get along with Jeff Jarrett. Joe is so awesome. Joe threatens death to anyone that gets in his way.

Match 5: Blindfold Match - Chris Harris Vs. James Storm

This would be so much better if it were Harris Vs. Storm, no stipulation.

We've had 4 watchable matches up to this point, 3 of them actually beyond watchable but this is going to end that streak I'm going to bet.

A good blindfold match would be a greater upset than Serra over St. Pierre.

Chris Harris has new theme music that sounds like a knockoff of "more human than human".

Scott says this is wrestleMania VII all over again and Wade made that same comment in his predictions piece.

They play that game of, I can't see you so I can't find you. I love this crowd as they chant: "We want Wrestling". Harris finds Storm who backs in to a corner to escape as the crowd boos. God bless St. Louis, I almost want to take back every bad thing I've ever said about you guys.

Harris finally does the "if I point in a direction, perhaps the crowd will tell me where he is?" only if I'm Storm and I know that's what he's doing why wouldn't I move when found out? Yeah I know logic.

Boring chants rain down, and they are loud. This crowd is wonderful.

Storm's hood comes off and that allows him a glimpse of where Harris is at. When thinking of adjectives and adverbs and verbs to put in a sentence that would describe this match, the words sucks, blows and festering pile of crap are right near the top.

St. Louis is moving up the ranks of my favorite cities list with the "someone stop this" chant. Now, I swear to God Jesus and Mr. McMahon a Goldberg chant breaks out. This crowd earns 1600 stars.

Yes, Storm takes the hood off and cheats and superkicks Harris. He puts the hood back on and he pins him.

Winner: James Storm

Thumbs way down for the match, and way way way way way up for the fans.

Angle backstage with Sting. Angle believes Jarrett has changed for the better. Sting says that something happened to Jarrett that made him a different man. Get this, Sting doesn't know what it is, and it is none of his business. But Abyss is his business? Sting will give Jarrett the benefit of the doubt tonight but bad things will happen if Jarrett screws up. Sting will give him the benefit of the doubt, and I can only think it is because he is an idiot.

A video package for the Daniels Vs. Jerry Lynn match airs next. Daniels says a bunch of things about finding himself and singing songs around a campfire and going on nature walks.

Match 6: Christopher Daniels Vs. Jerry Lynn

I told Wade that this has been a good show so far and he said that's surprising for TNA. I maintain and always have that even though the PPVs Russo's booked haven't lived up to the ones that proceeded him from the peak of the summer of 2005, none of the Russo booked shows have been as awful as those 1999 WCW shows like Bash at the Beach. You think you've seen crap, not until you've seen the Junkyard match.

The last match has humbled the enthusiasm of the crowd.

On this all cage show, nobody has bled yet, I expect/hope this means we'll see a ton in the last couple of matches.

Crowd is asleep, blindfolds kill crowd heat dead.

Daniels and Lynn exchange punches mid-ring and Huerta-Garcia they are not. Daniels escapes out of the cradle piledriver, puts Lynn down, goes for the BME and comes up empty.

Crowd finally starting to wake up. They start to chant :This is awesome", but if it is so awesome why were they quiet for so long? Oh yeah, the last match. I wouldn't say it is awesome or anything but I will give them credit for recovering the crowd after the eternal disaster of the prior match.

Lynn tries to cradle piledrive Daniels off the top but Daniels crotches him. Daniels hits the Last Rights, and in spite of Don West's protests he gets the win.

Winner: Christopher Daniels

JB backstage with Team 3D. Brother Ray says the time for talking is over. He's sick and tired of hearing his own voice. Well, he's not alone in that regard. He says other things but its Brother Ray so I don't care. I wish Konnan had gotten to speak on this.

Hey, I got my wish, Latisha is with Konnan and LAX. Team 3D is washed up, and he calls Team 3D a broken record and says they're worse than a Christy Hemme promo. I love this man. Homicide and Hernandez also get to speak on this.

Match 7: Team 3D Vs. The Latin American Xchange

Konnan does not accompany LAX out to the ring.

JB is out to do the ring intros UFC style. Earl Hebner is ref and he gets booed.

JB calls for the cage to be electrified and we know it is because funky music plays when it happens.

Team 3D takes control early and they tease some cage tossing and Hernandez meets the door which is not electrified.

There is a very audible hum coming through the speakersof my stereo right now. Either its real or credit to the TNA production team for piping in the sound.

Homicide and Hernandez are now in control and Hernandez pulls out a chain. Homicide's hand touches the cage and Brother Ray gets the chain. D-von gets the honor of being the first man on the night to bleed.

Hernandez is next to join the color parade as LAX has regained the advantage. LAX goes high-risk and it doesn't pay off and 3D back in control and they hit some suplexes. Suplex them, put em in the camel clutch...break their backs and then...I can't remember.

Finally, Konnan is wheeled out by a member of Latino Nation, I'm guessing its Machete. He clocks Andrew Thomas but Hector Guerrero puts the stop to that. The cage door gets opened, and Brother Ray instructs Hector to "get me the fucking tables".

Hernandez argues with Hector and that gets a nearfall for 3D after they shove Hernandez into the cage.

Hernandez just flings Brother D-von into the cage and it made a cool and yet painful sounding noise.

The crowd chants fire Russo because I guess they don't like this match but really I'm not entirely sure why. I guess the electricution is too hoaky for them which isn't an invalid excuse or anything.

There sure are a lot of gloves being used in this match. Hernandez puts on a pair and is heading up the cage. He goes to put D-von through the table but D-von moves. Crowd chants "Holy Shit" at that one.

Homicide sent in to the electrified cage which gets the crowd booing, and I'm guessing the noise that accompanied it was what set the crowd off. 3D gets the pin in the predictable outcome.

Winners: Team 3D

I don't know, I thought the match was fine, but if you didn't then I will not argue. I think it was a case of high expectations for explosions not being met.

I should note, that 3D finally wins the titles they've saught after for so long...and TNA cuts away immediately.

JB with Kurt Angle backstage. He says he did his job for Team Angle. He says he wouldn't have made the call to Jarrett if he didn't think it was the right thing to do. He says if Jarrett screws team Angle then he screws Kurt Angle, and not in his words, but basically the same affect...it would be very bad for Jarrett.

A video package airs for the Lethal Lockdown recounting all the fighting among team members.

Match 8: Lethal Lockdown
Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Rhino, Sting and Jeff Jarrett)
Vs.
Team Cage: (Christian Cage, Abyss, AJ Styles, Scott Steiner and Tomko)

The rules:
2 competitors start out for 5 minutes. After that period expires, a member of Team Cage will come out for a 2 minute 2-on-1 advantage. At the end of that period, a member of Team Angle will enter to even things up. They alternate until all 10 men are in when Lethal Lockdown begins, and then it is pinfall or submission to win. Man who scores the fall earns the title shot.

The keeper of the key is introduced and it is Harley Race. He comes out to the original TNA intro music from the Nashville days and can barely walk.

Team Cage's first man is AJ Styles, no surprise to me.
Team Angle's first man is Kurt Angle.

Angle and Styles seem to be pacing themselves for the long-hall and I do not in any way blame them.

AJ Styles is put down to the mat hard as the time limit expires and the next man comes out. The next member of Team Cage to join the match is Abyss.

They fight for what seems like a quick 2 minutes and then Rhino comes out to even up the sides.

Tomko is the third member of Team Cage to join the match as AJ Styles has started to Don West notices that the fresh man seems to do well when he enters the match. Don also noticed that he has 2 feet and 10 fingers. Rhino looks to be the next in the color parade.
bleed.

Scott thinks this match needs some crowd heat. As this happens, Samoa Joe enters for Team Angle to a big reaction.

I can confirm that the intervals are 2 minutes due to a safisticated system of keeping track of time.

Joe is cleaning house and the crowd seems to love that, he has AJ up and he hits the Musclebuster.

Angle takes Tomko over for 4 suplexes, this requires 4 camel clutches, 4 backbreakings and 4 ass fuckings. He just hit a fifth so it is now 5 of each. Scott Steiner is the forth man in for Team Cage.

Steiner comes in and starts throwing a lot of people around.

Scott Steiner, swear to God, Jesus and Mr. McMahon just hit a Frankensteiner on Rhino. Yes, you read that the fuck right. Steiner hit it to a huge pop.

Sting is the next man in for Team Angle. So this went pretty much the way I expected it would.

Sting drops Abyss, Stinger splashes Steiner, then Abyss then Styles and Tomko together.

We get the non-X-division version of the Tower of Doom, we got the X-division version in the end. Styles was the unlucky one on top and Sting was the one who was left standing.

Team Christian's last man out is Christian himself.

West wonders if Christian coming out last wasn't for selfish reasons. Tenay does not wonder he knows that's why.

Christian is not having a lot of success with Sting. He's the only one to not dominate upon entering.

Final countdown to Jeff Jarrett. He doesn't really get any kind of a noticeable face pop.

Now that all 10 are in, Lethal Lockdown begins with the lowering of the cage top.

Weapons are hanging from the ceiling and are in play and now a fall can be counted.

Jarrett is going up and he is tossing weapons to his teammates. Sting gets a bat, Rhino a trashcan, Joe a Knightstick and a trash lid for Jarretthimself. A led pipe is also involved, if it had been a crackpipe it might've attracted Guillard-Diaz-Sanchez.

AJ Styles starts to head up to the top of the cage, and Kurt Angle is the soul that gets to follow him up. Abyss has thumbtacks and this has broken down into "I hit you, you hit me" with weapons.

Rhino just gores Tomko out of the cage. AJ hits Angle wit a chair. Steiner throws Rhino out and grabs the NWA title. Joe hits a suicide dive and I'm having trouble following it all. Abyss pours out the tacks and then Sting and Jarrett drop Christian back first into them.

Abyss hits a black hole slam on Jarret.

Angle throws AJ off the cage and thankfully everyone on the floor catches him. Tenay repeatedly pleas for a replay and he gets one. The crowd is in to this one. Abyss loads up the guitar with thumbtacks, and signals for Jarrett to pick up the guitar. Jarrett does so and cracks Abyss with the guitar and then Jarrett motions for Sting to pin him. Sting does pin him and he gets the title shot.

Winners: sting, Jeff Jarrett, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe and Rhino

Sting shakes hands, so does Joe and Kurt Angle shakes his ead i confusion.

I loved it so sue me. They had me at the Frankensteiner.

A thumbs up show with a minimal amount of crap.