Lockdown (2005)
Lockdown (2005) | |||
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Promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | | ||
Date | April 24, 2005 | ||
City | Orlando, Florida | ||
Venue | TNA Impact! Zone | ||
Attendance | 775[1] | ||
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Lockdown chronology | |||
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The 2005 Lockdown was a
The main event was for a
This event marked the introduction of the Lethal Lockdown and Xscape matches, which became annually held matches at future Lockdown events. During the event, Chris Candido received a career-ending injury during his tag team match with Lance Hoyt against Apolo and Sonny Siaki, which later led to Candido's death from pneumonia soon after surgery.
Jason Clevett of the professional wrestling section of the
Production
Background
TNA announced in a January 24, 2005, press release that they planned to host a PPV titled Lockdown on April 24, 2005 at the
Storylines
Lockdown featured eight professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
Before the announcement that all matches be held inside the Six Sides of Steel, TNA advertised that only two would be under such rules. These two matches later became the headlining bouts for the card. The first was announced on the March 25 episode of Impact! as Team Nash (
Team Nash versus Team Jarrett began on the March 18 episode of Impact! when Nash requested a six-man tag team cage match at Lockdown from Rhodes.[14] The following week, Rhodes granted the request and officially announced it for the Lockdown card.[10] On the April 8 episode of Impact!, Rhodes proclaimed that the encounter was now a Lethal Lockdown match, in which weapons were legal and one wrestler from each team started the match. Afterwards, members from each team entered at time intervals until all wrestlers were involved in the bout so a pinfall or submission could occur.[6] The storyline behind this encounter revolved around Jarrett and his reign as NWA World Heavyweight Champion. At Against All Odds, Jarrett successfully defended the title against Nash, which Waltman and The Outlaw interfered with by aiding Nash and Jarrett, respectively.[12] At TNA's previous PPV event Destination X on March 13, Jarrett defended the title against Page, in which Brown turned on Page by helping Jarrett retain the title.[15]
Event
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Commentator
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Mike Tenay |
Don West | |
Ring announcer | Jeremy Borash |
Referee | Rudy Charles
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Mark "Slick" Johnson
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Andrew Thomas | |
Interviewers
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Jeremy Borash |
Shane Douglas |
Pre-Show
Prior to the event's commencement, TNA held a thirty-minute pre-show. It featured a Three Way Tag Team match between the 3Live Kru (Ron Killings and Konnan), the team of David Young and Lex Lovett, and The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens), who were accompanied by Chris Candido, which lasted 6 minutes and 34 seconds.[1] 3Live Kru were the victors in the contest after Killings gained the pinfall by forcing Young's face into the mat.[17]
On-air employees
The event featured employees other than the wrestlers involved in the matches. Mike Tenay and
Preliminary matches
The show opened with a Six Sides of Steel Tag Team Cage match that pitted the team of Apolo and Sonny Siaki against Chris Candido and Lance Hoyt, which lasted 6 minutes and 58 seconds. This was originally promoted as a bout between Hoyt and Apolo but was changed at the event. During the opening minutes, Candido suffered a bad fall and was helped to the backstage area. Siaki and Apolo won the contest after Siaki performed a splash from the top of a padded turnbuckle on Hoyt.[20]
TNA held the first-ever Xscape match between Shocker, Michael Shane (who was accompanied Trinity), Sonjay Dutt, and Chris Sabin in the following bout. It lasted 15 minutes and 42 seconds. In this match, the four competitors fought until two were eliminated by pinfall or submission; the two remaining wrestlers then fought to escape from the cage, with the first to do so the winner. Dutt was the first wrestler eliminated after Shocker slammed him into the steel cage. After this elimination, Trinity climbed up to the top of the cage and performed a backflip off the top onto the three wrestlers below. Traci then entered the arena and forced Trinity to the backstage area. The second eliminated was Shane, after Sabin forced him back-first into the mat with his signature maneuver the Cradle Shock. Sabin and Shocker remained as they both fought to escape the cage, which Shocker did first to win the contest.[20]
The fourth encounter was a Six Sides of Steel Tables match between Jeff Hardy and Raven, which lasted 11 minutes and 51 seconds. In a tables match, two opponents fight until one is forced through a table by the other. At one point during the contest, Hardy laid Raven on a table then ascended to the top of the cage. Hardy followed by jumping off and performing a front-flip towards Raven, who moved out of the way and caused Hardy to crash through the table. Due to not being forced through by Raven, the match continued until Hardy laid Raven on a stack of four tables. Hardy then jumped off the top of the cage onto Raven in a seated position, forcing him through all the tables and winning the encounter.[18]
America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defended the NWA World Tag Team Championship against Team Canada (Eric Young and Petey Williams), who were accompanied by A-1, in a Six Sides of Steel Strap match next. It lasted 14 minutes even. In a strap match, wrestlers are attached by a strap for the duration of the match, but they mainly used it as a weapon. AMW retained the titles after forcing Williams into the mat by performing their signature maneuver, the Death Sentence.[20]
Main event matches
The TNA X Division Championship was defended in a bout that lasted 15 minutes and 28 seconds between then-champion Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper. During the encounter, Daniels performed his signature backflip, the
Team Nash (Diamond Dallas Page, Sean Waltman, and an unknown member) fought Team Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown, and The Outlaw) in the first-ever three-on-three Lethal Lockdown match, which ran 15 minutes and 35 seconds. Waltman and Jarrett started the match by fighting through the crowd before entering the cage. After five minutes, The Outlaw joined the match and helped Jarrett attack Waltman. Diamond Dallas Page entered the match two minutes later and attacked Jarrett and The Outlaw with a
The main event was between A.J. Styles and Abyss, in which the winner received an NWA World Heavyweight Championship match at Hard Justice. Its duration was 18 minutes even. The match began on the outside as Styles performed a
Reception
A total of 775 people attended the event.
Aftermath
After Lockdown on the April 29 episode of Impact!, DOA Dusty Rhodes announced that A.J. Styles would face Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Hard Justice with Tito Ortiz as the Special Guest Referee.[28] Styles went on to Hard Justice to defeat Jarrett and win the championship.[29] Styles held the title until TNA's Slammiversary PPV event on June 19, where he lost the title in a five-man King of the Mountain match to Raven, which also involved Abyss, Sean Waltman, and Monty Brown.[30] Raven continued his feud with Jeff Hardy following Lockdown. On the May 13 episode of Impact!, it was announced that Raven would face Hardy in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match at Hard Justice.[31] Hardy ended up not appearing at the event; Raven instead faced and defeated Waltman in the encounter.[29] Raven then replaced Jarrett in the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary, where he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[30]
TNA held a Twenty-Man Gauntlet for the Gold at Hard Justice to determine the number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The match was announced on the April 29 episode of Impact!.[28] Abyss, Bobby Roode, Zach Gowen, Eric Young, Cassidy Riley, Elix Skipper, Shark Boy, A-1, Chris Sabin, Petey Williams, Sonny Siaki, Lance Hoyt, Michael Shane, Jerrelle Clarke, Mikey Batts, The Outlaw, Trytan, Ron Killings, Apolo, and B.G. James all participated in the bout. Abyss pinned Killings to win the contest.[32]
Following Lockdown, Shocker was named number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship. On the April 29 episode of Impact!, Christopher Daniels' defense of the TNA X Division Championship against Shocker was promoted for Hard Justice.[28] Shocker failed to win the championship at the event.[32] America's Most Wanted lost the NWA World Tag Team Championship on the April 29 episode of Impact! to The Naturals, who were aided by Chris Candido.[28] On the May 6 episode of Impact! it was announced The Naturals would defend the tag team championship against AMW at Hard Justice.[33] The Naturals retained the titles over AMW at the PPV event.[32]
Due to the legal issues with WWE, all TNA DVD releases featuring footage of Kip James as "The Outlaw" or "The New Age Outlaw" had the on-screen graphics blurred, the name silenced out of the audio, and match commentary completely replaced to reflect a retroactive name change to "Kip James".[34] The change begins during a backstage announcement by DOA Dusty Rhodes.[35]
Death of Chris Candido
Besides Chris Candido suffering a leg injury during his tag team match, Abyss also suffered a dislocated shoulder during the main event against A.J. Styles. Abyss' injury was taken care of backstage after the event, but Candido was diagnosed with a dislocated ankle, broken tibia, and a broken fibula that required surgery.[36] Candido had an operation on April 25 to have a plate, screws, and pins placed in his ankle to fix the problem. Candido was reported to be sidelined for 2 to 3 months.[37] According to reports, Candido suffered the injury from taking a dropkick by Sonny Siaki and landing on his leg improperly. After the surgery, he hoped to be recovered in 6 to 8 weeks.[38] On April 28, Candido was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed where he died a short time later. Cause of death was released by his brother Johnny afterwards as a blood clot due to the surgery a few days prior.[39] TNA released a public statement on April 29 regarding the subject.[40] TNA paid tribute to Candido on the April 29 episode of Impact! as well as at TNA's Hard Justice PPV event. The April 29 episode of Impact! opened and ended with a memorial to Candido.[28] At Hard Justice, a ten-bell salute was held while a photo of Candido, a pair of boots, and one-half of the NWA World Tag Team Championship positioned on a steel chair sat in the center of the ring.[32] In TNA's 50 Greatest Moments DVD, Candido's aiding The Naturals to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship was listed as number 10.[27] A portion of the Lockdown DVD sale profits were donated by TNA to the Chris Candido Memorial Fund. TNA originally planned to remove Candido's match from the DVD, but were given the blessing of his family to include it on the publication. A tribute to Candido was included on the DVD by TNA.[41]
Results
No. | Results NWA World Heavyweight Championship match at Hard Justice 18:00 | | |||||
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1. ^ Xscape match
Elimination No. | Eliminated | Eliminator | Notes | Time |
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1 | Sonjay Dutt | Shocker | Pinfall after being slammed into the cage wall. | 10:45 |
2 | Michael Shane | Chris Sabin | Pinfall after a Cradle Shock | 14:03 |
Loser | Chris Sabin | N/A | Sabin failed to escape the cage and touch the floor before Shocker. | 15:20 |
WINNER | Shocker | N/A | Shocker escaped the cage and touched the floor before Sabin. | 15:20 |
2. ^ Lethal Lockdown entrances
Entrance | Wrestler | Team | Time |
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1 | Sean Waltman | Team Nash | 0:00 |
2 | Jeff Jarrett | Team Jarrett | 0:00 |
3 | The Outlaw | Team Jarrett | 5:00 |
4 | Diamond Dallas Page | Team Nash | 7:00 |
5 | Monty Brown | Team Jarrett | 9:00 |
6 | B.G. James | Team Nash | 11:00 |
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