TNA LOCKDOWN

Sunday, April 17th, 2011 from Cincinnati, Ohio

RED vs. SUICIDE vs. ROBBIE E vs. MAX BUCK vs. JEREMY BUCK vs. AMAZING RED vs. JAY LETHAL vs. CHRIS SABIN vs. BRIAN KENDRICK: TNA might save some money by not having five-thousand wrestlers on their shows. This was an "Escape the Cage" match. Like most of the matches on this show the rules were ill-defined. You could pin people until there were two left and then one had to escape. I think. There were some wild, crazy, sloppy moves. It was entertaining. **1/2 (out of ****).

SHANNON MOORE & JESSE NEAL vs. SCOTT STEINER & CRIMSON vs. ORLANDO JORDAN & ERIC YOUNG vs. DOUGLAS WILLIAMS & MAGNUS: Steiner thinks he's God. Is he? He wouldn't let anyone get a shot in on him but his team still lost. Mostly boring. *1/2

MICKIE JAMES vs. MADISON RAYNE: This match was thirty-five seconds. And this was a "Hair vs. Belt" match. James won the belt. And I wanted to see a bald girl crying. *1/2

SOMOA JOE vs. POPE: Remember when Somoa Joe was in exciting matches? This was very methodical and boring. The crowd was there but seemingly asleep. *

MATT MORGAN vs. HERNANDEZ: Another boring match. 1/2*

JEFF JARRETT vs. KURT ANGLE: A sloppy, wild, insane match. Jarrett slammed Angle onto the mat from the top of the cage and Angle landed on his head. Angle then did a moonsault off the top of the cage and missed Jarrett. Angle also got hit with a guitar and Jarrett bled. It was by far the match of the night. It was a mess but super entertaining. ***

STING vs. RVD vs. MR. ANDERSON: Sting won in a short, dull match. RVD didn't even deliver any patented moves. Eh. 1/2*

BEER MONEY & KAZARIAN & CHRISTOPHER DANIELS vs. RIC FLAIR & MATT HARDY & BULLY RAY & ABYSS "Lethal Lockdown": Daniels actually did what I've been begging somebody to do in the WWE's endless amount of terrible Hell in a Cell matches: he jumped off the top of the cage. The only other highlight was seeing Flair a ragged, bloody, embarrassing mess. AJ Styles did show up to beat up Bully Ray. The rest was stale. **1/2