TNA LOCKDOWN

Sunday, March 9th, 2014
Miami

GREAT MUTA & SEIYA SANADA & YASU vs.. CHRIS SABIN & CHRISTOPHER DANIELS & KAZARIAN: So because American audiences are dumb, Yasufumi Nakanoueno was only referred to as "Yasu." Those two (Sanada is the X-Division champ...he beat Aries for it last week in Japan) are in the Wrestle-1 promotion that Muta started in Japan. This was a fairly good match. Muta can barely walk but I've already seen him wrestle twice this year (last time was at the Tokyo Dome New Year's show). Good action. Sanada and Yasu are both awesome, high-fliers. **1/2

SAMUEL SHAW vs. MR. ANDERSON: There were 1,500 people at this show. If you wonder why no one goes to TNA shows then look at this match. It's amidst a stalker storyline. Shaw is stalking announcer Christy Hemme. He pulled her into the cage and was going to, what? Rape her? But Anderson stopped it. Lame match. One of the weirdest ones I've seen. 1/2*

EC3 & BOBBY LASHLEY: The big surprise was Lashley. Haven't seen him since his old WWE days. Remember he main evented a Great American Bash verse Cena for the title? I like him. This wasn't a match. He just came out and slammed Ethan Carter III.

MANIK vs. TIGRE UNO: Good match. Nice high-energy, luchadore stuff. Uno is great, Manik looked good. A bit sloppy but it reminded me of the old, good days of the X-Division. **1/2

JAMES STORM vs. GUNNER "LAST MAN STANDING MATCH": Good match. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome!" Granted, they also chanted that during the main event and the main event was far from awesome (perhaps they saw the ghost of Mike Awesome?). This was brutal. They used the ring steps and a chair and the final had Gunner super-plexing Storm off the top rope through two chairs. Nice. **1/2

MADISON RAYNE vs. GAIL KIM: Not particularly memorable. *

MAGNUS vs. SOMOA JOE: Bad match. Abyss came out through the ring, pulled Joe under, then both got back out and Abyss hit Joe in the gut with his stick of nails. Magnus as champ is just a bore. 1/2*

MVP & WOLVES & WILLOW vs. BRO MANS & BOBBY ROODE & AUSTIN ARIES "LETHAL LOCKDOWN": An awful main event. Bully Ray, the "evil" ref, turned face leading to MVP and his team winning and gaining control of the company. Willow, aka Jeff Hardy in a mask, lept off the top of the cage, which was realistically the only moment of entertainment. Mostly it was a sea of bodies lumbering around with trashcans. *1/2