TNA Lockdown Results: Pro Wrestling News Daily

Welcome to the TNA Lockdown Results for April 13th, 2008 including the classic wrestling match between Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe! Keep checking back right here at Pro Wrestling News Daily for more wrestling news, wrestling rumors and wrestling spoilers! If you want to see how well I did with my Lockdown predictions then you can check out my Lockdown Preview.

Pre-show

- There were no matches on the pre-show this time, just a bunch of your traditional TNA Wrestling hype videos.

X-Division Xscape Match

Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Johnny Devine vs. Consequences Creed vs. Curry Man vs. Shark Boy

- Devine pinned Dutt with a roll up.

- Creed pinned Shark Boy with the CreeDT.

- Curry Man pinned Creed with the Spicy Drop.

- Devine pinned Curry Man with the Divine Intervention double underhook piledriver.

- We're left with Jay Lethal vs. Johnny Devine in an escape match.

Your Winner: Jay Lethal after escaping the cage

Queen of the Cage Match

Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky vs. Roxxi Leveaux vs. Salinas vs. Christy Hemme vs. Jacqueline Moore vs. Traci Brooks vs. Rhaka Khan

- Roxxi Leveaux and Angelina Love were the first two in the cage and hence would compete in a #1 Contender's Match for the TNA Knockouts Title.

Your Winner: Roxxi Leveaux by pinfall after the Voodoo Drop.

Kip James vs. BG James

- Not a very exciting match. Went about 6 minutes.

Your Winner: BG James via roll up

After the match, Kip James assaulted BG James.

Handcuffed in the Cage Match

Rock 'n Rave Infection vs. Kax & Super Eric vs. Rellik & Black Reign vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. LAX vs. Scott Steiner & Petey Williams

- This point of this match was to attempt to handcuff all of your opponents to the cage. Last one not handcuffed wins.

- Eric Young came out, but ran to the back afraid of the monsters. He came back towards the end of the match as Super Eric.

Your Winner: Super Eric & Kaz when Super Eric cuffed Black Reign to the cage.

Nice story to this match, but the action wasn't as good as I thought it would be.

Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed vs. Gail Kim & ODB

- What a good match! TNA Wrestling once again proves that the TNA Knockouts division is the best women's division in wrestling!

Your Winner: Gail Kim & ODB when ODB pinned Raisha Saeed with a splash from the top rope.

Robert Roode & Peyton Banks vs. Booket T & Sharmell

- Not a great match. Only lasted about 8 minutes. I've been severely disappointed with the in-ring work in this feud, even though the promos and build have been pretty good. Can neither of these guys work an active 15 minute match or what?

Your Winner: Booker T & Sharmell when Sharmell rolled up Peyton Banks for the pin.

Lethal Lockdown

Team Cage (Christian Cage, Sting, Kevin Nash, Rhino & Matt Morgan) vs. Team Tomko (Tomko, AJ Styles, James Storm & Team 3D)

- This ~25 minute match featured a huge spot that saw AJ Styles and Christian Cage crash through the top of the Lethal Lockdown structure.

- Some could argue that this match didn't really advance any storylines in much of a meaningful way, with the finish seeing Rhino pin Storm, neither of which anyone cares much about.

Your Winner: Team Cage when Rhino speared and then pinned James Storm.

TNA World Title Match

Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe

- You can check out my preview of Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle if you'd like. In it I talk about the ramifications of the match mixing MMA with professional wrestling, how the feud has developed and what it all means for professional wrestling. I also give my prediction for the match.

- Wow, what a match this was! This match was amazing, coming in at nearly 20 minutes.

- Many great and believable near falls. This personified the type of realism that is sorely needed in pro wrestling today.

- Frank Trigg just legitimized commentary in TNA. Please TNA, hire this guy!

Your Winner: Samoa Joe by pinfall after hitting the Muscle Buster. Samoa Joe wins the TNA World Title! Samoa Joe wins!

All in all this was a solid offering from TNA. The last two matches, quick action in the X-Division match and the women's match were all solid, though I wish that they'd all been longer and that TNA Wrestling would've gotten rid of some of the other matches. A decent pay-per-view topped off with an amazing main event.

Grade: B+

Watch TNA Lockdown - Wrestling in Six Sides of Steel

TNA Wrestling's upcoming Lockdown PPV looks like it'll be one hell of a ride. It's on PPV Sunday, April 13th. The double main events have actually been booked pretty well. Indeed, Vince Russo has done pretty well this time - except for giving Matt Morgan a microphone. Let's preview Lockdown.

Cuffed in the Cage Match
MCMG vs. LAX vs. Scott Steiner & Petey Williams vs. Rock 'n Rave Infection vs. Eric Young & Kaz vs. Black Reign & Rellik
To be honest I'm not even clear on exactly what this match entails. There are a bunch of tag teams and handcuffs. This is 8 semi-feuds merging into one for a single night in order to allow all the regular talent a spot on the card.

At the very least, we should see some exciting spots from MCMG, LAX, Petey, Kaz or Jimmy Rave. With so many teams it's difficult to make a prediction, but I'm going to go with Scott Steiner & Petey Williams winning the match as Steiner is going on to face the TNA World Champion for the TNA World Title at Sacrifice.

BG James vs. Kip James
BG is the face here and Kip is the heel we've determined. The TNA Rough Cut segments featuring these two has actually been decent, and by decent I mean not the awful pieces of crap I thought they were going to be. I love complaining about these guys and how old and washed up they are, but to be honest this match should be tolerable so long as it doesn't go longer than 10 minutes. I have to predict Kip James winning here, as BG is just too out of shape and brittle for TNA to consider giving him a singles push after Lockdown.

Queen of the Cage Match
Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky vs. Salinas vs. Rhaka Khan vs. Traci Brooks vs. Christy Hemme vs. Jacqueline Moore vs. Roxxi Laveaux
Ugh, what a mess. For those of you unaware, the eight competitors in this match start on the outside of the cage. They then scramble to try and get into the cage. The first two into the cage then have a one on one match.

That makes this match nearly impossible to call. TNA might put over their older, more experienced female wrestlers in this match. I'll say the match ends up being Traci Brooks vs. Jacqueline Moore, with Traci picking up the win. I doubt this is a correct prediction. It may be one of the 'hot chick' couple taking on Roxxi Laveaux, who knows?

Booker T & Sharmell vs. Robert Roode & Peyton Banks
The PPV matches these two have had thusfar have been severely disappointing. I'm hoping that this one will be better. The females in this match will mostly end up being a distraction and I wish that they weren't involved at all. Robert Roode has improved his mic skills quite a bit recently I must admit, so at least someone has gained something from this feud. Let's hope that they end it here.

This match will probably end with Sharmell pinning Peyton Banks and then entering the women's division, or by Peyton Banks pinning Sharmell setting up a fissure in her relationship with Booker T.

Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed vs. Gail Kim & ODB
If TNA has any brains at all they'll put this deep in the card. The women's matches featuring these competitors have thusfar outperformed everything on TNA Impact as far as ratings go. Awesome Kong and Gail Kim are awesome. ODB isn't quite up to their level in wrestling ability, but her over the top character makes up for it. This match should be given at least 15 minutes to live up to what it should be.

Gail Kim pins Raisha Saeed. It could just as easily be ODB going over here, but it seems as though she's gotten more wins than Gail Kim recently.

TNA X-Division Title - X-Division Xscape Match
Jay Lethal vs. Curry Man vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Shark Boy vs. Johnny Devine vs. Consequences Creed
The rules of this match are that men may be eliminated by pinfall or submission at first, but once it gets down to the final two competitors they must escape the cage to win. This match promises to be exciting and action packed which leads me to believe that they may put it earlier on the card, but I think that the X-Division desperately needs to be placed deeper on the card on PPV's. The X-Division is what got TNA the popularity that it has today, after all!

This match is very difficult to call. My official pick is Jay Lethal retaining, however in my mind it's more a matter of probability than anything: Jay Lethal 70%, Sonjay Dutt 15%, Johnny Devine 5%, Consequences Creed 5%, Christopher Daniels 5% (eerrrp! I mean Curry Man! XD)

TNA Wrestling Lethal Lockdown Weapons Match
Christian Cage, Sting, Kevin Nash, Rhino & Matt Morgan vs. Tomko, A.J. Styles, Team 3D & James Storm
This match should be about as good as last year's Lethal Lockdown. It was a passable match. I find myself wondering if A.J. Styles will do anything stupid involving the top of the structure again. I sure hope that he does.

I think I see a swerve coming in this match. Matt Morgan is such a goofy and awkward face that, well... he just isn't good at it. Vince Russo has this tendency of bringing people in as faces and then turning them heel a month or two later so that the fans feel betrayed. He believes it helps them get over better once they turn, but this just isn't true. If a guy doesn't make a good face, then why bring him in as a face?

Either way, Matt Morgan is going to cost his team the match in this one. He'll hit someone with some weapon or gimmick or piece of the cage or what-have-you. Matt Morgan will stand tall with Team Tomko as the match ends.

TNA Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship Match
Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle
Man, what a match this will be. The premier main even for Lockdown and the hype up to it has been huge. In case you haven't already noticed, "TNA Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship Match" up above is a link. This link goes to a post I made a few days ago, where I talk in depth about Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle, including my prediction for the match.

In case you can't see the link, it can be found here http://prowrestlingnewsdaily.blogspot.com/2008/04/tna-pro-wrestling-news-kurt-angle-vs.html

Thanks for reading Pro Wrestling News Daily! Check back soon for all the latest news, rumors spoilers and of course commentary on the wrestling business from yours truly!

TNA Pro Wrestling News - Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe At Lockdown

I must admit that I'm actually considering buying Lockdown this Sunday, if only to see Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe 4. The recent program they've been working has been very convincing. Their track record for their previous matches is very high indeed. And they are also actively promoting an MMA-style "twist" to the match, with MMA star Frank Trigg even sitting in on commentary at the PPV.

Samoa Joe has stated that he will walk away from TNA Wrestling and retire if he does not win the belt from Kurt Angle in the cage at Lockdown. The ramifications of this should be obvious even to the most casual of fan. Samoa Joe is far too highly liked for TNA Wrestling to let him go, and I doubt they would book this angle only to have Joe retire, then have him return as a swerve. I wouldn't put it past Vince Russo, but I truly don't believe that it's what they're doing here.

That could only mean one thing: Samoa Joe wins the TNA Wrestling World Heavyweight Title.

What an amazing turn for Pro Wrestling! Not that I was complaining about Angle having the belt - it's been cute and all, but to be honest it has grown a bit stale. Though recently now that Kurt Angle has stopped being silly and started becoming a serious heel again, I have been more inclined to enjoy his television segments on TNA Impact.

Kurt Angle has functionally legitimized the TNA World Title simply by holding it for so long. He's held it for a while now relatively uninterrupted - which will make it mean all that much more once Samoa Joe captures it at Lockdown. The two have had sevaral 4-star+ matches previously, so this one pretty much guarantees to be the same or better.

I'm very interested in seeing which cage spots they'll implement into the match. Of course I don't see Samoa Joe taking a big leap from the top, I could see Kurt Angle doing so (maybe a Moonsault!) at Lockdown, one of TNA Wrestling's 4 "major" Pay-Per-Views each year.

The MMA style should add a nice twist to the match. I assume that the match isn't going to be entirely MMA oriented, but that it will be worked in a stiff "pureoso" Japaneses style with both Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe utilizing MMA style moves, professional and amateur wrestling moves in addition to their normal strikes and body blows. If TNA Lockdown does a really good buyrate then TNA will have no choice but to accept that more realistically booked storylines leading to more realistic matches will bring in more fans and finally, more money.

That is why I want to buy TNA Lockdown (and so should you). Not just because I want to see Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle, but because I want to see it change the nature of TNA Wrestling. I want to order the PPV to send a message to TNA - "Yes! This is what I want! Give me more!" - and money is the most powerful message of all.

Pro Wrestling News: CM Punk is Money In The Bank

Well, Wrestlemania is over, and CM Punk is Mr Money In The Bank. What is there to say? It's about time. CM Punk has consistently shown his prowess as both a wrestler and a sports entertainer ever since he first blew the roof off the Hammerstein Ballroom during his ECW debut. Yes indeed WWE, it's about time.

Coming off the heels of the Chris Benoit controversy in addition to steroid controversies in other sports, CM Punk is exactly what the WWE needs. CM Punk is obviously not on the juice, one can tell by looking at him. He lives his gimmick, which is to be drug free and alcohol free, also known as 'straight edge'. CM Punk presents the opportunity for WWE to get the positive media coverage it so desperately needs.

A clean cut straight edge superstar is just what the WWE needs to combat the large, roided out competitors that have for so long dominated the top of the card. Imagine seeing CM Punk call out Batista for his unnatural size. Wouldn't that be interesting? Wouldn't that make for captivating television?

WWE can't pull the trigger on CM Punk's Money in the Bank guaranteed title match just yet, however. First of all, he needs to make a move to RAW, WWE's flagship show. This is where he will get the most attention, from both the media and the fans. From there, he should start a feud with an upper-mid carder (Chris Jericho would be a good choice, especially if Jericho went heel). This feud should culminate after 2 months or so involving Punk putting the title shot on the line and coming out successful.

After that, Punk would start to tease a heel champion (Orton works well, or Edge if he were to show up on RAW) that he was coming after his title. At the end of the next PPV, right after a hard fought victory by the champion, CM Punk would come out and act as though he were going to cash in the briefcase. He would then take a microphone, and announce that he doesn't want to do it cheaply, after the champion had already been in a match. He would proudly declare that he would be vying for the title at the next PPV. The current PPV would end with Punk holding his briefcase high, the champion doing the same with his title.

During the build up for the event, CM Punk would constantly tease the heel champion about how he would defeat him and go on to implement a straight edge era. Numerous videos would be played of CM Punk training, while clips would be shown of the heel champion partying with his title and drinking out at bars after the show.

At the PPV, CM Punk would take the champ's finisher, only to kick out of it. CM Punk would then get up and lay out the champ with the GTS. He wouldn't go for the pin though, instead he would make his way to the corner, dragging his opponent with him. He'd mount the top rope and pull his opponent with him, then drop down with a Pepsi Plunge, AKA a top rope Pedigree, a move that he used to use on the independent circuit. He would pin the champ and win the title. The next night on RAW, Triple H would come out and accuse CM Punk of stealing his move, setting up a feud for the title.

Now that would be some good booking.

For more CM Punk News, including his biography, past, and future please check out my CM Punk website.

Pro Wrestling News: TNA Wrestling Says 'Cross The Line'

TNA Wrestling has recently introduced a new catchphrase, 'Cross The Line'. It isn't meant to just be catchy, however. 'Cross The Line' is also a booking policy with major ramifications on the TNA wrestling product and perhaps the rest of professional wrestling as well.

In professional wrestling, we are used to seeing clear cut faces and heels, also known as 'good guys' and 'bad guys'. However, due to the beliefs of TNA Wrestling head booker Vince Russo, the line between good and bad in professional wrestling has become blurred. There are very few actual good or bad guys left in TNA, often times there are many 'tweeners', wrestlers that have both likable and dislikable characteristics. Vince Russo believes that this follows real life - there are no (or at least very few) truly 'good' or 'evil' people, most fall somewhere in between.

The benefit of this booking strategy is that you are left more open in what feuds you are able to set up. Normally when you wanted to book a program between two heels you would have to turn one face, or the crowd wouldn't know who to cheer for. When professional wrestlers are cast as real people, fans who have watched over time can choose which qualities they like about a certain wrestler in order to cheer for them - perhaps because they like the way that they talk or wrestle - rather than simply following whoever the storyline dictates they should cheer for.

The primary detriment of this type of booking is that people really aren't used to it. Wrestling fans aren't used to having to choose who they want to cheer for and who they want to boo - they are normally simply told who they should be rooting for. Vince Russo's 'Cross The Line' booking can be overwhelming to those who are used to the old school book-by-numbers formula. I can definitely see some fans being disillusioned and turning off the television, simply because they can't follow what's going on or identify with the characters.

It must be kept in mind however that this is an entirely different approach to professional wrestling! This booking style is essentially trying to reinvent the business of wrestling, or more specifically how it is perceived. And in several ways, it follows the trends that we have seen over the last decade in professional wrestling. Case in point - John Cena, arguably WWE's top face or 'good guy', regularly gets booed at events. This is quite a remarkable phenomenon and shows that more and more fans are starting to wake up to the nature of 'the business'. Instead of simply eating up whatever the pro wrestling organizations decide to feed them, fans are choosing who they like and dislike based not on storylines or kayfaybe, but on characteristics of the wrestlers themselves.

TNA Wrestling's 'Cross The Line' policy is a bold step not in a completely new direction, but in the direction that the fanbase is already headed. If this policy catches on, then TNA could soon be the top wrestling company in the business. All that they need to do is tie together their realistic characters with realistic storylines and realistic wrestling, and pretty soon WWE will be seen for the cartoon sideshow that it is.

TNA Impact can be seen every Thursday night at 9 PM on SpikeTV. Cross the line.