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

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Pro Wrestling News: WWE Wrestlemania 24 XXIV Preview With Predictions

The pro wrestling industry is gearing up for the final show of its year long season. Wrestlemania XXIV will be live on PPV Sunday, March 30th at 7 PM EST. Now let's get to the matches!

ECW 24-man Battle Royal

This match recently got moved to the preshow and will be available for viewing on wwe.com at 6:30 PM EST. It features superstars from WWE Raw, Smackdown and ECW. I would say it would be an entertaining match if it weren't for the presence of beasts such as Great Khali and Big Daddy V. I'll say that Kane seems the most likely to win and go on to face Chavo Guerrero on the main Wrestlemania card for the ECW Title.

ECW Title Match - Chavo Guerrero (c) vs. Kane

The winner of the 24-man battle royal advances to this match, and we've already determined that will probably be Kane. WWE has a tradition of dropping all of their primary to titles to faces at Wrestlemania, but this one is tough to call. They may keep the title on Chavo in order to try and legitimize it, but in reality they've ran out of opposition for him on ECW, so I'm going to to with Kane storming in and winning the ECW Title from Chavo here to get the crowd off to a good start.

Money in the Bank Ladder Match - Mr. Kennedy vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Chris Jericho vs. Carlito vs. MVP vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison

Jeff Hardy was originally scheduled to be in this match, but is serving a 60-day suspension due to a Wellness Policy violation. This ladder match almost guarantees to be one of the top 3 wrestling matches of the night, and I wouldn't be entirely surprised if they decide to open the show with it. It's difficult to pick a prediction, though easy to pick my personal favorite (CM Punk). Assuming that Undertaker and John Cena will win the belts of their respective brands, they will each probably be kept busy with feuds coming off of Wrestlemania. This leaves the ECW Title in limbo, in which case Shelton Benjamin could pull up an upset win and go on to feud for that title. MVP could easily win and go on to feud with Undertaker for the Smackdown Title. However my official prediction here is Mr. Kennedy, as he's seemed set for a major push for quite some time now, yet it always seems to stop dead in its tracks for one reason or another soon after it starts. Again, this one is really hard to call. MVP and Shelton Benjamin are my 2nd and 3rd picks, respectively.

Bunny Mania - Ashley Massaro & Maria vs. Beth Phoenix & Melina

This wrestling match won't really have a lot of wrestling and will probably have at least one blown spot. Maria is in Playboy and they'll still be trying to hype that, but don't want to weaken their women's champion, so we'll say that Maria manages a pin on Melina after about 6 minutes.

Belfast Brawl - JBL vs. Finlay

This match won't exactly be a scientific wrestling bout, to say the least. One or both men will probably bleed, we'll see outside interference from Hornswoggle, but eventually JBL will pin Finlay after hitting him in the head with some sort of weapon. Finlay's miniature push will essentially come to an end.

Smackdown vs. Raw Match - Batista vs. Umaga

There is no way that they'll put Umaga over clean here, so Batista seems to be the winner if we have a clean finish. This match will probably be better than expected, as Umaga is better at wrestling than many give him credit for. Batista beats Umaga with an impressive Batista Bomb, ending up getting the first pick for Smackdown in an upcoming draft.

Career Threatening Match - Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels

This wrestling contest may very well steal the show. Flair will pull out everything he has learned in the past 40 years in this match, with several believable near falls, but eventually all things have to end, and Shawn Michaels will finally put Flair away with the Sweet Chin Music. Flair will get a standing ovation after the match that goes on forever, and possibly cut a memorable promo after the match.

The Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather

This match is a lot of hype, but won't end up being a lot of substance. It'll end with the second most undersold chokeslam of all time, very likely in less than 10 minutes, with Big Show coming out on top.

WWE Title Match: Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena vs. Triple H

This will be a very good 30 or 40 minute match, with all three competing with one another to try and steal the show. Randy Orton has made a convincing heel champion, but Cena only lost his belt due to his injury, so the title will come home. Don't expect to see Triple H do the job here. John Cena beats Randy Orton with the FU and goes on to feud with the money in the bank winner while Triple H and Orton work out their differences to determine the number one contender after Wrestlemania.

World Heavyweight Championship Match: Edge (c) vs. Undertaker

It's time to The Undertaker to finally get his long title run. He'll hold the title for probably 6-8 months or possibly even a year after he beats Edge, so it will be interesting to see if Smackdown gets any better. This match will probably be a very good 4 1/2 star match, with Undertaker showing that he still has some gas left in the tank.

And that's the end of my predictions for the final pro wrestling event of WWE's season, Wrestlemania! Check back soon for the latest in Pro Wrestling news, rumors and spoilers.