TNA Lockdown Coverage: Spud Screws ECIII, Hardy Still Champ

Just when it appeared Ethan Carter III had everything going his way, Rockstar Spud turned his back on him and once again, Matt Hardy retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The tired old wrestling booking mechanism of continually screwing the guy that deserves the title, Impact Wrestling did little to entertain this week, as Lockdown was average, at best.

Add in an awful match between Grado and Eli Drake and this year’s Lockdown event was anything but stellar. With little in terms of mid-card storytelling, it appears TNA is putting all of their eggs in the EC3 basket.

Matches:

Beer Money: James Storm and Bobby Roode vs. King of the Mountain Champion Eric Young and Bram: A rough back and forth that started off strong as Bram hit his DDT variation on Storm on the outside and Roode avoided a Young Piledriver. After about eight minutes or so of offense and very little storytelling, the brawling slowed down and Beer Money taunted and finished off their opponents with the Suplex/Powerbomb variation.

X-Division Champion Trevor Lee with Gregory Shane Helms vs. Tigre Uno: Lee got the win with the Fisherman Buster, but Uno hit a few spots in another decent match that told very little story.

Lethal Lockdown: The Dollhouse: Rebel, Jade and Marti Bell vs. Knockouts Champion Gail Kim, Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky: A nice amount of offense here and Rebel was extra solid with her variation of the Stroke. Regardless, it was hard to get into the match because there was no belt on the line. After Rayne was injured earlier in the show, Maria Kanellis appeared to be filling in, (as per Kim’s “demand” earlier) but all she did was turn her back on Kim and lock the faces in the cage. While Sky and Kim made an awesome comeback using Kendo Sticks and a Top Rope Flapjack, but Jade eventually got the win with the Package Piledriver on a chair.

Odarg the Great vs. Eli Drake w/Jessie Godderz: Another disaster of a match that saw Drake dominated for most of the match, but Grado hit the modified Electric Chair Drop and after Mahabali Shera took Godderz out of the equation, Grado hit the Cannonball on Drake, whose tights were nearly off. Eventually, Grado escaped and Drake was able to take his mask.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Matt Hardy w/Tyrus and Reby Hardy vs. Ethan Carter III: Plenty of back and forth action as Tyrus injected weapons and both performers were unable to hit their finishers early on. Hardy, however, hit a Side Effect through a steel chair and got the first advantage and kept things that way thanks to an Eye Rake. ECIII hit the TK3 to even things up, but Tyrus wouldn’t let him escape. Carter then allowed Tyrus into the cage and promptly nailed him with a Clothesline, but Tyrus hit the Big Ending. However, Tyrus ended up getting locked to the cage and EC3 beat on Tyrus to take him out of the equation. Hardy then popped up and hit the Twist of Fate, but EC3 kicked out. Carter then hit a Russian Leg Sweep from the top rope to continue the drama. With a steel chair wrapped around his neck Carter fell victim to another Twist of Fate, but once again, he kicked out. After an EC3 Low Blow and more strikes, Carter began to make his comeback. Reby Hardy then made her way to the ring with a hammer, but Rockstar Spud stopped her, to only turn his back on Spud and allow Hardy to escape the cage and retain his title. After the match, Spud nailed Carter in the head with a steel chair to end the show.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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