TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Drama Builds for Lockdown

March 3, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With anticipation for Lockdown growing, this week’s Impact had a card that managed to build more drama for the event. The segments between Samoa Joe and Magnus, as well as Gunner and James Storm, as well as the Tigre Uno and Willow vignettes, fueled a show that set the scene all for what appears to be a damn good Lockdown show.

Can TNA screw it all up? Their track record isn’t great, but with roster-wide angles and plenty of different personalities at play including an edgy Sam Shaw/Anderson angle, TNA continues rebook in a way that makes the company more fun than it has been in years.

Kurt Angle’s Hall of Fame induction was a nice event as well, despite it being more of a time-filler than anything else. One of the company’s most beloved workers, Angle deserves the prestige more than anyone else in the company right now.

Matches:

Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian vs. Jessie Godderz and Robbie E/Zema Ion vs. TNA Tag Team Champions Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards: A good non-title match with plenty of offense and double-team maneuvers. The added stipulation was an intriguing one as both the Bromans and Bad Influence, with a win, would join Team Roode for the Lockdown main event. After the Wolves finished off Christopher Daniels with a Stomp, Robbie E and Godderz threw Richards and Edwards out of the ring to steal the win.

Ethan Carter III vs. Doug Williams: Although Williams delivered a nice amount of offense, Carter won with the One Percenter. After the bell, Carter applied a vicious Knee Lock on Williams.

Samoa Joe vs. Bad Bones: This kid had no chance. A Muscle Buster and a Kokina Clutch ended the match rather quickly.

TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky w/Gail Kim and Chris Sabin vs. The Alpha Female and Lei’d Tapa: Although Rayne and Sky fought hard, Tapa and TAF were too tough. Tapa won with the TKO on Rayne. After the match The Alpha Female locked on the Full Nelson on Sky, but ODB made the save.

MVP vs. Bobby Roode w/Austin Aries as Special Guest Referee: This match was pretty even as both guys kicked out of each other’s Signature maneuvers. Aries turned his back on MVP when he nailed him with a Discus Elbow, which allowed Roode to hit the Roode Bomb for the win.

mm
About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*