TNA Lockdown Power Rankings: Slow Burn

February 11, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Five solid matches made up an entertaining Lockdown card, but one that was essentially void of surprises.

Check out our TNA Lockdown Rankings to what happened on a night that on the surface fueled uneventful, but could have long-lasting repercussions in Impact Wrestling.

Honorable Mention: The Revolution: These guys play the numbers game and they do it better than anyone in TNA. Using the strength of Khoya and the speed of Sanada and Manik, Storm and Abyss were able to not only beat the Hardy Boys at Lockdown and retain the TNA Tag Team titles, but put a massive exclamation point on the match afterwards. While the Beat Down Clan gets all the attention in TNA, The Revolution may be even more powerful.

5: Awesome Kong: Her win over Havoc at Lockdown cements her as the legitimate alpha female in TNA. With Taryn Terrell still the Knockouts Champion, Kong will try to do the same thing she did to Gail Kim a few years ago, have an athletic match with a much smaller opponent and win the Knockouts title.

4: Ethan Carter III: This guy has the tools to be a wonderful heel and the small size of Rockstar Spud makes it even easier to hate Carter. With Tyrus by his side, it’s time for Carter to finish off Spud and get involved in the TNA World Heavyweight title picture- or even challenge for the TNA Tag Team titles.

3: Bobby Roode: “The It Factor” said he was going to make Eric Young bleed at Lockdown and that’s exactly what he did.The Roode Bomb on the steel chair to end their match also makes sure that Young learns his lesson and isn’t going to get involved in Roode’s business ever again. Now ready for another shot at the TNA World Heavyweight title, Roode has momentum on his side and one thorn in Young, off of it.

2: The Beat Down Clan: It took a great performance from an injured Gunner, as well as special nights from Kurt Angle and Austin Aries, combined with a fresh Bobby Lashley to take them out. Any other faction would have fell apart much earlier, but the BDC is no ordinary group. Win, lose or draw, these are four of the most talented performers in the company and with the added influence of Eric Young, they are a force.

1: Bobby Lashley: Good champions aren’t scared to pick sides and Lashley’s decision to help Kurt Angle at Lockdown has cemented his status as a face. The most dominant champion in TNA history, he’ll have many more chances to prove it against the BDC.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14263 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.

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