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Lockdown 2005 was the sixth monthly professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It was televised live from Soundstage 21 at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida on April 24, 2005. The promotional poster prominently features Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, A.J. Styles, Jeff Jarrett and The Outlaw (Kip James). The DVD cover replaced Nash and Page with Monty Brown and Abyss, respectively.

Lockdown was unique in that all the matches were Six Sides of Steel Matches, where the hexagonal TNA wrestling ring was totally surrounded by steel fencing. Many fans derided this pay-per-view for the fact that every single match was performed this way, except for the pre-show match, posing an extremely high risk of ending the careers of several wrestlers due to severe injuries. Unfortunately these fears would prove justified as several wrestlers left the event injured; most notably Chris Candido, who suffered a leg injury and died four days later due to complications stemming from an infection caused by not taking time out to recover after having surgery on the leg.

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Results

Preshow Triple-Threat Tag-team Match: David Young and Lex Lovett vs. 3Live Kru (Ron Killings and Konnan) vs. The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens, w/Chris Candido)

3Live Kru won the match, with Ron "The Truth" Killings pinning Lex Lovett after a sitout double underhook facebuster.

  • After the pre-show match, the Six Sides of Steel were assembled, and would remain up for the entire pay-per-view.

Six Sides of Steel Tag-team Match: Chris Candido and Lance Hoyt vs. Apolo and Sonny Siaki

Apolo and Sonny Siaki won the match, with Siaki pinning Hoyt after a splash from the top rope. (6:25) During the match, Candido broke his leg and was helped away, leaving Hoyt to finish the match alone. Afterward The Naturals come out and beat up Hoyt, putting their Natural Disaster finisher on him.

Six Sides of Steel Prince of Darkness Match: Bobby Roode (w/Scott D'Amore and A-1) vs. Dustin Rhodes

In a 2 out of 3 falls match: Roode quickly got the first fall by pinfall with a small package. (0:52) Rhodes got the second fall with a top-rope bulldog. (11:03) For the third fall, both wrestlers were blindfolded.

Both wrestlers accidentally knocked out referee Rudy Charles, and D'Amore and A-1 tried to interfere. D'Amore tossed in a chair, then opened the cage and climbed in with the hockey stick, but Roode accidentally knocked out D'Amore with the chair. With Cassidy Riley out to neutralize A-1, Rhodes got the third fall and won the match after hitting Roode with the chair. (15:18)

Six Sides of Steel Four-man X-scape Match: Michael Shane (w/Trinity) vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Chris Sabin (w/Traci) vs. Shocker

By X-scape Match rules, the match begins as a Fatal Four-way match, with two wrestlers fighting at any given time and able to tag any other wrestler to get in. After the first person is eliminated by pinfall or submission, the other three fight in triple-threat rules. When the second person is eliminated by pinfall or submission, the remaining two fight in escape-only steel cage rules. The first wrestler to touch the ground outside the cage wins. (NOTE: The wrestler has to go over the top of the cage. They cannot use the door or go through the cage if it breaks.)

Sonjay Dutt was the first one eliminated, pinned by Shocker after receiving both a Superkick by Michael Shane and a Twisting Elbowdrop from Shocker, who gave the big boot to Shane to prevent him from getting the pin. (10:56)

Traci attempted to interfere but Trinity pulled her down. Trinity then climbed up and performed a moonsault from the top of the cage onto all three men. Traci came in through the door and speared Trinity, neutralizing her.

Michael Shane was second to be eliminated, pinned by Chris Sabin after the Cradle Shock. (14:03)

Shocker won the match after landing on the floor outside the cage. Chris Sabin fell out at the same time, but the referees ruled that Shocker landed first. Shocker became Number One Contender for the TNA X Division Championship, and got a shot at the title at Hard Justice. (15:35)

  • NOTE: Due to threats of legal action by World Wrestling Entertainment over ring aliases, Michael Shane may be referred to as his current ring name, Matt Bentley, in future copies of the DVD.

Six Sides of Steel Tables Match: Raven vs. Jeff Hardy

Jeff Hardy won the match after putting a leg-drop on Raven from the top of the cage, sending him through four stacked-up tables. (14:03)

Six Sides of Steel Tag-team Strap Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship: America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (c) vs. Team Canada (Petey Williams and Eric Young, w/A-1)

AMW won the match, with James Storm pinning Petey Williams after AMW hits him with their Death Sentence finisher. (15:12) AMW retained the NWA World Tag Team Championship.

Chris Harris spent most of the match outside the cage, locked out by A-1 as Eric Young and Petey Williams double-teamed James Storm. In the end, A-1 tried to smuggle powder to Petey Williams, but Storm kicked the powder into Petey's face, making him put the Canadian Destroyer on Young and setting up the end.

Six Sides of Steel Match for the TNA X Division Championship: Christopher Daniels vs. Elix Skipper

Christopher Daniels won by pinfall after the Angel's Wings. Christopher Daniels retained the TNA X Division Championship. (15:27)

  • After the match, Dusty Rhodes pulled the third, fourth and fifth entrants in Lethal Lockdown. Only the fourth, Diamond Dallas Page, was pulled on-camera. He did not pull any other names on-camera as he tried to call for Traci and Trinity.

Six Sides of Steel Six-Man Lethal Lockdown Match: Planet Jarrett (NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown and The Outlaw) vs. Sean Waltman, Diamond Dallas Page and B.G. James (mystery partner)

Sean Waltman, DDP and B.G. James won the match, with Waltman pinning The Alpha Male in a small package. (15:41)

Waltman (bringing a trash can) and Jeff Jarrett (bringing his guitar, his title belt and a trash can with weapons inside) began the match. The order of entry for the others are The Outlaw (with a trash can lid), DDP (with a kendo stick), Monty Brown (with a baseball bat) and B.G. James (with another trash can lid), who was not revealed as the mystery partner until he came from the back. When he came in, B.G. hit everyone on Jarrett's team, a cameraman and referee Rudy Charles, but did not hit The Outlaw, allowing his teammates to take care of him.

  • NOTE: Due to threats of legal action by World Wrestling Entertainment over ring aliases, The Outlaw may be referred to as his current ring name, Kip James, in future copies of the DVD.

Six Sides of Steel Match: Abyss vs. A.J. Styles

A.J. Styles won by pinfall after a sunset flip powerbombing off the cage into a pile of tacks. (19:48) A.J. Styles earned a shot at Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Hard Justice.

Notes

  • At the beginning of the his match, Chris Candido broke his leg and dislocated his ankle when he landed awkwardly after a leg lariat from Sonny Siaki, leaving Lance Hoyt to finish the match alone. Candido had surgery to insert plates in his leg on April 25. He died three days later on April 28 at the age of 33.
  • Traci was half-way up the cage when Trinity pulled her off the ropes. She landed weird on one foot and twisted her ankle. She did not miss any significant time, since there was no actual women's wrestling at that time in TNA.
  • Petey Williams was unable to do his usual O Canada nut squash because the Six Sides of Steel makes a tree of woe impossible, so instead he stood on James Storm's shoulders while he was in the ropes, throttling him on the middle rope as he sang O Canada.

External links

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-views

 

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