Coverage and thoughts on the April 12, 2012 episode of Impact
The show starts with Eric Bischoff coming to the ring. The fans chant “you suck” and boo him. Then Eric says that Hulk Hogan and Garrett are feeling good about themselves. They feel like they’re in control, but what they don’t get is that the name Eric Bischoff will live on. He says that when Hulk Hogan came out and question his leadership ability last week and Eric says that he managed to put together a team for Lethal Lockdown. He welcomes his team. Team Eric is mad of, Bully Ray, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Gunner. Ray then gets the mic and asks the fans if they know who Eric is. Ray says that he is proud to go to war for Eric. Ray says that as great a guy as Eric is he made one mistake. He says that the mistake is his son Garrett. Eric says he knows what the stakes are at Lockdown. He talks about how there will be a best of 3 series to see who will have the 1 man advantage. Then he says that Gunner is ready for anybody. Eric challenges someone to come out and Garrett does. Garrett says that he hopes Eric has chosen wisely. Then he says he has his team. Then he says that he has 1 guy on his team who wants some action right now. Ken Anderson comes out. He will face Gunner next. This was a typical Bischoff opening segment. I’m not into the whole Bischoff saga and really hope to God this ends Sunday.
Ken Anderson vs. Gunner in a best of 3 series match. Gunner wins by DQ when Anderson
Eric Young is backstage in a blue tux admiring himself and the Joseph Park comes in. Then of course he asks Young if he’s seen Abyss. Young rambles and Joseph tells him to think. Young says that he was with that Immortal group. Then Joseph gives him card.
The Motor City Machine Guns are in the ring. Alex Shelley says that it’s about how big his heart is. Sabin says that they’re coming for the tag titles. Shelly says they’ve been teaming 6 years while the champs have only been teaming 6 months. He says that they’ve competed all over and have beaten Beer Money & Team 3D multiple times. Then he says that at Lockdown they will be the new tag team champions. Then Magnus & Samoa Joe come out. Magnus says that the guns are one of the impressive teams ever and that coming back from their injuries takes serious guts. He says they have his respect. Then he mentions that at Lockdown the best team will meet to see who deserve to be the tag champions. Magnus says they can go right now. Then Mexican America come out and Anarquia says that they were tag champions for 6 months. He says they got one thing to say. Then the brawl starts. Both teams take out Mexican America. Then they face off. This was a good segment. I liked the promos from Shelly, Sabin & Magnus. This match should be good.
X Division Champion Austin Aries vs. Christopher Daniels in a best of 3 series match. Aries gets the pin to tie up the series. This was a really good back and forth match.
The steel cage is being set up and Jeff Hardy come out. He says that this all started when Kurt Angle cost him the world title and it will end in the cage. He says that there’s no escape for Angle. Jeff says they will make history and hurt each other Sunday. Jeff then says it’s inevitable and he loves it. This was a good short promo.
James Storm promo backstage with the 2 country guys and Storm says that Roode will find out why Nashville
Back to Eric Young and Sarita & Rosita come in. He says that nothing will go wrong with his wedding. Then they ask if he’s thought this through and Eric says he will marry ODB. This was typical Eric Young goofiness.
Time for the Eric Young-ODB wedding in the cage. Young comes out in his tux and has glasses on. They have the Knockout tag titles in the ring too. Then ODB comes out. The cage door is locked and the ceremony begins. The priest says that the cage is symbolic because of strength and commitment. Then he says that Young & ODB have a video to show. They show the video recapping they’re saga. This is idiotic! They do the whole wedding vows bit. Young says his first and it’s typical Eric Young comedy. Then ODB says her vows and she says a lot of goofy comedy too. The priest then does the “if anyone objects” bit. Then Mexican America’s music plays and Rosita & Sarita come out. Sarita says they object. Then Rosita takes her robe off and starts dancing while Sarita is saying she could be his. Then Sarita does the same and Rosita says Eric doesn’t know what he’s missing. ODB says that she gets they she hasn’t got what they do, but they haven’t got what she has. Then she takes her dress off. Then Young says that ODB is perfect for him. He says that he knows how to make the wedding perfect. Then he takes his suit off. UGH! Then ODB tells the priest to take his suit off too. He does and then they do the “do you take” bit. Young says absolutely and ODB says oh yeah BAM! They priest then says they’re married. This was terrible!!
Ric Flair is backstage with team Eric and he tells Bully Ray that they need him to win. Ray gets psyched up. His match is next.
They show Bobby Roode backstage with his security saying he’s ready for his face off with James Storm. Then he says that on Sunday it will be personal. This was a good promo.
AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray in a best of 3 series match. Ray gets the pin after hitting AJ with his chain for team Eric to get the 1 man advantage at Lockdown. All the team members from each team are at ringside. Of course a brawl starts. Then Ray sneaks his chain in and hits AJ with it for the pin. Then Hulk Hogan comes out and he says that at Lethal Lockdown it won’t be 4 on 4. It will be 5 on 5. He gives Eric 3 minutes to name the 5th guy on his team and thy go to commercial. Back from commercial and Hulk and Team Garrett are in the ring. Hulk tells him to say who the 5th man is. Eric says that he knows Hulk will be the 5th guy and that they can take him. Eric says that he will be the 5th guy on his team. Then Hulk tells Eric that he won’t be the 5th guy for Team Garrett. Hulk tells him that he let Garrett know ahead of time this would be 5 on 5. Then Garrett does the RVD pose and Rob Van Dam comes out. This was good. I liked the match. The post match stuff was ok but I thought it went a bit long. The also didn’t need to have a commercial in there.
They show a James Storm-Bobby Roode video package with Roode saying that he carries Storm. He says that at Lockdown he will prove to Storm why he is the World Champion. Then we get comments from Storm. He says that it took 10 years to build TNA. He then says that with 1 bottle a 4 year friendship was destroyed. He says that in 3 days it ends. This was ok.
Mickie James & Velvet Sky vs. Madison Rayne & Knockouts Champion Gail Kim. Mickie & Velvet win when Velvet pins Gail. This was a decent match.
Time for the James Storm-Bobby Roode face off. Roode come to the ring with his security guys. Storm says that they’ve been yelling at each other for the past few weeks. He mentions that they were 4 time tag champions and the longest reigning champion in TNA history. He mentions how they traveled the world and entertained a lot fans. Roode says they had a lot of success together as Beer Money. He says that it was one of the proudest moments of his life. Then he mentions that there is another proud moment from last year. He mentions them both being in the Bound For Glory Series. Roode talks about their semi-final matches and Roode mentions that he won his match but Storm lost his. Then he mentions challenging for the World Title at Bound For Glory and James Storm sat in the back and did nothing. Storm says that he was watching and he remembers Roode got beat. Storm says that the next week he beat the in record time that beat Roode. Roode says he remembers because 2 weeks later he beat Storm for the World Title. Roode says that was the night he became the “it factor” of wrestling. Storm says that was the night Roode hit him with a Beer bottle and destroyed their friendship. Roode tells him they were never friends. Roode says that 10 years ago they hated each other. Roode than says that Beer Money was a success because of their passion for the business. Then Roode says that Storm has been jealous of him. Storm says where he comes from friends and family still mean something. He says that Bobby does this for the money while he does this for the fans. Then Storm says that in 3 days they will beat the living s**t out of each other in front of his fans. Roode says that he doesn’t care about the fans or Storm’s family. Then Storm says that Roode will need a miracle to walk out of the cage. Roode says that in 3 days Storm will be the guy that will need all the luck he can get. Then he says with Storm’s history he doesn’t have any luck. They go nose to nose with really intense looks to end the show. This was a good promo too. I thought both guys did a great job.
I thought this was a good show overall. The opening segment with Eric Bischoff wasn’t great but I liked the Storm-Roode face off. I also liked the Aries-Daniels match. That was the highlight of the show. The Machine Guns cut good promos too and aside from Mexican America I thought the face with the Guns and Magnus & Joe was good also. AJ & Bully Ray also had a good match but I thought the post match stuff went a bit long. Especially with the commercial thrown in there. The Eric Young-ODB wedding was the typical kind of dumb comedy we get from them. Jeff Hardy’s promo was good and short and I thought Ken Anderson & Gunner had a solid match too. This was definitely a good go home episode for Lockdown.
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