TNA Lockdown 2009

Been meaning to cover this one a good while, since Impact were kind enough to upload it for free to their Youtube channel, and god knows I need a break from WCW and the guest hosts and all that garbage. So here we are, Lockdown, what used to be a staple of TNA where every match on these shows were some variation of a cage match, from your run of the mill cage, to an electrified cage, and of course their take on War Games, and everything in between. It's TNA, they found a way to overcomplicate things whenever they could, even something so simple as a cage match. Anyways, let's get to the show.

Right away, Tenay welcomes us to the show as we see Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles arriving at the arena from earlier in the day, then the Main Event Mafia arriving. Then we see Team 3D arriving... somewhere, and Ray says it's been 13 long, hard years of kicking ass, and getting theirs kicked, but it was all worth it for world titles like the ones they're carrying, which just happen to be the IWGP Tag Titles. He says it's the city they got their start, where Team 3D was born, the most hardcore, violent city in the world, Philadelphia. Then he calls out to Beer Money, saying he wouldn't want to be in their shoes tonight. A Philadelphia Street Fight, which means they're going to open the cage door and fight all over the arena, maybe even to the streets of Philly, that the people will be chanting for their blood, Philly fans are bloodthirsty, crazy, insane, and hopes every one of them takes a shot at Beer Money tonight. He says tonight they walk in the IWGP Champions, but walk out the TNA World Tag Team Champions also, and prove to the world that tag team domination belongs to Team 3D. He says the march from the steps they're on all the way to the arena. D-Von speaks up and says he hopes Beer Money is ready, done all the training, drank all their beer, spent all their money to get in shape for Team 3D, because when the dust clears and everything is said and done, there will be no more arguments, nothing left to say, and the only thing that will be said is that Team 3D is the greatest tag team in the history of the business, and they will walk out victorious.

Now we get to the opening video package, which shows several shots of tonight competitors in the cage, shots of the cage with fire shooting from the posts, set to some Smashing Pumpkins. We get some audio clips for the Foley/Sting match, which seems to come down to Foley still wanting to go, and Sting calling him broken down and aiming to end his career tonight. Then we have the Lethal Lockdown, Team Jarrett vs Team Angle, and onto the show.

We're live from the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Don West and Mike Tenay welcome us to the show as they run down the big matches, and to start we have the first of five championship matches for the X Division. We get a run down from Tenay for the build up for this match, starting with the video game character come to life Suicide winning the Ultimate X Match a month prior at Destination X. He has 4 challengers tonight in the form of two established tag teams, with the numbers certainly against him. The rules of this match? Pins and submissions to eliminate opponents, until only two remain, where the winner is first to escape the cage.

X-Scape Match for the TNA X Division Championship: "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal vs Kiyoshi vs Consequences Creed vs Sheik Abdul Bashir vs Suicide (c)
Pre-Match Notes & Thoughts: Consequences Creed of course now known as Xavier Woods of the New Day, and Sheik the former Daivari. As for Suicide, as far as I can tell it's either Danials or Kazarian under the mask.
Suicide immediately dropkicks Bashir into the corner to start the match, Creed and Lethal go after him while Kiyoshi sends Suicide off the ropes, kicks him in the midsection and... he no sells? OK. Kiyoshi sent into the corner and hit with a running knee. Kick to the midsection and boot to the chin on Suicide by Kiyoshi, now Lethal on Kiyoshi with some rights, while Creed stays on Bashir. Kiyoshi pulls back on an Irish whip off the ropes and gets Lethal under the chin with a right, goes off the ropes but gets caught with a hip toss and a dropkick. Rights now on Suicide by Lethal, sent off the ropes, lifted and dropped on his ass, followed by a leg drop, a cover but Creed breaks it up for his partner. Bashir now sends Creed off the ropes, he flips over and nails an enziguri, covers and Kiyoshi saves his partner. Suicide with an inverted atomic drop on Kiyoshi, comes off the ropes but caught in a slam, cover and a kick out.
Suicide with a clothesline on Kiyoshi then exchanges rights with Bashir, but they're dropkicked into the cage by Creed and Lethal. They whip Bashir into the corner, then Lethal whipped toward him with a dropkick, then Creed with a corner clothesline. Creed goes up top while Lethal presses Bashir and Creed drives him down to the mat. Suicide gets sent off the ropes by Lethal and caught with a backbreaker, then a side Russian leg sweep by Creed. Lethal holds up Suicide in a chinlock while Creed comes off the ropes and dropkicks him right in the face. They send Kiyoshi off the ropes now and is caught with an enziguri by Lethal, Creed delivers a flapjack while Lethal goes up top and delivers an elbow, hook the legs and Kiyoshi is eliminated.
Bashir now goes after Creed and Suicide on Lethal, the latter sends Lethal back first into the cage while Bashir gets whipped into the corner and hit with a rolling clothesline by Creed. Rights now by Creed and Lethal joins him, Bashir off the ropes into a double flapjack, cover and a two count. Lethal lifts Suicide up for a suplex as Creed goes up top, bringing him down with a crossbody, cover and a near fall. Lethal and Creed try to whip the other two into each other, but Suicide picks Lethal up on his shoulders while Bashir whips Creed towards them, spinning Lethal to kick Creed in the face, then a rolling senton and Bashir takes out Suicide with a clothesline. DDT by Bashir on a kneeling Creed, what he calls the WMD-DDT, covers and Creed is now eliminated.
Bashir with chops on Lethal in the corner, then Lethal with chops until Bashir knees to the midsection, then trading rights. Lethal sends Bashir off the ropes with a backbreaker into a faceplant. Now Suicide on Lethal, sent off the ropes into a clothesline, then boots in the corner. Lethal sent across the ring with corner clotheslines, then picks him up on his shoulders, goes for something but Lethal turns it into a crucifix pin for a near fall. Lethal ducks a clothesline, arms around the waist, pushes Suicide into the ropes for a roll up and a another near fall, Lethal off the ropes and right into a clothesline turning him inside out. Suicide with the cover and a kick out.
Lethal sent off the ropes, kick to the face, back off the ropes and Suicide sidesteps, but Lethal climbs the side of the cage for a springboard moonsault but misses. Suicide takes advantage for the Suicide Solution, but Bashir throws him face first and makes the pin on Lethal and he's out now.
Rights by Bashir, sends Suicide face first into the corner, but reverses a whip off the ropes, sending Bashir toward the door and he dropkicks through the ropes, opening the door in the process and landing on the steps. Suicide pounces immediately and pulls him back in though, but Bashir is back on the attack in the corner with shoulders to the midsection, then whips Suicide across the ring who leaps to the top rope and tries to escape but Bashir cuts him off. Suicide sent face first into the cage, then Bashir delivers a back suplex back to the mat. Once he's recovered, Bashir goes for his DDT again but Suicide slips out, hooks Bashir as if to go for a cutter but drives him face first into the middle turnbuckle instead. 
Suicide makes his climb again and straddles the top of the cage but Bashir is right there and joins him up top, trading rights and chops, nearly falling off. Suicide manages to knock him back to the mat but now Kiyoshi has made his way back out to thwart him and security rush down and stop him, pulling him from the cage. So Suicide dives off the top of the cage onto Kiyoshi and security to win the match and retain the title in 11:40. Good opening match for the show.

Bashir shakes the cage in frustration as Suicide heads to the back, before Tenay sends it to the back.

Lauren, the backstage interviewer, is standing by with Daniels and Styles. She brings up how the Mafia arrived as a unit, while the two of them arrived missing the other half of their team tonight, questioning their unity going into Lethal Lockdown. Styles makes it clear that he and Daniels are definitely on the same page. He says they've been in tag matches before, on PPV before, but nothing like this, talking about how it's not about money or prestige, it's about showing that they belong. She turns to Daniels and welcomes him back, asking what brought about Jarrett bringing him back for this match. He says it's good to be home, and that as far as what happened between him and Jarrett, stays between him and Jarrett, but does say he stands before AJ and TNA and the world as a man reborn, then they leave.

Queen of the Cage Match: Madison Rayne vs Sojournor Bolt vs Daffney vs ODB (w/ Cody Deaner)
Pre-Match Notes & Thoughts: So as far as I can tell this is just a regular 4 way cage match. There seems to be history with Madison Rayne and Daffney. She was doing a Sarah Palin parody gimmick I guess called The Governor and when the Beautiful People shaved her hair she transformed back into her crazy Daffney persona. Madison goes after Daffney and Bolt after ODB, ODB choked in the corner while Daffney lays in rights, then hits a Northern Lights with a bridge but Bolt breaks it up. She and Rayne argue, she pushes Bolt back and Daffney rolls her up for a two count. Now Bolt and Rayne double teaming, send ODB off the ropes, ducks a double clothesline and drops them with clotheslines. Daffney hops on her back for a sleeper but ODB throws her to the mat, then clubbed from behind by Rayne and Bolt. She holds up ODB and Rayne nails forearms before being slammed down, then sent into the cage with a double team catapult. 
Triple teaming on ODB now until Daffney gets clubbed from behind, sent off the ropes, ducks a double clothesline and takes out Rayne and Bolt with a crossbody, covers Rayne for a one count. Daffney with a neckbreaker on Bolt as she goes for ODB, then an uppercut for Rayne followed by boots in the corner, but misses an elbow from the top.. Cody is seen giving ODB a drink from a flask through the camera hole in the cage while the double team starts on Daffney once more. ODB gets fired up and lays in some clotheslines. Rayne sent into the corner, then Bolt sent into her followed by a corner splash then a fallaway slam on Bolt. Sidewalk slam on Rayne, cover but Bolt breaks it up.
Side kick to the chest on ODB, cover but Daffney breaks it up, then a fisherman neckbreaker on Bolt, cover but Rayne breaks it up. Daffney sent off the ropes into a spinning facebuster. ODB takes another drink from the flask, then spits it in Bolt's face, before delivering powerslam and gets the win in 6:09. Eh, it was an OK match.

Celebration with Deaner as the other three recover, then over to commentary who hype up some of the other matches on the card, including a 3-way for the IWGP Jr. Tag Titles, a Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match, a 3-way for the Knockouts Title, the Philly Street Fight, Lethal Lockdown and of course the World Title match and the main event. 

Then we cut to the parking lot where Jarrett has arrived at the arena with no Joe in sight, before we go to our next title match. The Machine Guns recently won the Jr. Tag Titles in Tokyo, and No Limit, the team of Naito and Takahashi, the former champions look to regain the titles here. Then there's LAX, who are looking to collect all the gold, with World and X-Division Title shots already in their grasp thanks to Feast or Fired.

Triple Threat Tornado Tag Team Match for the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship: LAX (Homicide & Hernandez) vs No Limit (Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi) vs The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) (c)
All 6 pair off for separate fights, but in the middle, Naito and Shelley are going at it, Naito off the top rope with a crossbody and a dropkick. Shelley sidesteps in the corner, but Naito gets a boot up as he charges, then goes up top but Shelley cuts him off. Naito into the tree of woe for two baseball slides to the face. Now Takahashi goes to send Homicide into the cage but he slips free, goes for a cutter but is sent off the ropes, ducks a clothesline and nails a spinning back elbow. Side headlock by Homicide, sent off the ropes by Takahashi, tries a shoulder block but Homicide stands his ground, then he goes off the ropes, Homicide drops down and goes for a crossbody but gets caught in a powerslam, cover and a two count. Takahashi keeps his arms around the waist as he gets back to his feet but Homicide slips free and drops him with a right.
Now to Sabin who gets shoved out of the corner by Hernandez, ducks a running clothesline, Sabin with some rights, off the ropes, goes for a victory roll but Hernandez catches, only for Sabin to slip free, hits a spin kick to the midsection and an enziguri. Sabin now attempts an octopus stretch but to little effect, so he tries to turn into a sunset flip but can't pull him down. Sabin pulled back up by the neck, now with some chops, off the ropes and pounced into the cage. 
Now Shelley goes after Hernandez with chops, goes for a suplex but he blocks and goes for a stalling one of his own. Sabin delivers kicks to the midsection and he's forced to drop Shelley, double arm wringers and elbows to the side of the head, they try for a double suplex but he delivers one of his own. Takahashi sends him face first into the corner now though and calls over to Naito as he goes after Shelley, sends him off the ropes, Naito dropkicks the knees sending Shelley tumbling forward into a sliding elbow from Takahashi. Now to Sabin, Naito whips him toward Takahashi into an inverted atomic drop, then both off the ropes with a leg drop and a standing senton.
Hernandez back up now as they pose for the crowd and Homicide too, Naito whipped into the corner, LAX delivering a clothesline and running shoulder to the midsection simultaneously, then Naito whipped as Hernandez comes off the ropes into a body block, then Homicide with a low dropkick coming off the ropes. Takahashi tries to hit Hernandez but he's tripped up and catapulted face first into the cage, as he falls back onto the knees of Hernandez, Homicide comes off the top rope with a senton, a cover but Shelley breaks it up. He tries to send Homicide into the cage but he blocks, and they climb up the side of the cage. They start trading headbutts until Sabin comes over and crotches Homicide, then launches himself off Shelley's back to dropkick him into the cage.
They whip Hernandez into the corner, leaping off of each other for a pair of forearms, then some kicks to the knees and to the chest drops him to the mat. Shelley puts Homicide on Hernandez's shoulders as he's knelt on the mat, Shelley holds onto Homicide as Sabin goes up top with a missile dropkick to Homicide's back, adding momentum for Shelley's STO while sending Homicide face first into the canvas. Sabin goes up top and walks along the rope to deliver a tornado DDT on Homicide, makes the cover but Takahashi breaks it up.
Hernandez whipped into the corner by the Machine Guns, Shelley whipped into him for a clothesline then a forearm from Sabin, then one from Naito, then a clothesline from Takahashi. Naito whips Shelley toward Hernandez but he sidesteps, so Takahashi runs at him for a side elbow, then Naito launches off his back for a dropkick to the chest, then Homicide with a clothesline, and Hernandez with a corner splash. Homicide catapults Shelley into Hernandez, who delivers a belly to belly overhead. Then Hernandez lifts Takahashi and drapes his feet over the top rope, while Homicide goes up top with a dropkick into the side of the ribs, cover and a near fall.
Hernandez goes after Sabin who's recovering in the corner, but he gets the boots up, goes to the middle rope and goes for a crossbody but he's caught, goes for a powerbomb, then Sabin tries to counter with a hurricanrana but he's lifted back up, so he tries again for a sunset flip but can't pull him down, and he's picked back up, thrown over head and upside down by the head into the cage dropping to the mat on the back of his head. Hernandez turns his attention to Shelley and picks him up for a running Border Toss into the cage. Now Homicide with a chop to Naito, pulls him in for a clothesline but Naito ducks and delivers a powerslam. He and Takahashi send Hernandez off the ropes into a double team press slam, Takahashi with the cover but Homicide breaks it up.
Takahashi delivers... something, I don't really know what to call it, he scoops him up and looks like he's going for a spinning side slam but... well he goes for another cover but Hernandez kicks out. Sabin tries to go after Takahashi but he's slammed down, then he goes up top for a diving headbutt but Sabin rolls out of the way. He's caught by Naito with a scoop slam, who goes up for a corkscrew moonsault but Sabin moves out of the way. He goes after Takahashi who's still laid out, he and Shelley go up top with a leg drop and a splash, Shelley makes the cover but Hernandez picks him up into a half-nelson suplex. Naito with a boot to the midsection and a neckbreaker, but then Homicide hits him with a missile dropkick from the top rope, then he's taken out by Takahashi with a clothesline. 
Homicide lifted to the top rope by Takahashi and joins him, but Hernandez cuts him off, lifts him up on his shoulders, and Homicide leaps off with a cutter. Machine Guns with a pair of superkicks before Homicide can get back up, then for Hernandez. Naito lifted to the top rope and Shelley  joins him, Sabin hooks him for a powerbomb as Shelley drives him down with something like a Sliced Bread No. 2, I think commentary called this Made in Detroit, and Machine Guns retain in 11:51. That was a damn good match.

They celebrate with their titles as they recover and we go to replays, then more posing with the titles, then Tenay sends it to the back.

Lauren now with Abyss, who shows concern for him ahead of his match with Matt Morgan, who's vowed to hurt and punish him, while Abyss has promised not to use any weapons tonight. He starts by thanking her for her concern and calls her the greatest girlfriend ever, then reaffirms that he gave Dr. Stevie [Richards] his word, but reminds us that tonight is about survival, and if there's one thing he knows how to do it's survive, from the time where his father (in kayfabe James Mitchell/Sinister Minister) abused him time and time again, to the time they deemed him mentally unfit and put him away. He says he's going to take everything Matt has to dish out until there's nothing left for him to give, and then he's going to take out all his frustrations on Matt. He says that Dr. Stevie says it's good to take everything from the inside and let it out and tonight he's going to let it all out on him. Abyss walks off, conflicted and sobbing, while Lauren tries to tell him there must be a better way.

We get a hype package putting over the brutality of the Six Sides of Steel, with footage from past matches, where the voiceover tells us the cage, for Abyss, signifies normalcy in his tortured mind, a place where he can be himself, where no one will judge him, where his demons can run free. Now add barbed wire and the promise of blood and you have a match that "The Monster" can thrive in. Then the voiceover warns Morgan, saying that despite his strength and athleticism, this match is about one thing, that being carnage, and there is no escape, no mercy, and instead there will be anguish and blood.

So I had to look up the buildup to this match, and this is after I've seen it, because the video package doesn't really explain it. As far as Abyss and Morgan go, they were once the TNA Tag Team Champions, but an inadvertent chair shot from Abyss led to retaliation later that would dissolve their partnership. Abyss had beaten Morgan back at Against All Odds, but lost at Destination X in a Match of 10,000 Tacks, this cage match being the rubber. Dr. Stevie is Abyss' therapist, trying to help him get over his addiction to violence, which would explain the weird run-in during this next match.

Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match: "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan vs "The Monster" Abyss
Pre-Match Notes & Thoughts: So the rules of this match are rather simple: pin or submission to win the match, but only after you've busted your opponent open. This is the second and I believe last of it's kind in TNA. Matt goes under the ring immediately and tosses a chair in, then brings in a sack as he steps into the cage. 
Abyss ducks a chair shot and punches it back into Morgan's face to start this match, then right hands in the corner to the head and body. Morgan with knees to the head and midsection now, off the ropes and into a clothesline by Abyss, who follows with a splash in the corner, followed by a running knee as Morgan drops down. Abyss tries to send Morgan into the cage but he blocks it and delivers right hands, then a boot to the head. This crowd is thirst already with a "we want blood" chant as Abyss pulls Morgan into a sidewalk slam. Abyss sees the chair and hesitates before picking it up, and that allows Morgan to kick it back in his face as he turns around. 
Morgan gets the chair now, then... throws it out of the cage? Oh, I see, Abyss has been busted open now, so he has no use for the chair, and now Abyss can't use it either. OK, smart move. Morgan now with right hands as he mounts him. Abyss sent into the cage, then Morgan with the cover and a two count. Boot to the back of the head now, then vicious back elbows to the head in the corner, followed by a clothesline and a dropkick, a cover and another kick out. More right hands to the cut, then he grabs the sack he grabbed earlier, emptying it to reveal broken glass, huge shards too. Morgan tries to shove Abyss' face into the glass but Abyss blocks it, and blood just pours down onto the glass. 
Morgan picks up one of the glass shards, tries to drive it into Abyss' head but he blocks it from his knees. Shots to the midsection and Abyss gets back to his feet, off the ropes, ducks a clothesline and hits a shoulder tackle. Morgan sent face first into the cage, then a second and third and fourth time, then delivers a chokeslam. Abyss goes for the cover but Morgan isn't bleeding yet so the ref can't count the pinfall. 
Morgan back on the offense with a knee to the midsection, now he goes up top and goes for a crossbody but Abyss sidesteps and Morgan takes out the referee. Abyss crawls over to the glass and picks up a glass shard and crushes it into Morgan's forehead as he drives it down. Morgan now busted wide open. Right hands back and forth, Morgan off the ropes into a Black Hole Slam, cover but the ref is still down. Another ref runs down, unlocks the door, runs in to make the count but Morgan kicks out. 
With the door unlocked, Abyss leaves the cage and picks up the chair previously tossed out by Morgan before he goes to re-enter the cage, but Dr. Stevie comes out and takes the chair away. With the distraction, Morgan delivers the Carbon Footprint but Abyss kicks out in time. Morgan picks Abyss up but delivers a knee to the midsection, then turns his attention back to Stevie, asking for the chair. He tries to grab it but Stevie pulls it away. Abyss then decides to go back under the ring and grabs another bag, and Stevie tries to tell him no, but Abyss doesn't listen, climbing back in the cage.
Abyss empties the tacks on the mat, and Stevie has had enough, dropping the chair and entering the cage, throwing his jacket down. He starts slapping at Abyss and gets in his face, and Morgan nails a low blow from behind, then sends Abyss into the tacks with a two-handed chokeslam for the win in 12:47. This match was... well it was alright I suppose. The whole blood thing is an interesting element to the match but it's a bizarre stipulation to have.

Stevie leaves the cage and heads right to the back while Morgan gets his arm raised and Abyss lays in the tacks, then Tenay sends it to the back.

Borash is with Jarrett now, and apparently the locker room is buzzing wondering what side Jarrett is on, bringing up his history with Steiner, recent disappointment with Foley, disappointment with the TNA originals since the Main Event Mafia formed, and asks which side of Jeff Jarrett we'll see, the side we've seen through the years or his current side. Jeff says he's heard everything said about him the last few weeks: AJ and Daniels' comments about the call he made on Impact, heard them question him and doubt him. He says they need to look at themselves in the mirror instead of worrying about Jeff Jarett, asking where they've been the last six months, when he needed them, and says the real question is if he needs to start worrying more about himself than he used to, the answer to which is you're damn right he does. He goes to leave, but Borash asks what the hell that's supposed to mean, to which Jarrett turns back around and says it means he's going to do what he always does, the right thing. He goes to leave the room, but standing right outside if Samoa Joe ad in he walks. All he says is "no tricks," and Jarrett shakes his head before leaving. 

Our next video package is for the Knockouts Title match. Our voice over puts them over, saying they gave everything for a division no one believed in, fighting against the odds to bring their dreams to life. All the blood they've shed will be nothing compared to the hell they are about to enter. He says the Six Sides of Steel shows mercy for no one, be it the brute strength of Awesome Kong, asking how the unforgiving steel will affect her dominance as the reigning and defending champion; or the high-flying agility of Taylor Wilde, wondering if her quickness will help her escape bloodshed in that house of pain; or the technical prowess of Angelina Love, wondering what she'll have up her sleeve, as she looks to fulfill her destiny, to rule the Knockout Division. No one is safe within those walls. 

We get a rundown for the buildup for this match, starting with Awesome Kong, who's had that belt for 12 of the 18 months that the belt's been in existence. Taylor had held the title for four months in the middle of Kong's first reign, but she'd get the title back, and hold it up to and including tonight. Love has promised that she will do anything to win the title for the first time. Tenay tells us that the Beautiful People, over the last few weeks, have taken scissors to the Governor, as mentioned earlier, to Taylor, to Raisha Saeed, and even the braids of Kong on the last week's Impact.

Triple Threat Match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship: Angelina Love (w/ Velvet Sky) vs Taylor Wilde vs Awesome Kong (c) (w/ Raisha Saeed)
Kong stares daggers at Love and she immediately tries to escape the cage, but Kong yanks her down, sending her face first into the top turnbuckle before reigning down vicious rights, then stomps and chokes away. Now Taylor continues the assault with vicious forearms as Kong walks away before throwing Love face first into the cage. Taylor whips Love into Kong who hits her with a clothesline, then seemingly talks her into a double team, coming off the ropes for a wheelbarrow slam onto Love only for Kong to slam her into the mat instead. Chops to Love now against the ropes, then  goes for the Awesome Bomb until Angelina slips out for a sunset flip, but can't pull Kong down to complete the pin. Kong goes to drop onto Love's chest but she rolls out of the way, then Taylor comes off the ropes with a dropkick to the face, then Angelina does the same. Then they go off the ropes with a dropkick to the face and back of the head of Kong simultaneously. Angelina makes the cover but Taylor pulls her off, then she makes the cover and Angelina pulls her off. 
They get in each other's face, until Taylor gets her with a double leg takedown into a jacknife pin, but Angelina bridges up and into a backslide for a near fall, before Taylor runs into a clothesline. Taylor sent off the ropes as Kong is getting up, ducks a clothesline from Angelina but runs right into Kong, who press slams her back first into the cage. Angelina tries to be sneaky with a roll up but can't get Kong off her feet, even trying to grapevine the leg to pull her down, only to yank Angelina up by the neck into a two-handed chokeslam. Kong now with a giant swing on Angelina, then steps on her hair and pulls up on her arms. Angelina bieled across the ring, then Taylor as she gets back to her feet. Chokeslam on Angelina near the corner, then Kong goes up top for a somersault splash, which I imagine is something she never does, but Angelina moves out of the way. Angelina with an elbow drop, cover, broken up by Taylor.
Side kick by Angelina now on Taylor, then sends Kong over near the door. They stick her braids through the chain link and ties it in knots in the cage. OK, that's pretty neat. Raisha chases Velvet around as Taylor goes up top and hits a crossbody, cover and... well Angelina's supposed to kick out, but I think she was knocked silly off the crossbody, because she doesn't move, Taylor even tries to pin again and nothing, although Taylor actually reacts as though Angelina does kick out. Raisha comes around and tries to free Kong while Taylor gets Angelina in a rear chinlock, but Angelina is still out of it clearly, and Taylor has to let her go as the ref checks on Angelina. I think they had to rush the finish here, because Taylor goes over to Kong and you can see her mouthing something, before Kong kicks her away, Angelina makes the cover and wins the title in 6:50. This was a fairly good match, it's a shame Angelina got hurt and the ending kinda marred it in the end.

Kong is pissed and still trapped in the cage door as  Angelina is still out of it, the ref holding her up, celebrating with the title, before Tenay sends it to the back.

Lauren is with Team 3D who are enjoying some beers with a bunch of fans surrounding them, and she starts off by welcoming them home. D-Von starts off saying and reaffirms that they are indeed home, because before he and Ray got in the business, they were nobodies trying to make themselves somebodies, but the great city of Philly has shown them the respect over the years, so as far as he's concerned this is like a homecoming for Team 3D, and that they're having a block party right there. He says when everything is said and done, they're gonna go down to Tony Luke's and have themselves a couple of Philly Cheese Steaks. Then he turns his attention to Beer Money, and says that most importantly, when all is said and done, after they're done whooping Beer Money all over that ring, by the time the cops get to them, they're gonna have more cracks in their head than the Liberty Bell. Ray now makes a Welcome to the Jungle, asking if they know where they are, then says they're in the jungle and they're gonna die, calling this the most important tag team match in the history of pro wrestling. He welcomes them to their home, to their backyard, to hardcore heaven, and most importantly, to Philadelphia.

We get a video package first where we see footage putting over some of the great tag teams of history, voiced over by Ray, and says that he and Devon feel honored to be mentioned in the same breath, with 21 major world tag titles to their name. Then to Roode, who says they're going into Philly to become the greatest tag team in the world, it's history, that this match means more to them than anything else, the biggest match of their career. Back to Ray who says that wrestling in Japan is taken very seriously, and in New Japan, the spirit of the fight and the warrior inside is what drives that company, and to hold their belts is a very big deal, and we see footage of familiar faces with said titles, from the Steiners, to Tomko and Tensai, and a few others. He points out that in the last 15 years, he and Devon are only the second pair of Americans to hold the titles. Devon says it just proves that they are a tag team that has accomplished and has done more than any tag team before them. Roode says they want Team 3D at their very best, no injuries, no excuses. Storm says that they've sacrificed everything to prove to the world that they are the greatest tag team on the planet. Ray says that for the first time ever, in this match, the IWGP World Tag Team Titles will be defended on American soil against the TNA World Tag Team Titles, and that he likes to call this the match for world tag team domination, and fears for Beer Money's life, not because of what they plan on doing to them in the cage, but because of the fans in Philly. Roode says that by going into Philly and beating the greatest tag team in history, it's going to solidify them as the best, and by gaining the New Japan titles at the same time, they have the chance to prove to the world that they are the future of tag team wrestling. Ray says those fans are gonna want Beer Money's blood splattered all over the arena, then puts them over as a good, young team, they're not Team 3D from Philadelphia, calling it a hostile environment, the most hardcore city in the world and says you gotta give the people what they want. He says it's going to be a very bad place to be for Roode and Storm, that he doesn't think they can fathom what they're in for. Roode says it doesn't matter if it's in Philly, New York, or in a field somewhere, they don't care where it's at, they're coming to Philly to become the best. Ray quotes Axel Rose and Welcome to the Jungle, and Devon caps it off with a testify.

Tenay gives us the rundown for this match as the video package ends, the two most prestigious tag titles today on the line, plus bragging rights with having possession of both Japan's and the United States' tag team gold. He also tells us that TNA management's Jim Cornette owes Team 3D a favor, and so on their request, this was made into a Philly Street Fight and the cage door will be open. We also learn in the opening introductions that unlike other Street Fights, falls count anywhere in this match. I mean this completely defeats the purpose of having a cage, I feel this is the wrong PPV to do this match, but I imagine this will be a fantastic match.

World Tag Team Domination - Philadelphia Street Fight for the IWGP and TNA World Tag Team Championships: Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) (IWGP Champions) vs Beer Money Inc. ("Cowboy" James Storm & Robert Roode) (TNA Champions)
Wasting no time with trading rights, then Devon whipped into the corner, Storm whipped toward him but he sidesteps a corner splash before dropping Roode with a clothesline. Corner splash on Storm by Ray, Roode as retreated to the door opening on the apron, only to have Storm thrown into him and knocking him to the floor into the announce table, then throwing Storm out with him. Team 3D with right hands on the advantage and the fight quickly goes into the crowd, and we get split screens of the fights, with Ray going after Storm and Devon after Roode. Storm does throw a drink in Ray's face and gets some shots in but Ray quickly gets back on the offensive, while Devon stays on Roode with right hands on the stairs. Storm and Ray fight their way to a luxury box and Rey with vicious rights, and fight their way out to the concourse with Roode and Devon along with them. Ray crotches Roode on the handrail of the steps and Storm gets on the offensive on Devon briefly as they fight their way back to the ring, Devon biting the forehead of Storm. They are spending way too much time fighting in the crowd doing not much of anything.
Finally back to ringside, Roode sends Ray face first into the guard rail followed by right hands, while Storm takes a drink from his beer and spits it in Devon's face, then throws him into the guard rail. Ray goes for a right on Roode but he ducks, and Storm sends the cage door right into his face. Storm takes out a table now from under the ring before Roode sends Devon into the steel steps, setting them down in front of the steps. They climb on top with Devon nd send him through the table with a double team suplex, Devon twitching away in the rubble. Ray has been busted open from the door shot as Beer Money bring him back into the cage, Roode with vicious rights into the open cut, then grating his face into the cage. Roode with the cover and a near fall. 
Rights by Roode and Storm, Ray fighting back with chops, Beer Money off the ropes run into a double clothesline from Ray. Scoop slam on Roode, then he goes up top but Storm cuts him off, climbing up with him. Ray nails rights and crotches him on the top rope, and now Rood joins him, trading rights, before Ray delivers a Bubba Bomb from the top rope. Ray goes for the cover on Roode as they go to a replay of the Bubba Bomb but Roode kicks out.
Storm with a tornado inverted DDT from the top rope, cover and a kick out from Ray. Devon is coming to and Beer Money go for their move, but Devon pounces Storm into the cage, then an inverted 3D on Roode followed by a pin and a near fall. Storm with a clothesline on Ray then corner punches on Devon, but Rey cuts him off and lifts him on his shoulders, Devon up top and nails the clothesline, covers but Storm kicks out. Roode clotheslines Ray then delivers rights on Devon, sends him into the corner, but Devon elbows him into a scoop slam from Ray, who then sets up Roode as Devon goes up top for the Wassuuuuuuuuuup. Ray gets the biggest grin on his face before he calls for Devon to get the tables, and so he does, exiting the cage and slides a table in.
Storm baseball slides Devon as he tries to get back in, while Ray sets up the table on the other side of the ring, Beer Money hitting him with a double back suplex. Devon in now, they send him face first into the cage, then Roode goes up top while Storm lifts Devon up on his shoulders for a swinging neckbreaker type move, Storm covers but Devon kicks out. Roode drops Ray with a right hand while Roode and Storm go up top, Roode misses a splash, and Storm misses a somersault as Ray rolls away, only to walk right into a spinebuster by Roode. Devon tries to throw a right hand but Roode ducks and delivers a neckbreaker. Roode moves the table into position while motioning to Storm, who's rolled outside, to get the door ready, only for Devon to turn it around and send Roode into the door as Storm slams it shut. Roode walks right into a 3D through the table and Team 3D win the match in 15:02. Had a rocky start with the overly long crowd brawling, quickly picked up pace, and despite the fact the cage aspect was kinda stupid for a Street Fight, it was still a good match.

Storm gets frustrated at ringside as he looks around in disappointment, while Team 3D celebrate with their titles and we go to replays. More celebrating from the champs before Tenay sends to the back to JB.

Borash is with the Mafia, more specifically talking with Angle, and Borash says the Mafia seems as focused as they've ever seemed tonight, an air of confidence, as they just seem to be sitting around without a care in the world behind Angle, and speculates if it has anything to do with Jarrett. Angle says that what Jarrett and Steiner have been talking about the last few weeks has nothing to do with it, it's between them. He says the confidence in the air is about many things: Booker T seeking revenge on AJ Styles after he practically stole the Legends Title the month before; welcoming Sting back to the Mafia; Scott Steiner, saying that critics say he's washed up, has too many injuries, can't go, but what he's in the past few matches some of the best matches of Steiner's career; and last but not least Kevin Nash, making his comeback, almost died of a staph infection two months prior, and he's there tonight making his big comeback. He says that people say they're over the hill, that they can't go no more, asking what if Angle injures his neck again, if Nash blows his knee out again,  all these what ifs, and says that the young punks are hanging their hopes and dreams on the what ifs, knowing they'll never beat the Mafia. He says wrestlers come and go, but legends of the game always remain, and tonight in the cage, they're going to have three opponents that are younger, faster, and stronger than they are, but they know something that those three don't: you win with brains, not heart. Borash asks what that's supposed to mean and Angle tells him to figure it out, then Borash leaves.

Our next video package hypes up Lethal Lockdown, eight men locked inside a cage with weapons to resolve their differences. The Mafia has been dominant since October (this being the following April) and are aiming to end Joe's and Jarrett's careers tonight. First: Team Jarrett, led by the man himself, looking to maintain order within his own company, and is no stranger to this nightmarish hell; Samoa Joe, a ruthless beast fighting the same cause, but his focus is on destruction and total annihilation of the Main Event Mafia; "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles, he defines loyalty and continues to fight for the integrity of TNA; formerly known as t"The Fallen Angel," Daniels made his triumphant return just three days prior to this event, back on the front line and ready to go to war, previously "fired" due to a Feast or Fired briefcase. Now, onto the Main Event Mafia, the most destructive faction in professional wrestling today, realizes that this is their opportunity to destroy the TNA originals once and for all. The voice over tells us that tonight is the beginning of the end.

Lethal Lockdown: Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Booker T & Scott Steiner) vs Team Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe)
Pre-Match Notes & Thoughts: So this is their version of War Games. Match starts with one member of each team. After 5 minutes, a member from Team Angle will enter the cage, and every minute and a half following, a member from alternating teams will join in. Once all eight are in the ring, Lethal Lockdown properly begins, as the roof of the cage lowers down, with a variety of weapons hanging down from it, with the first pin or submission ending the match. Looks like Kurt is starting this out for his team, and Daniels starting out for Team Jarrett.
Daniels starts with a double leg take down, then comes off the ropes and as Angle rolls for Daniels to leap over him, Daniels catches him, pressing his boot on the back of Angle's neck, talking a bit of trash before stomping on him. Now Kurt back up wasting little time with a boot to the midsection and clubs to the back, then an arm wringer on Daniels, but soon takes Angle down and wrenches the left knee. Back up, Daniels has the side headlock and Kurt tries to shove off the ropes to free himself but Daniels hangs on, only for Kurt to deliver a back suplex and Daniels still hangs on. Kurt brings them back up again, finally freeing himself by sending Daniels into the corner face first, before sending him face first into the cage. Daniels sent off the ropes, ducks a couple clotheslines before nailing a right hand, sends Angle off the ropes who ducks a couple clotheslines before running a side kick from Daniels. Angle face first into the corner, then reverses a whip across the ring but Daniels gets a boot up, goes up top, Angle's arms held as he presses his foot into the chest, leaping off the ropes and driving Kurt into the mat. Angle lifted up top now and brought down with a slam. He tries to send Angle into the cage but he blocks, following up with a snap suplex before applying a rear chinlock, but Daniels quickly fights out, only for Angle to club the back, come off the ropes but Daniels catches him and brings him down into a Koji Clutch, as the clock winds down for our next entrant.
Booker T is out next with Sharmell by his side as Daniels keeps the Clutch applied, and in comes Booker, breaking it up with a stomp to the back. Chops and rights now against the ropes and a knee to the face. Daniels sent off the ropes, ducks a Harlem Side Kick, delivers rights, sends Booker off the ropes into a dropkick. Booker sent into the corner for shoulders to the midsection, tries to send Booker across the ring, but Angle is back up as Booker reverses sending him into an uppercut. Super kick by Booker, then Angle with a boot to the head. Booker holds up Daniels as Kurt sends rights into the midsection, before Booker clubs the back of the head as the clock winds down.
AJ Styles out to even the odds now, ducks a clothesline by Kurt and decks him with a right hand, then Booker. Enzguri on Kurt, but Booker is back up, only to be whipped toward a recovered Daniels in the corner who gets the boots up, taken out by a high/low. Kurt lifted up by Daniels for a back suplex as AJ comes off the ropes, driving him down to the mat with a clothesline. AJ stomping away at Booker as Daniels whips Kurt hard into the corner, AJ with rights on Booker before delivering a suplex. Gutwrench suplex on Kurt by Daniels. Kurt fights back with rights, sent off the ropes though and into a clothesline by Daniels. As time winds down, Booker and AJ take each other out with clotheslines as the next competitor comes out.
Scott Steiner is out next for Team Angle, taking out Styles and Daniels with a double clothesline, another pair of clotheslines. Daniels lifted to the top rope for a belly to belly overhead suplex, then a Frankensteiner for AJ. Booker stomps away at Daniels while Steiner sends AJ off the ropes into a clothesline, then Daniels sent face first into the cage by Booker. Booker with a side kick on AJ, while Steiner sends Daniels off the ropes into a clothesline, then an elbow drop and some push-ups as the clock winds down.
Out comes Samoa Joe for Team.... Well he doesn't come out immediately, as we get a split screen of him talking to somebody backstage behind a wall, receiving some kind of instructions. I think this ends up being Taz in a few months. Now Joe comes out with a suplex on Steiner, then Booker face first into the cage, then a chop takes Angle down, then some forearms. Catch suplex on Angle, then a powerslam on Booker but Steiner clubs him, only to drop him with a chop and a senton off the ropes. Daniels sends Angle face first into the cage while AJ hammers away at Steiner, and the clock winds down.
Kevin Nash, the final member of Team Angle, his elbow braced following the earlier mentioned staph infection, and Joe doesn't let him get in, kicking the door into Nash's face as he climbs the steps. Joe out now with right hands before Nash delivers knees to the midsection, sending Joe into the ring post. Nash climbs into the ring now before deliver a chokeslam to AJ, then a sidewalk slam on Daniels. Joe back in with rights on Nash before sending him face first in the corner. Jawbreaker on Booker by Daniels. AJ ducks a clothesline by Steiner and hits him with a Pele Kick. Joe holds down Nash while Daniels goes up top for the Best Moonsault Ever. aniels tries to send Booker off the ropes but he pulls him back into a Book End, while Angle delivers a German suplex on Joe. Everyone's out as the clock winds down.
Jeff Jarrett, the final competitor for this match enters the cage and delivers right hands on the Mafia, sent off the ropes by Booker and Angle, ducks a double team clothesline and drops them with clotheslines of his own, as the roof of the cage makes its descent. Trash can, chair, stop sign, hockey stick, among the weapons hanging from the roof. Everyone grabs something as they make it back to their feet, but Team Jarrett get the advantage quickly. They gives us a six-screen split screen a few moments. It's hard to follow everything. Angle has somehow made his way through the roof and is on top with AJ close behind. Trading right hands but Angle gets the advantage, threatening to suplex AJ off the roof but he blocks it, fighting out, rights sends Angle reeling over the edge, and now AJ tries to throw him off but Angle hangs on. He rakes the eyes then delivers a low blow before Angle makes his way back into the cage. Angle Slam on Jarrett now, and AJ just says fuck it and crashes through the roof with a splash onto the Mafia below. Daniels covers Angle but he kicks out.
Joe with a trash can to the head of Steiner, then Kurt sends Daniels off the ropes, goes for a back body dropped but gets kicked and sweeped to the mat. Steiner with his spinning belly to belly, then Joe ducks a clothesline for an inverted atomic drop before lifting Steiner to the top rope for the Muscle Buster, only to walk into the Harlem Side Kick and a Spinaroonie. AJ gets a knee to the midsection and Booker goes for the Scissors Kick, as Jarrett picks up a chair, AJ avoids the kick, Jarrett swings, Booker ducks and Jarrett nails Styles instead. Angle quickly makes the cover but Styles kicks out.
Booker sent face first into the cage by Joe then gets in Jarrett's face, before Angle clubs him from behind, sending the back of Jarrett's head into the cage. Angle Slam on Joe, cover but Daniels breaks it up. Angels Wings on Angle by Daniels, cover but Steiner breaks it up. STO into a chair by Steiner on Daniels, now Jarrett grabs his trademark guitar hanging from the roof. As he does, AJ and Booker get to their feet simultaneously, and Jarrett stands there, teases hitting AJ but smashes it over Booker's head. AJ makes the cover and Team Jarrett wins in 23:04. Eh, this was nothing special to be honest. It wasn't terrible, but aside from that one spot from Styles crashing through the roof, this was just an OK match.

Jarrett helps Styles back to his feet and he and his teammates celebrate... Oh, the lights have gone out and unfamiliar music plays, as an engine revs. Ah, it's the debut of Bobby Lashley and out he comes, much to the excitement of Kurt. He points toward the ring as everyone looks on with mixed reactions. Lights go out as Tenay wonders how he'll play into things before we go to the back.

Lauren is with Sting, and asks if he had expected to defend his title against Foley when he won the title six weeks back. He says that the one thing he's learned in the business after 20-some years is you have to expect the unexpected, because anything goes at any time, and anything goes at anytime in Foley's mind. He says he goes so far back with Foley, a lot has changed over the years, but Foley has not. He says Foley is just as whacked out now, if not more, than he ever was, but the one thing that Sting has always said, the one common thread through this whole thing is the respect and the belt, and what it means for TNA, what it means to him. He says he has too many miles on his body to just roll over and die now, even if it's Foley, even if it's Six Sides of Steel, the belt means too much to him to just roll over and die, and he's said if the belt ends up in the wrong hands it's doomsday for TNA, the day that the beginning of the end starts to happen, and he's not gonna let it, not on this night, because they're in Philadelphia, where anything goes, and it's gonna be showtime as far as the Stinger is concerned. Sting walks off before Lauren sends it to JB.

Borash is with Foley now, who's holding his trademark barbed wire bat, asking Mick if, when he came to TNA six months ago, in his wildest dreams, possibly imagine that he'd be stepping into the Six Sides of Steel headlining Lockdown against Sting for the World Title. He responds by saying that Mick could not attend tonight's match, busy at a corporate shindig, and he is taking Mick's place inside the Six Sides of Steel. He wants JB to look at his bat and admire it, to take a good look and say goodbye, because he won't need it with him tonight, because he intends to use every inch of the cage as a weapon and showing that Mick Foley is not completely without a little bit of wisdom, and he's gonna tweak the main event just a little bit. He says that yes, pin falls and submissions will count, but he wants to give the fans in Philly and TNA and around the world a chance to see the type of cage matches he used to admire, where you could also bludgeon your opponent senseless before climbing out of the cage, but that it's fair to say their fans don't pay to see them just walk outside a door, so he's going to have it slammed shut and locked tight. He wishes Sting luck, saying he's gonna need it. 

We get one more video package for our main event, that starts Mick with crediting Sting for putting him on the map, and how he sometimes wondered where his life would have ended up if Sting had not entered into it, and would like to think we've seen the last of the Stinger as part of the MEM. Foley would nearly cost Sting the World Title in a match with Kurt Angle by accidentally nailing him with a chair, and Kurt would try to spin it as Foley showing his true colors. To prove himself, Angle would ask Sting to be his partner against Jarrett and Foley, but Sting would argue Mick is on the inactive list and wrestled his last match. Mick didn't take to kindly to Sting thinking he called the shots, having never said he'd had his last match in TNA, that he is a wrestler, and once in a while, wrestlers wrestle. In said tag match, Foley would deliberately hit Sting with a chair as Jarrett stood by with guitar in hand. So Sting set out to end Mick's career, making the challenge for Lockdown with the title on the line, Mick pointing out the cage is his home, and rather than reliving history, they'll be making history. Mick would do an in-ring interview with himself... well, Cactus Jack, which brings us to tonight.

Tenay runs us through the bullet points before we get to the match. Even Sting has admitted that tonight's match may be more about maintaining his well being, than about winning or losing, and after recent actions, plus what we saw a few minutes earlier, the next bullet point is rather pointless: Who's showing up tonight, TNA Executive Shareholder Mick Foley, or the crazy and unpredictable Cactus Jack? Plus, should Sting retain the title, the balance of power remains with the MEM, but a title win by Foley might turn TNA completely upside-down. If Foley wins, who will be able to control the hardcore legend? We see Foley walking down the hallway with bat in hand as he makes his way out. 

We get another video package hyping up the competitors. First, Foley, a 3x World Heavyweight Champion, first Hardcore Champion, and unstable character known for occasional, psychotic outbursts and his insatiable taste for blood. Tonight, he is poised to seize TNA gold when he unleashes his psychotic rage inside the Six Sides of Steel cage. 

Once Foley's made his way out, we get a package for Sting now, a legend, an icon, a 12x World Heavyweight Champion. 6'2", 250lbs, he won the gold back in October and has successfully defended it ever since, the longest reign of his illustrious career, and tonight, he plans to add to that legacy.

Now, it's time for the main event.

TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Mick Foley vs Sting (c)
Pre-Match Notes & Thoughts: After introductions, Mick is forced to give up his bat by the ref, and a crew member sets it down at ringside, important for later.
After a bit of staring down, Foley opens up a previously stitched up cut over his right eye and he's already busted open, then drops Sting with a right hand, followed by boots to the head and another right. Foley already trying to escape but Sting stops him, joining him up top, dropping him to the mat with repeated elbows. Now Sting stomping away at the midsection, grating Foley's face into the cage. Foley fights back with right hands, then a club to the back drops him back to the mat. Foley tries to climb again but Sting joins him for a back suplex back to the mat, then makes the cover but Mick kicks out.
Sting tries to send Mick face first into the cage bu Foley blocks and delivers rights in the corner, dropping Sting down, then goes across the ring to escape only to be taken out at the knee with a splash from Sting. Foley's foot's hooked in the corner from the fall and Sting takes advantage with stomps and shots on a trapped Foley. Sting now going after the ankle and leg, even a chop block as Foley tries to climb again. Foley's face grated into the cage again, then tries to send him into the cage across the ring, but Foley reverses it and throws Sting face first into it instead. Foley can barely walk with the bad leg now before delivering a swinging neckbreaker, a cover and a near fall.
Foley tries to climb again but he drops down immediately with his knee, then delivers the double arm DDT, then another cover and a kick out. Foley get Sting in his own Scorpion Deathlock... kinda, and Mick... just lets go. Mick wants the door opened but as the ref tells him they can't as per his own stipulation, so he shoves the ref down. Now he's trying to get the outside ref to open it and can't. Right hand by Foley, and he dropkicks the cameraman through the camera hole in the cage. He tries to escape through the hole but Sting pulls him back in and applies the Scorpion Deathlock, Foley crawls through the hole and gets the crew member to hand him his bat, and Sting releases the hold, who nearly walks right into the bat as Foley keeps him at bay. Foley swings and swings but Sting dodges and drops Sting. Sting tries to escape now but Mick nails him in the back of the leg with the barbed wire, then a second time Sting drops down to the mat.
Foley tries to get him but Sting delivers a drop toe hold, and now Sting has the bat, right to the gut, twice, then across the back and again, then starts to grind it into the face and eyes of Foley until he knocks Sting away with a low bow, then nails Sting in the head with the barbed wire, then drops down with the bat to the face. Sting now bleeding and Foley pulls out Mr. Socko, wrapping the barbed wire around the sock, with some right hands in the corner, dropping him down to set to run and ram the bat into Sting's face.
Foley is back up first and starts the climb, now Sting up, but Foley is at the top, and Sting joins him a moment later, but Foley drops first to win the World Title in 15:56. It was an OK match I suppose. The whole working the leg aspect was kind of ignored in the end,, not to mention why would you put the title on Foley of all people? Oh well.

Foley barely moving as he's handed the title and Sting heads to the back, looking on as Sting poses with his new title, and that's the end of the PPV.

FINAL THOUGHTS
You know this PPV had plenty more good then it did bad. Plenty of good action in the undercard, maybe a few missteps, and then there's the rushed finish in the Knockouts Title match, but it couldn't be helped. Their two main events though under-delivered, and bafflingly they put their World Title on Foley. That said though, with a runtime of 2:55:27, there was a total of 1:43:19 of total wrestling on this show.