TNA Lockdown 2011 PPV...How I would book it.

With Against All Odds in the books, TNA is officially on the Road To Lockdown. This blog will cover how I'd book it, and the Impacts leading to it. I'm going to lay out the matches and explain the storyline to them and then afterwards explain how to build to the show.

My TNA Lockdown 2011 PPV Card:

Main Event: 60-minute Iron Man TNA World Championship Steel Cage Match- Jeff Hardy(c)vs. Rob Van Dam (This match up makes sense when you consider that storyline wise it was Jeff who had Abyss take RVD out, and cost him his title. TNA has been teasing this match the last couple months. I think they would be well served to hold off on it until Lockdown. And then to ensure that you blow feud off in a big way, it needs to have a stipulation like the one I chose)

Semi-Main Event: Lethal Lockdown Steel Cage Match(5 on 5)Team Immortal-Matt Hardy/Rob Terry/Jeff Jarrett/Abyss/and Hulk Hogan vs. Team Fortune- AJ Styles/Kurt Angle/Robert Roode/James Storm/ and Ric Flair- Hogan and Flair's involvement would be minimal, but seeing as how these two groups split it would make sense they'd be involved. And I'd much rather them be in the actual match then have them(TNA)do what they did in last year's Lethal Lockdown match(at Lockdown not BFG). As for the match up it makes a lot of sense based on the recent revelation of "They".

# 1 Contender's Steel Cage Match for the TNA World Title at Sacrifice: Samoa Joe vs. The Pope vs. Mr. Anderson- The purpose of this match is to indicate to the fans that the main event match between RVD and Jeff Hardy will not get a rematch. TNA really needs to sell that point. That way more fans might order this PPV, instead of believing oh well I'll wait for the rematch on Impact or the next PPV.

TNA Knockouts Championship I Quit Steel Cage Match: Madison Rayne(c) vs. Mickie James-These are the two biggest knockouts going in TNA right now. With Lockdown just around the corner I can't see them bringing in another babyface to face Madison at Lockdown. So it's either this or a multiple knockout match of some kind.

Vacated TNA X Division Championship Fatal Fourway Steel Cage Match: Alex Shelly vs. Chris Sabin vs. Max Buck vs. Jeremy Buck-With Immortal and Fortune facing each other in Lethal Lockdown I think Team Immortal should take out Kazarian and as a result the X Division title is held up. TNA then conducts a March Madness kind of tournament is done with the final four facing off at Lockdown. This would mean TNA would need to bring in some wrestlers from New Japan,AAA,etc. That would get fans ready for a rumored X Division only Destination X PPV in July.

Steel Cage Grudge Match: Bully Ray vs. Brother Devon-The way this feud has gone it is only logical that TNA would want to blow it off at Lockdown. But whoever said TNA was logical. And this match should be on the pre-show. To get the fans in the arena pumped.

Who gains the one man advantage in Lethal Lockdown Steel Cage Match:(I think TNA should let the fans choose who represents Team Immortal and Team Fortune) My Picks- Team Immortal Pick: Jeff Jarrett vs. Team Fortune Pick: Kurt Angle-What better way to blow off Jarrett/Angle then having them face off twice. Once in the opener and the second in the semi-mainevent.

That's my Lockdown card. How TNA needs to build to it is simple. The first impact after Victory Road(TNA's next PPV) they should announce the Double Main Event matches and have Immortal take out Kazarian. After the first impact you need to start the march madness style tournament that will introduce talent from other promotions like New Japan. Also you need RVD and Jeff Hardy come to an agreement on the stipulation and that no matter what the outcome is at Lockdown there will not be a rematch. This leads to a contract signing the next week,impact # 3. After the signing we get interrupted by Samoa Joe, by Mr. Anderson, and by The Pope. They all say they will face the winner of the match. This leads to Bischoff announcing a #1 contender's triple threat steel cage match at Lockdown. TNA also should announce Bully Ray vs. Devon and Madison Rayne vs. Mickie James will both take place at Lockdown. That way you'll have two impacts to complete the tournament and build the matches properly. The only other match left to announce is one that the TNA fans will vote on. That should be announced on the go home show as to give the fans something left over to get exited about going into Lockdown. It is my belief that PPVs that do well are ones where the matches are announced early so they can then be built as being PPV worthy. However added a match at the last moment isn't a bad thing either. Sometimes a last minute addition can get a leaner(someone who hasn't decided for or against ordering the PPV)to purchase the event.

Anyway that's my booking of TNA Lockdown 2011.

Until Next Time,
Chesswiz77 is out.