Next was Karen and Jeff coming out for a promo with Karen in her walking boot. This was one of the only times the crowd was awake as they chanted "Bullshit" rather loudly. Foley came out and had a nice line about the X-ray belonging to a 6 and a half foot African American male. When Mick said Jolene the seamstress was making an outfit for Karen I was hoping it was a grubby white dress shirt and some black sweatpants.
Brian Kendrick's gimmick of having a better level of diction than everyone else continued. When he talks about language he sounds like the Arizona shooter. And why is it that Robbie E. seems to have a match at every PPV but is rarely ever on Impact? I don't get it. The match was not as good as it should have been and ended with Kendrick hitting a leg lariat. Huh?
I had a friend text me and say they felt like they were watching a longer version of Sunday Night Heat. I'm thinking more along the lines of Shotgun Saturday Night. This is dreadful so far.
Next was the Madison vs. Mickie James Knockout Title match. Two ref bumps in a knockouts match? TNA! TNA! TNA! Ugh. Tara hits Madison with the loaded glove for Mickie to get the win.
Next up was the X Division Title match between Kaz and Max Buck. These guys worked really hard. It wasn't the best match I've ever seen but they did not deserve the dead crowd that they got. PPV's at the Impact Zone are bad, mmk? The sunset flip powerbomb on Max to the outside looked just gross. Kaz eventually won with a shinning wizard after Max blocked every attempt Kaz made at the Fade To Black. Nice psychology actually. Weird.
Abyss vs. Big Red was up next. This match did very little for me. Another dead crowd. They weren't lazy I just couldn't get into it. Crimson won with the Lowdown. D'Lo Brown is said to be inconsolable.
Matt Hardy and Chris Harris vs. Beer Money is next. Its obvious why its Chris Harris and not Jeff Hardy tonight. Chris Harris appears to have swallowed Jeff Hardy whole. My God is he out of shape and it shows and effects the match. Beer Money wins with the old America's Most Wanted double team move.
Tommy Dreamer beat AJ Styles after interference from Bully Ray and a rather weak looking piledriver through a table. The ending at least was a surprise. The rest of the match wasn't. Wasn't bad but certainly wasn't good either.
Karen and Jeff Jarrett and Chyna Doll & Kurt Angle was up next. Angle and Chyna won with double ankle locks. Chyna just looks, weird. Puffy. I don't know. Apparently she's behaving so far. Not my cup of tea but the crowd was into it which is not something you can say for every match tonight.
The main event between Sting and Rob Van Dam was just okay. They tried, but that's not what a main event on a PPV in 2011 should look like. Sting is way too old to attempt to wrestle the kind of match that requires. He did what he could and wasn't lazy but this was disappointing to say the least.
Overall, this was another large step back from Lockdown. The PPV was boring. It wasn't keeping my interest. It wasn't rape shower bad, but it was almost worse than that in a way. It was just a flat "who gives a shit?" feeling you got from it. I think that's worse than outrage.
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