Lockdown 2012: A Deep Cage Card Built Around Roode-Storm and Hardy-Angle

Team Garett (A.J. Styles, Austin Aries, Garett Bischoff, Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam) defeated Team Eric (Bully Ray, Christopher Daniels, Eric Bischoff, Gunner and Kazarian). This is match 1 of 8 at Lockdown 2012, a lethal lockdown match since team garett won, eric had to leave tna and renounce his name had team eric won, garett would have had to leave tna that runs 25:59. Opening with Lethal Lockdown is an aggressive structural choice, but the nearly twenty-six-minute team match has the scale, stipulation and storyline consequence to justify that placement. This is a major strength of the card, with the time, placement and consequence expected from a featured pay-per-view attraction. The placement also matters: an early bout should create momentum, while a later one has to justify the attention the card has saved for it. Here, the result, stakes and time allocation combine into a 8.5 score. That grade reflects what the match contributes to this specific event rather than an outside star rating or reputation.

Match 2 is Magnus and Samoa Joe (c) defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), presented as steel cage match for the tna world tag team championship and timed at 11:12. Joe and Magnus against the Motor City Machine Guns is exactly the kind of cage title defense that can stand on wrestling quality rather than spectacle alone. This is one of the event's strongest matches, combining clear stakes with enough time and structure to feel substantial. On a card of 8 matches, this slot has to do more than produce a winner; it needs either to advance the event's stakes, change its pace or provide a clear payoff. The bout does enough of that to earn a 8.0, with the score driven by the complete package of consequence, runtime, stipulation and position on Lockdown 2012.

Devon (c) defeated Robbie E (with Robbie T) occupies the 3rd position on Lockdown 2012. The match is a steel cage match for the tna television championship and lasts 3:23. Devon retains in only three minutes and twenty-three seconds, so the cage adds more visual framing than actual match depth. The match is too compressed or limited to become more than a functional piece of the card. What lifts or limits it is not the names alone but how fully the bout uses its spot on the show. In that context, a 5.8 score fits: the match is judged by stakes, structure, finish, time and the momentum it hands to the next part of the card.

At 7:24, Gail Kim (c) defeated Velvet Sky is the 4th match on a 8-match Lockdown 2012 card. It is framed as steel cage match for the tna women's knockout championship. Kim and Sky have clear title stakes and enough time to create a complete mid-card defense, though the match remains secondary to the larger cage attractions. There is enough purpose and competent structure to make the bout useful, even if it remains firmly in supporting territory. The bout's job is therefore clear, and the grade turns on how completely it fulfills that job without overstaying or feeling underdeveloped. Its 6.6 score places it according to the value it adds to the event as a whole, including the result, championship or stipulation stakes, card position and pacing.

Crimson defeated Matt Morgan. This is match 5 of 8 at Lockdown 2012, a steel cage match that runs 7:58. Crimson and Morgan continue their singles issue in a compact cage match that serves the card without becoming a destination of its own. The match is serviceable and has a clear job, but it does not create enough depth or momentum to stand out. The placement also matters: an early bout should create momentum, while a later one has to justify the attention the card has saved for it. Here, the result, stakes and time allocation combine into a 6.2 score. That grade reflects what the match contributes to this specific event rather than an outside star rating or reputation.

Match 6 is Jeff Hardy defeated Kurt Angle, presented as steel cage match and timed at 14:50. Hardy and Angle get nearly fifteen minutes and a cage around a high-level singles pairing, making this one of the easiest matches on the card to recommend in isolation. The bout is an upper-tier highlight and one of the clearest reasons to watch the event. On a card of 8 matches, this slot has to do more than produce a winner; it needs either to advance the event's stakes, change its pace or provide a clear payoff. The bout does enough of that to earn a 8.7, with the score driven by the complete package of consequence, runtime, stipulation and position on Lockdown 2012.

Eric Young and ODB (c) defeated Mexican America (Rosita and Sarita) occupies the 7th position on Lockdown 2012. The match is a steel cage match for the tna knockouts tag team championship and lasts 4:24. The Knockouts tag title match is brief and has a novelty pairing, but four minutes and change keeps it from developing beyond its immediate purpose. The match is too compressed or limited to become more than a functional piece of the card. What lifts or limits it is not the names alone but how fully the bout uses its spot on the show. In that context, a 5.8 score fits: the match is judged by stakes, structure, finish, time and the momentum it hands to the next part of the card.

At 19:10, Bobby Roode (c) defeated James Storm is the 8th match on a 8-match Lockdown 2012 card. It is framed as steel cage match for the tna world heavyweight championship. Roode and Storm receive the main-event cage, the world title and nineteen minutes. The ingredients give the show the serious closing stakes its concept demands. This is a major strength of the card, with the time, placement and consequence expected from a featured pay-per-view attraction. The bout's job is therefore clear, and the grade turns on how completely it fulfills that job without overstaying or feeling underdeveloped. Its 8.5 score places it according to the value it adds to the event as a whole, including the result, championship or stipulation stakes, card position and pacing.