The 2016 Lockdown (also known as ''Impact Wrestling: Lockdown'') was a

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television special produced by

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(TNA), which took place on January 30, 2016 at the

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as part of the TNA Maximum Impact 8 Tour in January 2016. It was the twelfth event under the

Lockdown A lockdown () is a restriction policy for people, community or a country to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks that could possibly harm the people if they move and interact freely. The term is used for a prison protocol that us ...

chronology. Like the previous year's event, the 2016 edition of Lockdown was not held on

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(PPV) and instead, was featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of ''

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'' on

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on February 23, 2016. Five

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were contested at the event and all the events were contested inside a

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in the six-sided ring, dubbed the "

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es" while a

Lethal Lockdown match A Lethal Lockdown match is a professional wrestling match used in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). This match has become a staple of TNA's Lockdown pay-per-view event, but has also made appearances at other TNA pay-per-views, and during ''Im ...

was also featured at the event as per the theme of Lockdown events. The

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was a Six Sides of Steel match, in which

Matt Hardy Matthew Moore Hardy (born September 23, 1974) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he a former List of TNA World Tag Team Champions, three time TNA Wor ...

successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against

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. In other prominent matches, The Dollhouse (

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and

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) defeated

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and

Velvet Sky Jamie Lynn Szantyr (born June 2, 1981) is an United States, American color commentator and retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and the National Wrestling Allian ...

in a Lethal Lockdown match and Trevor Lee retained the X Division Championship against

Tigre Uno Tigre Uno (born April 4, 1981) is a Mexican professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is also best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a one-time TNA X Division Championship, X Division Champion. Outside of ...

Storylines

At Bound for Glory,

defeated

and

Drew Galloway Andrew McLean Galloway IV (born 6 June, 1985) is a Scottish professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Drew McIntyre. Galloway began his career in 2001 in the United Kingdom wit ...

in a

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to win the World Heavyweight Championship, with Matt's brother

Jeff Hardy Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and also appears on partner promotion WWE on its NXT (WWE brand), NXT brand. He is re ...

as the special guest referee. EC3 filed an injunction against Matt that prevented him from appearing on television and Matt subsequently vacated the title. Matt and EC3 entered the TNA World Title Series tournament to crown the new champion and qualified to the tournament final on the January 5, 2016 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', where EC3 won. The following week, on ''Impact Wrestling'', Matt demanded one final title shot against EC3 for the title where if he lost then he would leave TNA. EC3 agreed to a

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for the January 19 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', which Hardy won after EC3's bodyguard Tyrus turned on him, resulting in a double turn as Hardy transitioned into a villain and EC3 became a fan favorite. On the February 16 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'',

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announced that EC3 would get a rematch against Hardy for the title in a

at Lockdown. At Bound for Glory,

successfully defended the Knockouts Championship against

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. On the January 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', The Beautiful People (

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and

) were supposed to take on The Dollhouse (

and

) in a six-woman tag team match but Love withdrew from the match due to her pregnancy and selected Gail Kim as her replacement. Kim, Rayne and Sky defeated Dollhouse in the subsequent match. After the match, Awesome Kong attacked Kim and joined Dollhouse. Kong and Jade defeated Sky and Rayne in a street fight on the following week's episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. The two sides continued to feud with each other, facing in several matches until Kong departed TNA and the rest of the Dollhouse continued to feud with Kim, Sky and Rayne. On the February 16 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Kim and Rayne defeated Bell and Jade in a tag team match and Dollhouse attacked them after the match until Sky made the save and challenged Dollhouse to a

against Kim, Rayne and herself for Lockdown, which was later made official. On the January 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'',

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successfully defended the King of the Mountain Championship against

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in an open challenge and then Eric Young and Bram attacked Roode after the match until Roode's former tag team partner

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made his return to TNA and made the save for Roode against Young and Bram, thus reforming

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The following week, on ''Impact Wrestling'', Young defeated Roode to capture the King of the Mountain Championship. On the February 16 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Young issued an open challenge for the title, which was initially accepted by Roode but Storm stepped in as he claimed that Young had never beaten him. Young and Storm's title match ended in a double count-out and resulted in a brawl between Beer Money Inc. and the team of Young and Bram. It was later announced that Young and Bram would face Beer Money in a Six Sides of Steel match. On the January 26 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'',

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interrupted

after Uno's successful title defense of the X Division Championship against Mandrews and challenged Uno to a title match for the next week, which Uno accepted and predicted that Uno would lose the title. The following week, on ''Impact Wrestling'', Helms' new client Trevor Lee defeated Uno to win the title. Lee successfully defended the title against Uno on the February 9 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. It was later announced that Lee would defend the title against Uno in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown. On the January 26 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'',

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revealed one of the four briefcases in the Feast or Fired, which revealed to be a pink slip resulting in him getting fired. On the February 9 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Grado revealed that he was screwed out and his briefcase switched places but

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came out with security and escorted Grado out of the arena. On the February 16 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Grado appeared in a mask as Odarg the Great with the same moveset, mannerisms and entrance and teamed with

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to defeat Drake and

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by ripping off his mask and pinning Drake. Later at the show, Odarg informed Drake that the two would be facing each other in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown.

Event

Preliminary matches

The event kicked off with a

between

(

and

) and the team of Eric Young and

. Beer Money attacked Young and Bram during their entrance and both teams brawled in the aisle to begin the match. As the match progressed towards conclusion, Beer Money hit a double suplex on Young and the '' Drinking While Investigating'' to Bram for the win. Next, Trevor Lee defended the X Division Championship against

in a Six Sides of Steel match. Uno dived onto Lee from the top of the cage by hitting a diving crossbody and then Lee made a comeback by hitting a jumping knee strike and a small package driver to retain the title. Later,

and

took on The Dollhouse (

and

) in a handicap

. Kim and Jade began the match as the first two participants. They were soon joined by Bell as the third entrant, who joined Jade in double teaming Kim. Sky entered next and sided with Kim to counter Jade and Bell. Rebel then entered next as the final participant.

Maria Kanellis Mary Louis Kanellis-Bennett (born February 25, 1982) is an American professional wrestler, manager, promoter, singer and model. She is best known for her tenures in WWE, TNA, All Elite Wrestling, and Ring of Honor. Outside of wrestling, she ...

came in next to apparently replace the injured

as Kim and Sky's partner but she abandoned them. Dollhouse outnumbered Kim and Sky, allowing Jade to hit a package piledriver to Kim onto a chair for the win. This was followed by the penultimate Six Sides of Steel match, in which Odarg the Great took on

. Near the end of the match, Odarg tried to escape the cage until Drake ran and took off his mask to unmask him to reveal him to be Grado, who jumped off the cage to escape it for the win.

Main event match

The main event was a Six Sides of Steel match, in which

defended the World Heavyweight Championship against

Reby Sky Rebecca Victoria Hardy (née Reyes; ; born August 6, 1986) is an American actress, model, professional wrestler, and television personality. She gained prominence as a model, appearing in various magazines including Playboy, and later transition ...

tried to interfere in the match on Hardy's behalf by coming out with a hammer but

Rockstar Spud James Michael Curtin (born 30 January 1983) is an English former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE as a writer on Raw. During his time as an on screen performer in the company, he worked under the ring name Drake Maverick. He has also ...

took the hammer away from her and EC3 tried to escape the cage but Spud turned on him by slamming the cage door on EC3, which allowed Hardy to escape the cage to retain the title.

Aftermath

Gail Kim began feuding with Maria as a result of her interference in the Lethal Lockdown. On the March 8 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Kim successfully defended the Knockouts Championship against Jade. Rockstar Spud became an ally of Matt Hardy, Reby Sky and Tyrus and Ethan Carter III attacked Spud on the March 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. On the March 15 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Hardy successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against EC3 after Mike Bennett attacked EC3 and then

cashed in his Feast or Fired briefcase against Hardy and defeated him to win the title.

Results

References

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