– Impact started with all TNA talent on the ramp as Jim Cornette announced a Lethal Lockdown main event for the Lockdown PPV in Philadelphia next month. He went on to make a 20-man Gauntlet match in a cage for the main event of tonight’s show (airing next week remember). The last two in the Gauntlet match will captain a team at the PPV. Kurt Angle grabs a mic and says he’ll win tonight. Jeff Jarrett comes out and puts himself in the match. The segment ends in a brawl.
– Next up, Sting called out Mick Foley. Foley accepts Sting’s challenge for a match at Lockdown and says its being talked about more than “the other” wrestling PPV in April. I guess he means WrestleMania, but even Backlash would be a push.
Post-match, Love and Sky try to cut Kong’s hair but she chases them off
– The 20-man Gauntlet match was the main event and got plenty of time. I think a lot of people were expecting Angle and Jarrett to win, so there was a surprise when the final two in the match were Angle and Samoa Joe. They went to a finish with Joe pinning Angle for the win, but Lockdown will be Team Joe vs. Team Angle in a Lethal Lockdown match.
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RAW opens with Ric Flair in the ring and his music playing. Woooo numero uno and dos. Strut numero uno followed by Wooo tres. Flair address Chris Jericho. Says on behalf of Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and Ricky Steamboat, he accepts your challenge for the 3-on-1 handicap match at WrestleMania 25. He says “The Nature Boy” will be honored in their corner. He says as Jericho knows, he can compete, but he’ll be happy to stand in the ring with those three great legends, and hold their hands high after they beat him and shut him up forever. Jericho appears on the titan-tron. Jericho tells Flair to be quiet. He says listen to him. He was nearly a child when WrestleMania 1 took place, but he remembers Piper, Snuka and Steamboat.
He says they were great, but that was 25 years ago.