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Add FightsATW on Google“TNA Lockdown 2026” was held at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago on Sunday, and there were several title matches, as well as the return of Lethal Lockdown. This was the first “TNA Lockdown” event in a decade, and some heavy hitters, including The Hardys, Nic Nemeth, Leon Slater, Moose, and many others, appeared on the pay-per-view card.
Elijah vs. AJ Francis
AJ Francis caught Elijah with a flying knee early on. Elijah responded with a jumping clothesline. The two fought on the top rope when Elijah attempted a sunset flip. Francis fought to hold on, but Elijah eventually got the powerbomb.
Elijah went high-risk, but Francis cut him off. Francis was knocked down to the mat, and he ate a flying elbow drop. Elijah climbed all the way up the top of the cage, but Francis met him at the top rope. Elijah grabbed Francis’ arm and looked to walk on the top of the cage, but Francis yanked him onto the steel. The two fought at the top of the cage before Francis delivered a headbutt. Elijah kept fighting back and banged his opponent’s face onto the cage. Elijah then delivered a superplex with Francis hanging off the top of the cage for a two-count.
Expressions was then seen being wheeled down to ringside. The distraction nearly allowed Francis to hit TFL, but he ran into the cage instead. Francis regathered himself and landed Cash Out for a near fall. Francis demanded that the referee open the cage door despite the fact that escape rules were not in effect.
Elijah prevented Francis from leaving the cage and delivered an F5. Expressions got up from his wheelchair and slammed the cage door into Elijah. This allowed Francis to hit the TFL, but Elijah kicked out. Francis set up for Down Payment, but Elijah used the cage to escape. He then hit the Drifter Destroyer off the top rope before Expressions got in the ring and broke up the pin.
As Expressions was mocking the crowd, Elijah grabbed him and launched him into the cage before popping him with a flying knee. Elijah had Francis perched on the top turnbuckle before he grabbed Expressions again and launched him into the cage one more time. Elijah hit Highway Man’s Farewell on Expressions, but this allowed Francis to hit a moonsault. Francis then connected with Down Payment for the win.
Winner: AJ Francis
After the match, The Hometown Man handed Elijah a guitar. Elijah climbed up the top rope and delivered a big guitar shot to Francis.
Allie Keeps Mystery Partner Hidden
Allie was asked by Gia Miller if she’s been able to find a partner. She said she’s worried about Rosemary, but she has a responsibility tonight. Allie has found someone to be her partner, but she won’t reveal who it is until the match starts.
Allie and Kiera Hogan (c) vs. Heather and M by Elegance w/The Elegance Brand – for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship
M by Elegance and Allie got the title match underway. Allie got a Lou Thesz Press and landed some mounted punches before connecting with a running knee. Kiera Hogan was tagged in to meet Heather. Hogan landed a series of right hands, followed by a kick. She then landed a neckbreaker.
Hogan landed a clothesline in the corner, and then a basement dropkick in the corner. M and Allie were back to being the legal participants. M charged at Allie in the corner and landed a big boot. Allie fought M off and Hogan cleaned house after another tag. Hogan landed hip attacks on both members of The Elegance Brand. Allie hit a Codebreaker on Heather. M dropped Allie with the Cradle Shock. Hogan and M slammed each other down before Heather escaped through the cage to grab handcuffs. Allie was handcuffed in the corner.
Allie was able to escape the cuffs, and Hogan got the pin on M.
Winners and still TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions: Allie and Kiera Hogan
Moose vs. Frankie Kazarian – Escape Rules
Frankie Kazarian wasted little time trying to escape the cage. Moose cut him off and went for a powerbomb, but Kazarian slipped out. Moose settled for ramming his opponent into the cage three times. Moose decided against escaping through the cage door to do some more damage. Moose charged the corner, but Kazarian moved out of the way. He ended up rebounding by scaling the top rope and hitting a diving crossbody. Kazarian got dropped by a spear. Moose set up for another, and he nailed it.
As Moose went to leave the cage, Kazarian flipped the bird at him. This goaded Moose into staying, and he was launched into the cage. Moose ran towards Kazarian, but he ate the cage again. Kazarian capitalized by landing a suplex and demanding the crowd in Chicago “bow down to the king.”
Kazarian paid homage to his longtime friend Christopher Daniels and landed Angel’s Wings. Moose finally fired up and delivered a headbutt. He then planted Kazarian with a uranage, followed by a senton. As Moose was climbing the cage, Kazarian landed a backstabber. He followed that up with a springboard leg drop. Moose countered Fade to Black, but he couldn’t complete a powerbomb. Kazarian hit a rolling forearm, but he ate a big boot. The two continued trading shots before Kazarian hit a swinging neckbreaker. Kazarian went for a running leg drop, but Moose powerbombed him into the cage. Moose charged in, but Kazarian nailed him with a clothesline.
The two fought at the top of the cage and Moose hit a Spanish Fly. As Moose was leaving the cage, Kazarian grabbed onto his ankle. Kazarian got in a thumb to the eye, and dragged Moose back in for a slingshot cutter. Kazarian was hanging over the apron and Moose hit a spear. Kazarian was launched out of the cage door, making him the winner.
Winner: Frankie Kazarian
Xia Brookside (c) vs. Elayna Black – for the TNA Knockouts World Championship
Elayna Black was busted open early on when she was sent crashing into the cage. Xia Brookside took a belt buckle and drove it into the wound on Black’s head. The champion choked Black with the belt. Brookside kicked Black into the cage door. Brookside cut off Black’s attempt at a comeback with a clothesline. Black sent the champion into the middle rope and went for a back elbow, but she caught the steel. Brookside delivered Broken Wings in the corner for a near fall. Brookside went to climb the cage, but Black met her at the top rope and hit a back suplex. The challenger hit a springboard stomp and then a knee in the corner.
Brookside avoided Black Out and hit her Darkside DDT, but the challenger kicked out. Brookside became enraged and went for another, but Black hit the Black Out for a close two-count. The champion grabbed powder, but Black countered with a pin attempt. Brookside still had some powder in her hands and threw it in the challenger’s eyes to steal a pin.
Winner and still TNA Knockouts World Champion: Xia Brookside
Jason Hotch (c) vs. Mustafa Ali w/Order 4 – for the TNA International Championship
Jason Hotch charged at Mustafa Ali right away. The champion had Ali trapped in a tree of woe, and he delivered a series of kicks. Ali responded with a superkick of his own. The challenger went up the top rope, but Hotch leaped onto the turnbuckle and dropped him with a super German suplex. Hotch then drilled his former stablemate with a clothesline for a near fall. Hotch used the cage to hit a tornado DDT. The two fought on the top rope and Hotch delivered a piledriver onto the turnbuckle. The champion then rolled through a sunset flip to drop Ali with a sitdown powerbomb. Ali raked Hotch’s eyes and hit a big tornado DDT.
Special Agent Zero unlocked the cage door before Tasha Steelz closed it. Steelz struck Mila Moore with a forearm. Steelz was knocked out when Hotch kicked the door, looking to attack Ali. The challenger took advantage with a suicide dive on the champion.
Outside of the ring, Ali looked for a powerbomb, but Hotch slammed him down. The challenger was placed on a table. Hotch then climbed up the cage before Ali met him near the top. Ali’s grip on the cage was broken, and Hotch climbed the cage. The champion leaped off and hit a crossbody on Ali through the table. Hotch was coughing up blood, and he was helped up to his feet. Ali got back up, and he was grinning. He went to Hotch’s family and snatched a toy from Hotch’s child, then mocked the champion. The challenger then stepped on the toy in the ring. Moore handed Ali a lighter, and he tried to set the toy on fire before Hotch stopped him.
Ali got Hotch in a tree of woe and whipped him with a belt. Hotch shoved Ali off the top rope and hit a double foot stomp off the cage for a two-count. The champion took the toy, but he was speared by Ali. The challenger went for a 450 splash, and he hit it for a two-count.
The challenger stomped Hotch and hit another 450 splash, but this time he got the pin.
Winner and new TNA International Champion: Mustafa Ali
Avery Styles Signs With TNA Wrestling
Avery Styles, the son of “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, was introduced to TNA fans by Gia Miller. Styles said his father wouldn’t be where he is today without TNA. He said it’ll be the same thing for him, as he has signed a deal with TNA Wrestling. Frankie Kazarian made his way out and welcomed Styles to TNA. Kazarian discussed how close he is to Styles’ father. He told Styles there’s a lot of guys in the locker room who will try to take him out because of his name. Kazarian said Styles can always trust him.
Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Leon Slater – Last Man Standing for the TNA X Division Championship
Cedric Alexander and Leon Slater wasted little time trading strikes. Slater hit a running big boot in the corner. The champion went flying off a hurricanrana. Alexander quickly bounced back with a Michinoku Driver. Slater climbed the cage and hit a flying back elbow. The champion avoided a wheel kick and darted the challenger into the cage. Slater got up before the 10-count, but he was bloodied. Alexander followed up with a dropkick to the back of the neck. Slater regained some momentum with a throwaway Blue Thunder Bomb.
Slater chopped Alexander several times, but he was caught in a Michinoku Driver off the top turnbuckle. The challenger beat the count and hit a destroyer before playing ping pong with Alexander on the cage. Blood began to trickle down Alexander’s head. Slater hit Utopia on Slater before attempting the Swanton 450. Alexander avoided the splash and looked for a Spanish Fly, but Slater hit a twisting superplex. Both men barely beat the 10-count. The challenger stole his opponent’s move with three Lumbar Checks. Slater then hit the Swanton 450, and Alexander couldn’t beat the count.
Winner and new TNA X Division Champion: Leon Slater
Daria Rae Speaks to Mystery Person Before Another Backstage Attack
Daria Rae was on the phone with someone. Rae said he would speak to whoever she was on the phone with on Wednesday. Elijah was found laid out backstage and Santino Marella was checking on him.
The System vs. Ricky Sosa, KC Navarro, Fabian Aichner, and Jada Stone – Lethal Lockdown
Bear Bronson and Fabian Aichner were the two participants to get Lethal Lockdown started. Aichner leaped on Bronson and landed some punches. Bronson was sent for a ride by a German suplex. Both men took each other out with simultaneous clotheslines. Aichner hit a steamroller, followed by a moonsault. The System had the advantage in this year’s Lethal Lockdown, so Brian Myers was the next participant. KC Navarro evened the odds and landed a headscissors takedown on Myers. He then drove Bronson’s face into the steel.
Eddie Edwards was the next entrant for The System, but Navarro cut him off with a suicide dive. He then drove Edwards’ head into the cage. Bronson and Edwards were both bloodied before Ricky Sosa made his way out. He delivered a dropkick to Myers before landing a double foot stomp on Edwards and a cutter on Bronson. Alisha was the heel team’s final participant. She mocked Sosa and tried to slap him before she was ambushed by the rest of The System. Jada Stone entered for the babyfaces, which officially enabled Lethal Lockdown rules. Stone ducked a clothesline from Bronson and climbed the cage to hit a moonsault on the field.
Bronson began tossing a slew of weapons into the ring as the roof of the cage lowered, which was also full of weapons. Navarro sliced Myers’ forehead with a bat wrapped in barbed wire. Edwards went for a stop sign before Navarro hit him with a kendo stick. Aichner dropped Edwards with a sitdown powerbomb. Alisha hit Aichner and Navarro with low blows before Stone popped her with a kendo stick. Stone then grabbed a bag of thumbtacks and poured them on the mat. Stone lifted Alisha up, but she couldn’t follow through. Stone delivered a superplex onto the thumbtacks.
Aichner drilled Edwards with a trash can. With Edwards seated in a corner, Aichner placed the trash can on him and went coast to coast. Bronson responded by attacking Aichner and Navarro with the barbed wire bat. Bronson hit Bear Down on Navarro, landing on Aichner in the process. A table wrapped in barbed wire was placed in the corner. Sosa hit the Head Shot on Bronson, who crashed into the barbed wire table. Myers got caught in Sosa’s Blue Thunder Bang onto the thumbtacks. Sosa grabbed barbed wire and wrapped it around his arm. He then caught Myers with a barbed wire Head Shot before Alisha broke up the pin.
Edwards took out Sosa with the Boston Knee Party. Edwards and Alisha set up seated chairs at the center of the ring, and Edwards drove Sosa down with a Package Piledriver for the win.
Winners: The System
The Hardys (c) vs. The Nemeths – for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
The Hardys brought a table into the ring, and both teams brawled. The Nemeths were sent crashing into the cage. Matt and Jeff Hardy executed Poetry in Motion on Nic Nemeth. Matt got planted by a Famouser from Nic. Ryan Nemeth kept Jeff grounded before landing a flatliner. Nic raked the eyes of Matt, but he accidentally splashed his brother in the corner. Ryan avoided Twist of Fate, and he exchanged clotheslines with Matt. Jeff hit Nic with Twist of Fate, but Nic rebounded against the ropes and popped “The Charismatic Enigma” with a superkick.
Matt slammed Ryan’s head onto each turnbuckle in the bottom right corner. The Hardys hit another Poetry in Motion on Nic before Matt landed the Side Effect. Jeff hit a splash on Nic, but Ryan broke up the pin attempt. Ryan was caught in the Plot Twist, but this time it was Nic who broke up the pin.
The Hardys set up a table, but Ryan drove Jeff down with a DDT. Matt caught Nic in another Side Effect. Ryan got clobbered with a clothesline from Matt. Ryan was drilled with a Twist of Fate from Matt before being placed on a table. Jeff climbed the top of the cage, but Nic saved Ryan and scaled the cage to meet Jeff. Jeff and Nic fought on the top rope before both men were crotched. Ryan almost stole a pin on Matt before getting hit with another Twist of Fate. Just like that, Ryan was back on the table. Matt landed an elbow drop right through the table.
Nic caught Matt with Danger Zone, and Jeff failed to break up the pin. We have new TNA World Tag Team Champions.
Winners and new TNA World Tag Team Champions: The Nemeths
Leon Slater Exercising Option C
Leon Slater’s music hit, and the newly minted TNA X Division Champion made his way out. He entered the ring and informed Nic Nemeth that he would exercise Option C to get a world title shot at “TNA Bound for Glory.” Nic tried hitting Slater with a title, but the X Division champ ducked and took out both the Nemeth brothers to end the show.
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