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TNA announces return of Lockdown PPV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

TNA Lockdown is returning this August, with every match once again set to be held inside of a steel cage.

It was announced today that Lockdown 2026 will take place from Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago on Sunday, August 23. This was one of four new pay-per-view dates recently confirmed by the company, though the name of the PPV was not disclosed when that initial announcement was made.

Lockdown first took place in 2005 and existed as an annual event through 2016. For this revival, it will keep its original theme with every bout being a steel cage match. The Hardys, Nic Nemeth, Mustafa Ali, Moose, AJ Francis, Mike Santana, Steve Maclin, Brian Myers, Eric Young, Leon Slater, Ash By Elegance, Tessa Blanchard, Elayna Black, and Indi Hartwell are the first names advertised.

Tickets for the show are going on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, April 24. A ticket pre-sale will begin at that same time on Wednesday, April 22.

“The 2026 Lockdown is TNA’s first live event held at the venue formerly known as the UIC Pavilion, an on-campus arena steeped in pro wrestling history,” TNA wrote in a press release. “Chi-Town Rumble from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1989, for instance, was held at the UIC Pavilion, featuring Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat against Ric Flair for the NWA World Championship in the main event.”

TNA’s updated PPV schedule for 2026 is available below:

  • Sunday, June 28 at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts (Slammiversary)
  • Sunday, August 23 at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois (Lockdown)
  • Sunday, October 11 at Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida (Bound for Glory)
  • Sunday, November 15 at Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (name to be announced)

April 21, 2008 Observer Newsletter: Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle tear it up at TNA Lockdown

Posted on by F4W Staff

Image: TNA Wrestling

For this week’s new Wrestling Observer Newsletter that has been added to the archives, Dave Meltzer leads off with TNA “figuring it out” and the legend of the match at April 2008’s TNA Lockdown between Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle.

Releases were brewing at UFC and business for EliteXC were looking bad which Dave delved into.

Dave also had a ton of results, a look at the attempted comeback of the All Japan Champion Carnival after a bad 2007 edition, news and more.

Oh, there was also the debut of the Yamma Pit Fighting Championships.

Click here to read.

April 23, 2007 Observer Newsletter: WWE stops Lawler/Hogan Memphis match, TNA Lockdown recap

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

The two biggest players in the modern U.S. wrestling world, Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon, and their love/hate relationship caught the Memphis Wrestling promotion in the crossfire this past week.

The promotion was planning the biggest non-Hispanic independent wrestling show in recent memory, a rematch some 26 years in the making between Hogan and local legend Jerry Lawler at the Fed Ex Forum on 4/27. The match had been talked about for months, but only in recent weeks did it seem like anything more than a local publicity stunt. Hogan somewhat surprisingly agreed to do it after VH-1 agreed to do a one-hour documentary on Hogan where his return to wrestling would be a focal point, plus he’s interested in making a farewell tour and currently he’s on the major outs with WWE.

But on 4/9, when Lawler was at Raw in Bridgeport, CT, he was told by WWE officials that they suggested he not appear on the show. Lawler’s actual contract with WWE is as an announcer and not as a wrestler, and he is free contractually to do any independent dates as long as he doesn’t work for TNA, which the company considers as direct competition.

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