— The X Division Ultimate Xscape Match will kick off tonight’s TNA Lockdown pay-per-view. The match will feature Amazing Red, Brian Kendrick, Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal, Jeremy Buck, Max Buck, Robbie E and Suicide.

— Mexican America — Hernandez, Anarquia, Sarita and Rosita — promote tonight’s TNA Lockdown pay-per-view in the following video.

— SoCal Val conducted an interview with “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero regarding his match with Samoa Joe tonight at TNA Lockdown.

— The April 7 TNA Wrestling live event in Erie, Pennsylvania drew 2,000 patrons while the April 10 show in Moundsville, West Virginia garnered 700.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

TNA Wrestling personnel indicate that Hulk Hogan is or was seriously considering the idea of returning to the ring for the Lethal Lockdown Cage Match between Immortal and Fortune at this Sunday’s Lockdown pay-per-view event. It’s being said that if Hogan is up for wrestling, the bout would be turned into a five-on-five match with AJ Styles joining Fortune. However, many believe the idea was scrapped since it hasn’t been promoted or teased on iMPACT!.

Barring a physical setback, the general feeling is that Hogan will return to the ring at some point. Since undergoing his last back surgery in late December, Hogan has gotten himself in much better shape that he’s been in recent years. The procedures have been a huge success in terms of reducing the level of pain he has been dealing with on a daily basis.

Hogan is also engaging himself more with his peers than when the pain was debilitating. While Vince Russo is the organization’s head writer, Hogan aids several wrestlers on their material at television tapings.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

Sting will defend the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam in a Triple Threat Match inside a Steel Cage at TNA Lockdown on April 17.

An X Division Ultimate Xscape Match involving nine wrestlers as well as a Four Way Tornado Tag Team Steel Cage Match was also announced tonight on TNA iMPACT.

Below is the updated card:

Steel Cage Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Sting (c) vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Rob Van Dam

Steel Cage Match
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett (with Karen Jarrett)

Lethal Lockdown Match
Team Immortal (Abyss, Bully Ray, Matt Hardy and Ric Flair) vs. Team Fortune (James Storm, Kazarian, Robert Roode and a wrestler to be announced)

Steel Cage Match
Hernandez vs. Matt Morgan

Steel Cage Match
D’Angelo Dinero vs. Samoa Joe

Steel Cage Title vs. Hair Match for the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship
Madison Rayne (c) vs. Mickie James

X Division Ultimate Xscape Match
Alex Shelley vs. Amazing Red vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal vs. Jeremy Buck vs. Max Buck vs. Robbie E vs. Suicide

Four Way Tornado Tag Team Steel Cage Match
Crimson, Jesse Neal, Scott Steiner and Shannon Moore vs. Eric Young, Douglas Williams, Magnus and Orlando Jordan

It was announced on iMPACT! that Sting would defend the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at next month’s Lockdown pay-per-view against a challenger to be determined. A No. 1 Contender’s Match between AJ Styles, Bully Ray, Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam to determine who would face Sting at the pay-per-view event resulted in a No Decision.

Earlier in the show, Madison Rayne said she would defend the TNA Women’s Knockouts Championship against Mickie James on the condition that James put her hair on the line. The multi-time WWE Women’s Champion accepted the challenge.

Also announced was a Lockdown Cage Match between Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett.

Lockdown Cage Match – TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Sting (c) vs. (challenger to be determined)

Lockdown Cage Match
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett

Lockdown Cage Match – TNA Women’s Knockout Championship Match
Madison Rayne (c) vs. Mickie James
(James’ hair is on the line)

— TNA Wrestling has announced in advance that a TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match and a Lethal Lockdown Match featuring two teams will take place at their Lockdown pay-per-view on April 17.

The annual all-steel cage pay-per-view event will be held at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Various fan interactive events will be held throughout the weekend. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 18 at noon via Ticketmaster locations and the arena box office. Full details on the festivities are available here.

— TNA Knockout Tara celebrates her birthday today as she turns 40 years old. She is the oldest women’s wrestler in either World Wrestling Entertainment or TNA Wrestling.

— Former TNA star Cody Deaner headlines GCW on February 25 in Oshawa, Ontario at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall.

– TNA has currently sold around 2,600 tickets for Sunday’s Lockdown pay-per-view. They are hoping for 4,000 in the arena for the night of the show.

– TNA has announced that Jeff Hardy will be appearing at the Lockdown Fan Interaction event this Saturday. Names scheduled to appear include: Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting, Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, Dory Funk Jr., Baron Von Raschke, Kurt Angle, The Band, Beer Money, Mr. Anderson, The Pope, The Beautiful People, Desmond Wolfe, Chelsea, Kaz, Rob Terry, Amazing Red, Orlando Jordan, Earl Hebner, Angelina Love, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Team 3D, Eric Bischoff, Abyss, Jeff Jarrett, Tara, Mike Tenay, Taz, Eric Young, Doug Williams, Jesse Neal, Hector Guerrero, Willie Urbina, Slick Johnson, David Penzer, SoCal Val, Jeremy Borash, Christy Hemme and Jeff Hardy

– The teams for Lethal Lockdown at next month’s pay-per-view will have four men each. As mentioned before, Jeff Jarrett has now been added to Team Hogan with Abyss. Sting is the only participant announced so far for Team Flair.

– AJ Styles busted his hand open pretty bad on last night’s iMPACT when he gave Jeff Jarrett a low blow. Jarrett was holding his guitar and AJ’s hand struck the end of the guitar, causing him to bleed.

– Next week’s iMPACT will start one hour earlier than usual and will air from 8pm until 10pm (EST). Announced for next Monday’s show:

• Ladder match between Kurt Angle and Mr. Anderson. A key will hang above the ring and the first man to get the key will be able to use it to open the cage door at Lethal Lockdown.
• The Pope vs. Desmond Wolfe
• Appearance by Matt Morgan to talk about what he did to Hernandez last week.

— TNA president Dixie Carter announced today on her Twitter account that April’s Lockdown pay-per-view will be held in St. Louis, Missouri.

St. Louis hosted Lockdown in 2007, which featured an Electrified Six Sides of Steel Match between Team 3D and LAX, as well as Blindfold Match between Chris Harris and James Storm.

— TNA has added Generation Me to its roster page. They have also added an additional TNA roster members page at the following link.