Lockdown 2014 Lockdown 2014 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion , which took place on March 9 , 2014 at the Bank United Center in Miami , Florida . It was the tenth event under the Lockdown name and first event in the 2014 TNA PPV schedule . Background . Lockdown featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre - existing scripted feuds and storylines . wrestlers portray Villains , Heroes , or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and that culminate in wrestling matces or a series of matches . As part of a working relationship between TNA and Wrestle - 1 , Japanese veteran wrestler The Great Muta and Seiya Sanada both will be taking part in the event . Unlike last year , Dixie Carter announced on Impact 365 that all matches at Lockdown will be competed inside of the steel cage . After A . J . Styles won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory , he was stripped of the title after walking out of the company . TNA then began a World Title tournament to crown a new champion , with Magnus prevailing . Styles returned on the January 5 , 2014 edition of " Impact Wrestling " still claiming to be the legitimate champion as he was never defeated for the title . He then lost to Magnus due to TNA President Dixie Carter directing a heavy amount of interference against Styles , making Magnus undisputed champion . Samoa Joe then stepped up to challenge Magnus , labeling him a " paper champion " . On the January 30 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle defeated Magnus and Ethan Carter in a stipulated tag match . In the match , Joe forced Magnus to tap out and as a result of the stipulation put in place , he would receive a shot at the World Title . Dixie Carter caught wind that a new investor was involved with TNA . The investor was revealed on the January 30 , 2014 episode of " Impact Wrestling " to be MVP . In the following weeks , MVP explained that he had bought shares of the company through the TNA Board of Directors . Intending to clean up the company from the mess he felt Carter was making , MVP proposed they assembled their teams to compete in a Lethal Lockdown match to decide who gains full control , which Carter accepted . Madison Rayne returned to TNA on the December 12 , 2013 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , saving ODB and embroiling in a feud with Gail Kim and her associate , Lei ' D Tapa . The feud progressed a month later with Rayne earning a shot at the TNA Women ' s Knockout Championship held then by Kim before defeating her to become the new champion . After Kim gained a non - title win against Rayne a month later , she became entitled to a championship rematch at Lockdown . After losing the Tag Team Championships , James Storm began a feud with Gunner when Gunner pulled the Feast or Fired briefcase from Storm , which contained the World Heavyweight Championship match . On the January 2 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , for the first time in over two years , James Storm teamed with his former Beer Money partner , Bobby Roode , to defeat Gunner and Kurt Angle in a tag team match . After the match , Storm further taunted Gunner . On the January 23 special episode of Impact Wrestling , Gunner beat Storm in a ladder match with his Feast or Fired briefcase on the line . On the January 30th episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Storm apologized to Gunner for his previous actions , and later won a tag team match that night with Gunner against Bad Influence . On the February 20 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Storm cost Gunner his Feast or Fired match against Magnus for the World Heavyweight Championship , turning heel in the process and setting a steel cage match between the two at Lockdown . On November 21 during " Impact Wrestling : Turning Point " , Samuel Shaw appeared in an at home interview with Christy Hemme . On the January 2 , 2014 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Shaw made his debut by defeating Norv Fernum via submission , during which he made continuous glares at Hemme who was at ringside . Shaw later became an obsessed fan of Hemme , and started asking her on dates , including one in his house where it was shown how Shaw had a room full of posters and pictures of Hemme . On the February 6 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Hemme confronted Shaw about the mannequin and the room full of posters . On the February 20th " Impact Wrestling " , Shaw would attack Mr . Anderson in a rage after watching Hemme and Anderson converse for several minutes . Shaw then carried Hemme away after she was accidentally caught up in the ruckus and injured . As part of a talent exchange partnership between TNA and Japan based promotion Wrestle - 1 , Wrestle - 1 founder / owner and Japanese wrestling legend Keiji Mutoh ( The Great Muta ) and fellow Wrestle - 1 stars Yasufumi Nakanoueno and Seiya Sanada ( who became TNA X Division Champion on March 2 , 2014 at the TNA / Wrestle - 1 supershow in Tokyo , Japan ) will be taking part in the event , facing TNA veterans Bad Influence ( Christopher Daniels and Kazarian ) and Chris Sabin in a six - man cage match . The match marks the start of an indefinite TNA stay for Sanada . New TNA acquisition Tigre Uno will make his TNA debut at the event , wrestling Manik in a steel cage match . On January 30 , 2014 , Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle defeated TNA World Champion Magnus and Ethan Carter III ( EC3 ) . On February 6 , 2014 , Angle had a match against Magnus . However , he won by DQ , when EC3 attacked him , performing a leglock , which injured his knee . On February 27 , 2014 , Angle officially accepted his induction into the TNA Hall of Fame , but the ceremony was interrupted by EC3 , who said he tore Angle ' s knee ligaments and therefore must retire . However , Angle attacked him and challenged him a match at LockDown . On March 7 , 2014 , Angle was attacked again by EC3 . It was announced after that night ' s " Impact " that Kurt Angle , due EC3 ' s attack , would be pulled from the Lockdown card due to a torn MCL .