Lockdown 2013 Lockdown 2013 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion , which took place on March 10 , 2013 at the Alamodome in San Antonio , Texas . It was the ninth under the Lockdown chronology and second event in the 2013 TNA PPV schedule . The event broke ground for TNA ' s largest domestic attendance record with 10 , 000 fans , shattering their previous record at Slammiversary 2012 . From 2005 to 2012 , the tradition of Lockdown events featured every match taking place inside a Steel Cage . Beginning with this year ' s event , Lockdown was modified to featuring standard matches , and cage matches were reserved only for the high profile bouts . Lockdown was also moved to March for the first time since its inception in 2005 . Reception . Lockdown garnered a company record - breaking crowd with 10 , 000 fans in attendance , pulling in TNA ' s largest domestic audience than the record set at Slammiversary 2012 . The event itself was met with mixed to positive reviews . Matt Bishop of the SLAM ! Sports pro wrestling section on " Canadian Online Explorer " rated the entire event a 7 out of 10 , which was higher than the previous year ' s 4 out of 10 rating . The lowest rated match on the card was given to the Velvet Sky - Gail Kim Knockouts Title match and the Robbie E - Robbie T encounter , both of which were rated 4 out of 10 , while the highest rated matches were the World Tag Team Title match receiving a 9 out of 10 , the Kurt Angle - Wes Brisco match warranting a 6 out of 10 , the Lethal Lockdown match getting a 7 out of 10 , and the Bully Ray - Jeff Hardy World Title main event match receiving a 7 out of 10 . Feedback from the " Wrestling Observer Newsletter " gave the event a score of somewhere between a thumbs in the middle to a thumbs up . Praise was given to the Lethal Lockdown match which was thought of as the best match of the night . The Robbie E - Robbie T match which was chosen as the worst match . The overall show reaction was that the first half of the event was " poor " and the second half was " very good " and , of that the angle around the main event , that they " thought the ending of the main event was the right way to book and the fans reaction brought me back to the days of WCW I miss so much . " Aftermath . After turning into a villain and becoming the President of the Aces & Eights following his inaugural TNA World Heavyweight Championship victory over defending champion Jeff Hardy , Bully Ray touted his acts of deception which he revealed to be a trick the whole time and a way to earn the trust of Sting , Brooke Hogan , and Hulk Hogan in order to get in line for a chance to capture the world title . A series of videos were later aired featuring Bully Ray explaining the nine month con . Aces & Eights also heightened their domination , prompting TNA General Manager , Hulk Hogan , to rally TNA roster members to fight for the company . TNA World Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Bobby Roode continued their feud with Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez for the titles . Guerrero and Hernandez unrelentingly pursued the belts , winning them back in April on an episode of Impact . When James Storm and Gunner won the titles in a three - way elimination tag team match at Slammiversary , the feud effectively ended . Following Lockdown , Robbie T won a second singles match against Robbie E . Robbie E later sought help from Jessie Godderz and Joey Ryan and all three went on to lose a Handicap match to Robbie T . Due to violating her probation as Knockouts referee , TNA Knockouts Executive , Brooke Hogan , fired Terrell as a referee and reinstated her as an active wrestler , allowing her to feud with Kim . The feud proceeded to brew and at Slammiversary , Terrell defeated Kim in a highly acclaimed Last Knockout Standing match . Velvet Sky ' s next challenger for the Knockouts Championship was Mickie James . On the April 25 edition of " Impact Wrestling , " James began turning villainous by going after Sky ' s injured knee during a Knockouts Championship match , but she still failed to defeat Sky . Sky lost the Knockouts Championship to James on the May 23 edition of " Impact Wrestling " after James delivered a chopblock to Velvet ' s bad knee followed by a DDT . On the June 13 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , James cemented herself as a heel by attacking Sky after she requested a rematch . Two weeks later , the evil James defeated Sky in a title rematch ; ending their feud . New rules were implemented for the X Division , where every match from that point on , would be a Three Way match and all participants in the X Division matches were then required to be 230 pounds or under . In addition , the losing opponent in the three - way matches meant that they would be pushed to the back of the line of the X Division ranking .