Storylines
At Bound for Glory, Matt Hardy defeated Ethan Carter III and Drew Galloway in a three-way match to win the World Heavyweight Championship, with Matt's brother Jeff Hardy as the special guest referee.[3] EC3 filed an injunction against Matt that prevented him from appearing on television and Matt subsequently vacated the title. Matt and EC3 entered the TNA World Title Series tournament to crown the new champion and qualified to the tournament final on the January 5, 2016 episode of Impact Wrestling, where EC3 won.[4] The following week, on Impact Wrestling, Matt demanded one final title shot against EC3 for the title where if he lost then he would leave TNA. EC3 agreed to a last man standing match for the January 19 episode of Impact Wrestling,[5] which Hardy won after EC3's bodyguard Tyrus turned on him, resulting in a double turn as Hardy transitioned into a villain and EC3 became a fan favorite.[6] On the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, Dixie Carter announced that EC3 would get a rematch against Hardy for the title in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown.[7]
At Bound for Glory, Gail Kim successfully defended the Knockouts Championship against Awesome Kong.[3] On the January 5 episode of Impact Wrestling, The Beautiful People (Angelina Love, Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky) were supposed to take on The Dollhouse (Jade, Rebel and Marti Bell) in a six-woman tag team match but Love withdrew from the match due to her pregnancy and selected Gail Kim as her replacement. Kim, Rayne and Sky defeated Dollhouse in the subsequent match. After the match, Awesome Kong attacked Kim and joined Dollhouse.[4] Kong and Jade defeated Sky and Rayne in a street fight on the following week's episode of Impact Wrestling.[5] The two sides continued to feud with each other, facing in several matches until Kong departed TNA and the rest of the Dollhouse continued to feud with Kim, Sky and Rayne. On the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kim and Rayne defeated Bell and Jade in a tag team match and Dollhouse attacked them after the match until Sky made the save and challenged Dollhouse to a Lethal Lockdown match against Kim, Rayne and herself for Lockdown, which was later made official.[7][8]
On the January 5 episode of Impact Wrestling, Bobby Roode successfully defended the King of the Mountain Championship against Bram in an open challenge and then Eric Young and Bram attacked Roode after the match until Roode's former tag team partner James Storm made his return to TNA and made the save for Roode against Young and Bram, thus reforming Beer Money, Inc.[4] The following week, on Impact Wrestling, Young defeated Roode to capture the King of the Mountain Championship.[5] On the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, Young issued an open challenge for the title, which was initially accepted by Roode but Storm stepped in as he claimed that Young had never beaten him. Young and Storm's title match ended in a double count-out and resulted in a brawl between Beer Money Inc. and the team of Young and Bram.[7] It was later announced that Young and Bram would face Beer Money in a Six Sides of Steel match.[8]
On the January 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Gregory Helms interrupted Tigre Uno after Uno's successful title defense of the X Division Championship against Mandrews and challenged Uno to a title match for the next week, which Uno accepted and predicted that Uno would lose the title.[9] The following week, on Impact Wrestling, Helms' new client Trevor Lee defeated Uno to win the title.[10] Lee successfully defended the title against Uno on the February 9 episode of Impact Wrestling.[11] It was later announced that Lee would defend the title against Uno in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown.
On the January 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Grado revealed one of the four briefcases in the Feast or Fired,[9] which revealed to be a pink slip resulting in him getting fired.[9] On the February 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, Grado revealed that he was screwed out and his briefcase switched places but Eli Drake came out with security and escorted Grado out of the arena.[11] On the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, Grado appeared in a mask as Odarg the Great with the same moveset, mannerisms and entrance and teamed with Mahabali Shera to defeat Drake and Jessie Godderz by ripping off his mask and pinning Drake. Later at the show, Odarg informed Drake that the two would be facing each other in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown.[7]