Lockdown (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on April 15, 2012 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the eighth under the Lockdown chronology and fourth event in the 2012 TNA PPV schedule. In the tradition of Lockdown events, every match took place inside a Steel Cage.

Lockdown featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The primary rivalry encircled former allies as TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode waged war with James Storm over the title. Roode and Storm had surmounted the top of the tag team division, winning a total of four TNA World Tag Team Championships in the course of three years as Beer Money, Inc. However, the upstart of the Bound for Glory Series in June 2011, saw the duo set aside their partnership to put focus on their singles careers in order to challenge for the World Title on October 16 at Bound for Glory. Finally breaking a 13-year odyssey, Roode beat 12 other men for his first opportunity at the title, last defeating Bully Ray in the culminating finals on September 11 at No Surrender. Roode proceeded to suffer a critical loss in his World Title bout at Bound for Glory, when defending champion and villain Kurt Angle schemed his way to a pinfall victory using the ropes, unbeknownst to the referee due to the view being obstructed. The emotional effects of this event became a pivotal moment in the character arc of Roode. When Roode looked to get a rematch, it was revealed that there was a hidden "no rematch clause" in his Bound for Glory match contract, which nullified his request. Because of this, his partner Storm, who the contract stipulations did not apply to, successfully challenged Angle for the title. In an appalling turn of events, Storm defeated Angle to capture his first World Championship — essentially doing what his partner Roode couldn't. Roode later laid out the challenge to Storm and on the November 3 episode of Impact Wrestling, Roode defeated Storm to win the World Title for the first time. During the match, Roode, determined to attain the gold, blasted Storm across the head with Storm's beer bottle at ringside while the referee was temporarily incapacitated. As the referee revived, Roode covered Storm for the victory, effectively finalizing their alliance in both Beer Money and Fortune after spiting on Storm. Roode's actions were manipulative and rebellious towards Sting's authority as General Manager over the next few months, amidst Storm feuding with Kurt Angle and Bully Ray until he was able to get back into title contention. On the February 16, 2012 episode of Impact, Storm defeated Bully Ray to become the number one contender to face Roode for the World Championship in a Cage match at Lockdown, an event that would emanate from Storm's home state of Nashville, Tennessee.

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