Hardcore Justice
Hardcore Justice originally known as Hard Justice was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The first event was held in May 2005 and since 2006, they have all been held in August. Until 2010 the event was known as Hard Justice. As of January 11, 2013, TNA announced that in 2013 will be only four PPVs, dropping Hardcore Justice, but instead it will featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling.[1]
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Events
Results
2005
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2006
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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |||
| Date | August 13, 2006 | |||
| Attendance | 900 | |||
| Venue | TNA Impact! Zone | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida | |||
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Hard Justice (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on August 13, 2006 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the second event under the Hard Justice chronology. Nine matches were scheduled on the event's card, but because of a pyrotechnical malfunction, one was cancelled due to time constraints.
- Pre-Show match: Ron Killings defeated A-1 (03:09)
- Killings pinned A-1 after an Axe Kick.
- Pre-Show match: Sonjay Dutt and Cassidy Riley defeated Jimmy Jacobs and El Diablo (03:08)
- Dutt pinned Diablo after a standing shooting star press.
- Eric Young defeated Johnny Devine (05:47)
- Young pinned Devine after a Young Blood Neckbreaker.
- At this point, the show was stopped for over twenty minutes after some pyrotechnics caused a burlap sack in the rafters to burst into flames. The arena was filled with dry fire extinguisher powder and had to be temporarily evacuated. This caused a match between America's Most Wanted, The Naturals, The James Gang and Matt Bentley and Kazarian to be cancelled due to time constraints.
- Chris Sabin defeated Alex Shelley (with Kevin Nash and Johnny Devine) (08:21)
- Sabin pinned Shelley after a Cradle Shock to become number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship.
- Kevin Nash was Chris Sabin's original opponent, but had a neck injury at the time.
- Abyss (with James Mitchell) defeated Brother Runt (06:17)
- Abyss pinned Runt after a Black Hole Slam into a pile of tacks.
- Samoa Joe defeated Rhino and Monty Brown in a Falls Count Anywhere Three Way match (13:36)
- Joe pinned Brown after a STO through a table.
- Gail Kim defeated Sirelda (04:10)
- Kim pinned Sirelda after a top rope Neckbreaker.
- Senshi (c) defeated Petey Williams and Jay Lethal in a 3-Way Dance to retain the TNA X Division Championship (10:34)
- Senshi pinned Lethal after Williams performed a Canadian Destroyer on Lethal.
- A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels (c) defeated The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (with Konnan) to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (14:38)
- Daniels pinned Homicide after a double team trip and crossbody.
- Jeff Jarrett (c) (with Scott Steiner) defeated Sting (with Christian Cage) to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (15:09)
- Jarrett pinned Sting after Cage hit Sting with a guitar.
2007
| Hard Justice (2007) | ||||
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| Tagline(s) | "All or Nothing..." | |||
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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |||
| Date | August 12, 2007 | |||
| Attendance | 900 | |||
| Venue | TNA Impact! Zone | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida | |||
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Hard Justice (2007) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on August 12, 2007 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the third event under the Hard Justice chronology. Nine matches were featured on the event's card.
- Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt defeated Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Senshi) (with Elix Skipper) and The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) (15:37)
- Lethal pinned Daniels with a roll-up.
- Kaz defeated Raven (with Havok and Martyr) (5:35)
- Kaz pinned Raven after a dropkick.
- James Storm (with Jackie Moore) defeated Rhino in a Bar Room Brawl (12:50)
- Storm pinned Rhino after hitting him in the back of the head with a beer bottle.
- The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez) defeated The Voodoo Kin Mafia (B.G. James and Kip James) (with Roxy Laveaux) (05:04)
- Homicide pinned Kip James with a Victory roll.
- The match originally ended with Kip pinning Hernandez after Laveaux threw powder in his eyes, but the match was restarted after Hector Guerrero told the referee what happened.
- Robert Roode (with Ms. Brooks) defeated Eric Young (9:25)
- Roode pinned Young after hitting him with brass knuckles
- As per stipulation, Young was supposed to be tarred and feathered, but Gail Kim saved him and they tarred and feathered Brooks.
- Chris Harris defeated Black Reign by disqualification (04:40)
- Reign was disqualified after attacking several referees.
- The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) (11:01)
- Scott pinned Devon after a Steiner Bulldog.
- Abyss, Andrew Martin, and Sting defeated Christian's Coalition (Christian Cage, AJ Styles and Tomko) in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match (10:13)
- Abyss pinned Styles after a Black Hole Slam onto broken glass to earn a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at No Surrender.
- TNA World Heavyweight Champion and IWGP World Champion Kurt Angle defeated TNA X Division Champion and TNA World Tag Team Champion Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division and World Tag Team Championship (18:30)
- Angle pinned Joe after hitting Joe in the head with a steel chair.
- All four titles were on the line in the match, and it was winner take all.
2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
| Hardcore Justice (2013) | ||||
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| Tagline(s) | "It's not always about winning - it's about surviving" | |||
| Theme song(s) |
"Sinister Rise Above Instrumental" by Dale Oliver | |||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |||
| Date | August 15, 2013 August 22, 2013 |
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| Attendance | 3,200 | |||
| Venue | Constant Center | |||
| City | Norfolk, Virginia | |||
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Hardcore Justice (2013) (aka Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice) was a professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on August 15, 2013 (with the card split between both the August 15 and August 22 broadcasts of TNA's weekly flagship program Impact Wrestling). It was the ninth event under the Hardcore Justice chronology. Unlike the previous events, this event was not held on pay-per-view (PPV) and instead, like Destination X (2013), was featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling.[5]
- Taped for Xplosion
- Christopher Daniels defeated Jay Bradley (8:31)
- Jay Bradley defeated Joseph Park (6:54)
Results
- Aired on August 15
| No. | Matches | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1 | Kazarian defeated A.J. Styles, Austin Aries and Jeff Hardy | ladder match for 20 points in the Bound for Glory Series standings | 17:41 |
| 2 | ODB defeated Gail Kim and Mickie James | Three-way hardcore match | 6:46 |
| 3 | Bobby Roode defeated Magnus, Mr. Anderson and Samoa Joe | tables match for 20 points in the Bound for Glory Series standings | 10:21 |
| 4 | Bully Ray defeated Chris Sabin (c) | Steel Cage match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship | 18:23 |
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- Aired on August 22
| No. | Matches | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1 | Kazarian and Bobby Roode defeated Gunner and James Storm | Tag Team match | 9:37 |
| 2 | Manik defeated Sonjay Dutt | Singles match | 4:28 |
| 3 | Joseph Park defeated Christopher Daniels, Jay Bradley and Hernandez | Street Fight for 20 points in the Bound for Glory Series standings | 12:04 |
| 4 | Gail Kim defeated ODB | Singles match | 6:23 |
| 5 | The Main Event Mafia (Sting, Samoa Joe, Magnus, Rampage Jackson) and A.J. Styles defeated Aces & Eights (Wes Brisco, Garrett Bischoff, Devon, Mr. Anderson and Knux | Five-on-Five Tag Team match where the Loser of the Fall Must Leave TNA | 16:45 |
2014
| Hardcore Justice (2014) | ||||
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| Tagline(s) | "It's not always about winning - it's about surviving" | |||
| Theme song(s) |
"Sinister Rise Above Instrumental" by Dale Oliver | |||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |||
| Date | Taped August 5, 2014 Aired August 20, 2014 | |||
| Attendance | 700 | |||
| Venue | Grand Ballroom | |||
| City | New York, New York | |||
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Hardcore Justice (2014) (aka Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice) was a professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on August 5, 2014, and aired on a tape delay on August 20. It is the tenth event under the Hardcore Justice chronology. Like the previous year's event, this event was not held on pay-per-view (PPV) instead it was featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling.
This edition of Hardcore Justice marked the first episode of Impact Wrestling to air on Wednesday night. Due to moving from Thursday to Wednesday on one week notice, many fans were unaware of the change, the episode scored a 0.65 rating and was viewed by 852,000 viewers, making it the lowest rated and viewed Impact Wrestling episode since April 2010.[6]
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1 | Bram defeated Abyss | Stairway to Janice match | 08:25 |
| 2 | Samoa Joe (c) defeated Low Ki | Singles match for the TNA X Division Championship | 08:02 |
| 3 | Mr. Anderson defeated Samuel Shaw | "I Quit" match | 05:50 |
| 4 | Gail Kim (c) defeated Angelina Love | Last Knockout Standing match for the TNA Knockouts Championship | 08:18 |
| 5 | Bobby Roode and Eric Young defeated Gunner, Austin Aries, Magnus and James Storm | Six Sides of Steel Cage match The winner would receive a future TNA World Heavyweight Championship match. | 11:55 |
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2015
| Hardcore Justice (2015) | ||||
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| Tagline(s) | "It's not always about winning - it's about surviving" | |||
| Theme song(s) |
"Megatron" by Crazy Town | |||
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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |||
| Date | Taped March 16, 2015 Airing May 1, 2015 | |||
| Attendance | 600 | |||
| Venue | Impact Wrestling Zone | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida | |||
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Hardcore Justice (2015) (aka Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice) is a professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It was taped on March 16, 2015 and aired on a tape delay on May 1, 2015. It is the eleventh event under the Hardcore Justice chronology. Like the previous year's event, this event was not held on pay-per-view (PPV) instead it was featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling.
Results
| No. | Matches | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1 | The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) and Davey Richards defeated The Revolution (Manik, Abyss and Khoya) | Street Fight match | 9:42 |
| 2 | Kenny King defeated Rockstar Spud (c), Tigre Uno and Mandrews | Ladder match for the TNA X Division Championship | 7:56 |
| 3 | Taryn Terrell (c) defeated Brooke | Singles match for the TNA Knockouts Championship | 6:16 |
| 4 | Drew Galloway defeated Low Ki | Pipe on a Pole match | 7:23 |
| 5 | Eric Young defeated Kurt Angle | Stretcher match | 13:09 |
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References
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- ↑ http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4010-NEWS-TNA-IMPACT-WRESTLING-Announces-Major-Changes-To-2013-Pay-Per-View-Strategy
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- ↑ "Hardcore Justice Impact on 8/15 with Cage Match", by mattboone, SEScoops.com
- ↑ " TNA NEWS: Impact TV ratings are in for Wednesday's first show in the new timeslot", by James Cladwell, Pro Wrestling Torch
