Hardcore Justice

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Hardcore Justice
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Promotions Impact Wrestling
Other namesHard Justice (2005–2009)
First event Hard Justice (2005)
Last event Hardcore Justice (2021)

Hardcore Justice, originally known as Hard Justice, was an annual professional wrestling Impact Plus event produced by Impact Wrestling. It was originally introduced as a pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2005. The first event was held in May 2005 and after 2006, they had all been held in August. Until 2010, the event was known as Hard Justice. TNA dropped Hardcore Justice as a pay-per-view event in 2013 after announcing only four pay-per-view events would take place through the year and it was retained as a special episode of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling . [1]

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History

The inaugural Hard Justice event took place on May 15, 2005, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. [2] The event opened with a ten-bell salute to Chris Candido, who died on April 28, 2005, due to blood clot from surgery, for a leg injury he suffered on the inaugural Lockdown event, which took part on April 24 of that year. [3] On August 8, 2010, The event was re-named the event to Hardcore Justice, in honor of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). [4]

Events

#EventDateCityVenueMain EventRef.
1 Hard Justice (2005) May 15, 2005 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, with Tito Ortiz as special guest referee [2]
2 Hard Justice (2006) August 13, 2006 Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
3 Hard Justice (2007) August 12, 2007 TNA and IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle vs. TNA World Tag Team and TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe in a Winner takes all match
4 Hard Justice (2008) August 10, 2008 Trenton, New Jersey Sovereign Bank Arena Samoa Joe (c) vs. Booker T in a Six Sides of Steel Weapons match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
5 Hard Justice (2009) August 16, 2009 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone Kurt Angle (c) vs. Matt Morgan vs. Sting in a three-way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
6 Hardcore Justice (2010) August 8, 2010 Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu in a Hardcore match [4] [5] [6]
7 Hardcore Justice (2011) August 7, 2011 Impact Zone Sting (c) vs. Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [7]
8 Hardcore Justice (2012) August 12, 2012 Austin Aries (c) vs. Bobby Roode in a Last Chance match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
9 One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2 July 5, 2013 [lower-alpha 1] Jeff Hardy and Brother Runt vs. Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon)
10 Hardcore Justice (2013) August 15, 2013 Norfolk, Virginia Constant Center Chris Sabin (c) vs. Bully Ray in a steel cage match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
August 22, 2013 [lower-alpha 2] Aces & Eights (Mr. Anderson, Devon, Garrett Bischoff, Knux and Wes Brisco) vs. The Main Event Mafia (Magnus, Rampage Jackson, Samoa Joe and Sting) and A.J. Styles in a five-on-five Loser Leaves TNA match
11 One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3 January 10, 2014 [lower-alpha 3] Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell Memorial Auditorium Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Abyss, James Storm and Samoa Joe) vs. Team Roode (Bobby Roode, Jessie Godderz, Magnus and Robbie E) in a five-on-five Lethal Lockdown match
12 Hardcore Justice (2014) August 20, 2014 [lower-alpha 4] New York City, New York Grand Ballroom Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode vs. Eric Young vs. Gunner vs. James Storm vs. Magnus in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match, where the winner would receive a future TNA World Heavyweight Championship match [8]
13 One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2015 April 1, 2015 [lower-alpha 5] Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Bobby Roode vs. Lashley in a Last Man Standing match
14 Hardcore Justice (2015) May 1, 2015 [lower-alpha 6] Eric Young vs. Kurt Angle in a Stretcher match [9]
15 Hardcore Justice (2021) April 10, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Team Dreamer (Eddie Edwards, Rich Swann, Trey Miguel and Willie Mack) vs. Violent By Design (Deaner, Eric Young, Joe Doering and Rhino) in an Eight-man Hardcore War match [10] [11]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

  1. ↑ The event was taped on March 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ The event was taped on August 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ The event was taped on December 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ The event was taped on August 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ The event was taped on February 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ The event was taped on March 16, 2015.

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