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, is 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 since 2006, they have 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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Dates and venues

No.EventDateCityVenueMain EventRef
1 Hard Justice (2005) May 15, 2005 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. A.J. Styles with Tito Ortiz as Special Guest Referee for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
2 Hard Justice (2006) August 13, 2006 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
3 Hard Justice (2007) August 12, 2007 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone 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 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 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu in a Hardcore Rules non-title match [2] [3]
7 Hardcore Justice (2011) August 7, 2011 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Sting (c) vs. Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [4]
8 Hardcore Justice (2012) August 12, 2012 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Austin Aries (c) vs. Bobby Roode in a Last Chance Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
9 One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2 March 19, 2013 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Jeff Hardy and Brother Runt vs. Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) (broadcast aired July 5)
10 Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice (2013) August 15, 2013
August 22, 2013		 Norfolk, Virginia Constant Center Chris Sabin (c) vs. Bully Ray in a Steel cage match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (for broadcast that aired August 15)
The Main Event Mafia (Sting, Samoa Joe, Magnus, Rampage Jackson) and A.J. Styles vs. Aces & Eights (Wes Brisco, Garrett Bischoff, Devon, Mr. Anderson and Knux) in a Loser of the Fall Must Leave TNA match (for broadcast that aired August 22).
11 One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3 December 29, 2013 Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell Memorial Auditorium Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, James Storm and Abyss) vs. Team Roode (Bobby Roode, Robbie E, Jessie Godderz and Magnus) (broadcast aired January 10, 2014)
12 Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice (2014) August 5, 2014 New York, New York Grand Ballroom Bobby Roode vs. Eric Young vs. Gunner vs. Austin Aries vs. Magnus vs. James Storm in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match The winner would receive a future TNA World Heavyweight Championship match. (broadcast aired August 20) [5]
13 One Night Only: Hardcore Justice February 13, 2015 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Bobby Roode vs. Lashley in a Last Man Standing match (broadcast aired April 1)
14 Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice (2015) March 16, 2015 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Kurt Angle vs. Eric Young in a Stretcher match (broadcast that aired May 1) [6]
15 Hardcore Justice (2021) April 10, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway StudiosViolent By Design (Eric Young, Deaner, Joe Doering and Rhino) vs. Team Dreamer (Eddie Edwards, Rich Swann, Willie Mack and Trey Miguel) in an Eight-man Hardcore War match [7] [8]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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References

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  2. ↑ Gerweck, Steve (May 7, 2010). "Date for TNA's Hard Justice". WrestleView. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ Gerweck, Steve (June 4, 2010). "TNA Hard Justice Location". WrestleView. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  4. ↑ Martin, Adam (June 13, 2011). "TNA to keep using "Hardcore Justice" PPV name". WrestleView. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ Wood, Donald (August 19, 2014). "TNA Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice Preview, Rumors, News, More for August 20". Bleacher Report . Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ Decker, Kyle (May 2, 2015). "TNA Impact Video, Results, and Review (May 1, 2015): A Hardcore Holdover". Cageside Seats. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
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