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Hardcore Justice , originally known asHard Justice , was an annualprofessional wrestling Impact Plus event produced byImpact Wrestling . It was originally introduced as apay-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 ofImpact Wrestling [ 1]
Theinaugural Hard Justice event took place on May 15, 2005, at theTNA Impact! Zone inOrlando, Florida .[ 2] Chris Candido , who died on April 28, 2005, due to blood clot from surgery, for a leg injury he suffered on theinaugural Lockdown event, which took part on April 24 of that year.[ 3] Hardcore Justice , in honor ofExtreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).[ 4]
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref. 1 Hard Justice (2005) May 15, 2005 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone Jeff Jarrett (c) vs.A.J. Styles for theNWA World Heavyweight Championship , withTito Ortiz asspecial guest referee [ 2] 2 Hard Justice (2006) August 13, 2006 Jeff Jarrett (c) vs.Sting for theNWA World Heavyweight Championship 3 Hard Justice (2007) August 12, 2007 TNA andIWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle vs.TNA World Tag Team andTNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe in aWinner takes all match 4 Hard Justice (2008) August 10, 2008 Trenton, New Jersey Sovereign Bank Arena Samoa Joe (c) vs.Booker T in aSix Sides of Steel Weapons match for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship 5 Hard Justice (2009) August 16, 2009 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone Kurt Angle (c) vs.Matt Morgan vs.Sting in athree-way match for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship 6 Hardcore Justice (2010) August 8, 2010 Rob Van Dam vs.Sabu in aHardcore match [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] 7 Hardcore Justice (2011) August 7, 2011 Impact Zone Sting (c) vs.Kurt Angle for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship [ 7] 8 Hardcore Justice (2012) August 12, 2012 Austin Aries (c) vs.Bobby Roode in aLast Chance match for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship 9 One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2 July 5, 2013[ a] Jeff Hardy andBrother Runt vs.Team 3D (Bully Ray andDevon )10 Hardcore Justice (2013) August 15, 2013 Norfolk, Virginia Constant Center Chris Sabin (c) vs.Bully Ray in asteel cage match for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship August 22, 2013[ b] Aces & Eights (Mr. Anderson ,Devon ,Garrett Bischoff ,Knux andWes Brisco ) vs.The Main Event Mafia (Magnus ,Rampage Jackson ,Samoa Joe andSting ) andA.J. Styles in afive-on-five Loser Leaves TNA match 11 One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3 January 10, 2014[ c] Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell Memorial Auditorium Team Angle (Kurt Angle ,Abyss ,James Storm andSamoa Joe ) vs. Team Roode (Bobby Roode ,Jessie Godderz ,Magnus andRobbie E ) in a five-on-fiveLethal Lockdown match 12 Hardcore Justice (2014) August 20, 2014[ d] New York City ,New York Grand Ballroom Austin Aries vs.Bobby Roode vs.Eric Young vs.Gunner vs.James Storm vs.Magnus in aSix Sides of Steel Cage match , where the winner would receive a futureTNA World Heavyweight Championship match[ 8] 13 One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2015 April 1, 2015[ e] Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Bobby Roode vs.Lashley in aLast Man Standing match 14 Hardcore Justice (2015) May 1, 2015[ f] Eric Young vs.Kurt Angle in aStretcher match [ 9] 15 Hardcore Justice (2021) April 10, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Team Dreamer (Eddie Edwards ,Rich Swann ,Trey Miguel andWillie Mack ) vs.Violent By Design (Deaner ,Eric Young ,Joe Doering andRhino ) in anEight-man Hardcore War match [ 10] [ 11] (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
^ The event was taped on March 19, 2013. ^ The event was taped on August 15, 2013. ^ The event was taped on December 29, 2013. ^ The event was taped on August 5, 2014. ^ The event was taped on February 13, 2015. ^ The event was taped on March 16, 2015. ^ "NEWS: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING Announces Major Changes to 2013 Pay-Per-View Strategy" . Archived fromthe original on January 12, 2013. RetrievedJanuary 12, 2013 .^a b Keller, Wade (May 16, 2005)."5/15 TNA Hard Justice PPV: Caldwell's "Alternative Perspective" Review" .Pro Wrestling Torch .Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. RetrievedMay 15, 2023 . ^ Keller, Wade (April 24, 2005)."KELLER'S TNA LOCKDOWN PPV REPORT 4/24: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event" .Pro Wrestling Torch .Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. RetrievedJuly 19, 2011 . ^a b Powell, Jason (August 12, 2012)."TNA 2010 Hardcore Justice PPV Flashback - ECW theme show with Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu, Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven with Mick Foley as special referee, Team 3D vs. Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten" .Pro Wrestling Dot Net .Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. RetrievedMay 15, 2023 . ^ Gerweck, Steve (May 7, 2010)."Date for TNA's Hard Justice" .WrestleView . Archived fromthe original on May 12, 2010. RetrievedMay 7, 2010 . ^ Gerweck, Steve (June 4, 2010)."TNA Hard Justice Location" .WrestleView . Archived fromthe original on June 20, 2010. RetrievedJune 4, 2010 . ^ Martin, Adam (June 13, 2011)."TNA to keep using "Hardcore Justice" PPV name" .WrestleView . RetrievedJune 15, 2011 . ^ 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. RetrievedApril 11, 2021 . ^ 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. RetrievedApril 11, 2021 . ^ "Dreamer Adds to Extreme Lineup for Hardcore Justice" . Impact Wrestling. April 8, 2021. RetrievedApril 11, 2021 .^ "Tommy Dreamer Reveals Team for Hardcore War" . Impact Wrestling. April 10, 2021. RetrievedApril 11, 2021 .
