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]
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
| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. |
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| 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[a] | 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[b] | 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[c] | 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[d] | 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[e] | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | Bobby Roode vs. Lashley in a Last Man Standing match | |
| 14 | Hardcore Justice (2015) | May 1, 2015[f] | 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 |
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