The TNA Hardcore Justice logo
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]
Events
No. |
Event |
Date |
City |
Venue |
Main Event |
Ref |
01 !1 |
Hard Justice 2005 !Hard Justice (2005) |
000000002005-05-15-0000May 15, 2005 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. A.J. Styles with Tito Ortiz as Special Guest Referee for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
|
02 !2 |
Hard Justice 2006 !Hard Justice (2006) |
000000002006-08-13-0000August 13, 2006 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Sting for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
|
03 !3 |
Hard Justice 2007 !Hard Justice (2007) |
000000002007-08-12-0000August 12, 2007 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA 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 |
|
04 !4 |
Hard Justice 2008 !Hard Justice (2008) |
000000002008-08-10-0000August 10, 2008 |
Trenton !Trenton, New Jersey |
Sovereign Bank Arena !Sovereign Bank Arena |
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Booker T in a Six Sides of Steel Weapons match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
|
05 !5 |
Hard Justice 2009 !Hard Justice (2009) |
000000002009-08-16-0000August 16, 2009 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Kurt Angle (c) vs. Matt Morgan vs. Sting in a Three Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
|
06 !6 |
Hard Justice 2010 !Hardcore Justice (2010) |
000000002010-08-08-0000August 8, 2010 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu in a Hardcore Rules non-title match |
[2][3] |
07 !7 |
Hard Justice 2011 !Hardcore Justice (2011) |
000000002011-08-07-0000August 7, 2011 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
Impact Wrestling Zone !Impact Wrestling Zone |
Sting (c) vs. Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
[4] |
08 !8 |
Hardcore Justice (2012) !Hardcore Justice (2012) |
000000002012-08-12-0000August 12, 2012 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
Impact Wrestling Zone !Impact Wrestling Zone |
Austin Aries (c) vs. Bobby Roode in a Last Chance Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
|
09 !9 |
Hardcore Justice 2013 !Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice (2013) |
000000002013-08-15-0000August 15, 2013 000000002013-08-22-0000August 22, 2013 |
Norfolk !Norfolk, Virginia |
Constant Center !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). |
|
10 !10 |
Hardcore Justice 2014 !Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice (2014) |
000000002014-08-20-0000August 20, 2014 |
New York !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. |
|
11 !11 |
Hardcore Justice 2015 !Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice (2015) |
000000002015-05-01-0000May 1, 2015 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
Impact Wrestling Zone !Impact Wrestling Zone |
Kurt Angle vs. Eric Young in a Stretcher match |
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Results
2005
2006
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.
2007
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.
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
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
- Aired on August 15
- Aired on August 22
2014
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]
2015
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.
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