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]
The inaugural Hard Justice event took place on May 15, 2005, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida .[ 2] 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] Hardcore Justice , in honor of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).[ 4]
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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 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]
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^ 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.
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