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Hardcore Justice

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

Notes

  1. ^ The event was taped on March 19, 2013.
  2. ^ The event was taped on August 15, 2013.
  3. ^ The event was taped on December 29, 2013.
  4. ^ The event was taped on August 5, 2014.
  5. ^ The event was taped on February 13, 2015.
  6. ^ The event was taped on March 16, 2015.

References

  1. ^ "NEWS: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING Announces Major Changes to 2013 Pay-Per-View Strategy". Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  3. ^ 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. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  4. ^ 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. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  5. ^ Gerweck, Steve (May 7, 2010). "Date for TNA's Hard Justice". WrestleView. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  6. ^ Gerweck, Steve (June 4, 2010). "TNA Hard Justice Location". WrestleView. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  7. ^ Martin, Adam (June 13, 2011). "TNA to keep using "Hardcore Justice" PPV name". WrestleView. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Dreamer Adds to Extreme Lineup for Hardcore Justice". Impact Wrestling. April 8, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  11. ^ "Tommy Dreamer Reveals Team for Hardcore War". Impact Wrestling. April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

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