Hardcore Justice
{{Short description|Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view event series}}
{{Infobox wrestling PPV series
|name = Hardcore Justice
|image = TNA Hardcore Justice Logo.jpg
|caption = TNA Hardcore Justice logo
|alt = TNA Hardcore Justice Logo
|othernames = Hard Justice (2005–2009)
|promotions = Impact Wrestling
|firstevent = Hard Justice (2005)
|lastevent = Hardcore Justice (2021)
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4010-NEWS-TNA-IMPACT-WRESTLING-Announces-Major-Changes-To-2013-Pay-Per-View-Strategy |title=NEWS: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING Announces Major Changes to 2013 Pay-Per-View Strategy |access-date=January 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112213300/http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4010-NEWS-TNA-IMPACT-WRESTLING-Announces-Major-Changes-To-2013-Pay-Per-View-Strategy |archive-date=January 12, 2013}}
History
The inaugural Hard Justice event took place on May 15, 2005, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_13235.shtml|title=5/15 TNA Hard Justice PPV: Caldwell's "Alternative Perspective" Review|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|first=Wade|last=Keller|date=May 16, 2005|access-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408152129/http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_13235.shtml#.ZDGGenbP25c|archive-date=April 8, 2023|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_12927.shtml#.ZF79YXZBy3A|title=KELLER'S TNA LOCKDOWN PPV REPORT 4/24: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|first=Wade|last=Keller|date=April 24, 2005|access-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102171302/https://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_12927.shtml#.YdHdJ3bP23A|archive-date=January 2, 2022|url-status=live}} On August 8, 2010, The event was re-named the event to Hardcore Justice, in honor of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).{{cite web|url=https://prowrestling.net/artman/publish/TNA/article10026758.shtml|title=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|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|first=Jason|last=Powell|date=August 12, 2012|access-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120125210/https://prowrestling.net/artman/publish/TNA/article10026758.shtml|archive-date=January 20, 2023|url-status=live}}
Events
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References
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External links
- [http://www.impactwrestling.com ImpactWrestling.com – the official website of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]
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Category:Recurring events established in 2005
Category:Recurring events disestablished in 2015