TNA Hard Justice

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Hard Justice is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The first one was held in May 2005 and the second was moved to August 2006.

[edit] 2005

Hard Justice 2005

Details
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	May 15, 2005
Venue	iMPACT! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Attendance	775
Pay-per-view chronology
Lockdown 2005	Hard Justice 2005	Slammiversary 2005

Hard Justice 2005 took place on May 15, 2005 from the iMPACT! Zone (Soundstage 21 at Universal Orlando Resort) in Orlando, Florida. The promotional poster prominently featured Jeff Jarrett, while the DVD cover featured both Jarrett and mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz. The event was dedicated to the memory of TNA wrestler Chris Candido, who died on April 28 of complications from an injury suffered at Lockdown 2005.

Pre-Show match: Shark Boy defeated David Young (6:28)
- Shark Boy pinned Young after a Dead Sea Drop to earn a spot in the Gauntlet for the Gold.
Team Canada (Petey Williams and Eric Young) (w/Coach D'Amore) defeated Apolo and Sonny Siaki (8:09)
- Williams pinned Siaki after A-1 interfered and hit a Brainbuster on Siaki.
Michael Shane and Trinity defeated Chris Sabin and Traci in a Mixed Tag Team match (10:17)
- Shane pinned Sabin after a Superkick after Traci turned on Sabin.
Raven defeated Sean Waltman in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match (13:03)
- Raven pinned Waltman after a back body drop on Waltman through the steel cage.
- Raven's original opponent was Jeff Hardy, but Hardy "missed" his flight and was replaced by Waltman.
Monty Brown and The Outlaw defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Ron Killings (8:56)
- Brown pinned Page after a Pounce.
- Page's original partner was B.G. James, but was replaced before the match.
The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (14:59)
- Stevens pinned Storm with a Small Package.
Christopher Daniels defeated Shocker to retain the TNA X Division Championship (12:00)
- Daniels pinned Shocker after the Angel's Wings from the top rope.
Abyss won a 20 man Gauntlet for the Gold (26:28)
- The entrants were: Bobby Roode, Zach Gowen, Eric Young, Cassidy Riley, Elix Skipper, Shark Boy, A-1, Chris Sabin, Petey Williams, Sonny Siaki, Lance Hoyt, Michael Shane, Jerrelle Clarke, Mikey Batts, The Outlaw, Trytan, Ron Killings, Apolo, B.G. James and Abyss.
- Abyss pinned Killings after a Black Hole Slam to become #1 contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
A.J. Styles defeated Jeff Jarrett (w/Tito Ortiz as Special Guest Referee) to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (19:32)
- Styles pinned Jarrett after a Spiral Tap.

[edit] 2006

Hard Justice 2006

Details
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	August 13, 2006
Venue	iMPACT! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Attendance	900
Pay-per-view chronology
Victory Road 2006	Hard Justice 2006	No Surrender 2006

Hard Justice 2006 took place on August 13, 2006 from the iMPACT! Zone (Soundstage 21 of Universal Orlando Resort) in Orlando, Florida. The promotional poster and DVD cover featured Jeff Jarrett, Sting, Christian Cage, Samoa Joe and Scott Steiner.

Pre-Show match: Ron Killings defeated A-1 (3:09)
- Killings pinned A-1 after an Axe Kick.
Pre-Show match: Sonjay Dutt and Cassidy Riley defeated Jimmy Jacobs and El Diablo (3:08)
- Dutt pinned Diablo.
Eric Young defeated Johnny Devine
- Young pinned Devine after a Young Blood Neckbreaker.
At this point, the show was stopped for over twenty minutes after some pyro caused a burlap sack in the rafters to light on fire. The arena had been filled with fire extinguisher dry powder and had to be temporarily evacuated. This caused a match between America's Most Wanted, The Naturals, The James Gang and Matt Bentley & Kazarian to be cancelled due to time constraints.
Chris Sabin defeated Alex Shelley (w/Kevin Nash and Johnny Devine) (8:21)
- Sabin pinned Shelley after a Cradle Shock to become #1 contender to the TNA X Division Championship.
- Kevin Nash was Chris Sabin's original opponent, but had a neck injury at the time.
Abyss (w/James Mitchell) defeated Brother Runt (6:17)
- Abyss pinned Runt after a Black Hole Slam into a pile of tacks.
Samoa Joe defeated Rhino and Monty Brown in a Falls Count Anywhere Triple Threat match (13:36)
- Joe pinned Brown after a STO through a table.
Gail Kim defeated Sirelda
- Kim pinned Sirelda after a top rope Neckbreaker.
Senshi defeated Petey Williams and Jay Lethal in a Triple Threat match to retain the TNA X Division Championship (10:34)
- Senshi pinned Lethal after Williams hit Lethal with a Canadian Destroyer.
A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels defeated The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (w/Konnan) to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (14:38)
- Daniels pinned Homicide after a double team trip and crossbody.
Jeff Jarrett (w/Scott Steiner) defeated Sting (w/Christian Cage) to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (15:09)
- Jarrett pinned Sting after Cage hit Sting with a guitar.