Hardcore Justice (2010)
The 2010 Hardcore Justice (stylized HardCORE Justice, and occasionally referred to as Hardcore Justice: The Last Stand) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on August 8, 2010 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.[3] It was the sixth event under the Hard Justice chronology and the eighth event of the 2010 TNA pay-per-view schedule.
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.jpg.webp) Promotional poster featuring ECW alumni from left to right: Rhino, Tommy Dreamer, Mick Foley, Stevie Richards and Raven | |||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||
| Date | August 8, 2010 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | Impact Zone | ||
| Attendance | 1,100[1] | ||
| Tagline(s) | The Last Stand[2] | ||
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In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[4]
Storylines
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Mike Tenay |
| Taz | |
| Interviewer | Jeremy Borash |
| Lauren Thompson | |
| Ring announcer | Jeremy Borash |
| Referee | Andrew Thomas |
| Brian Hebner | |
| Earl Hebner | |
| Frank Gastineau | |
| Mickie James |
Hardcore Justice featured seven professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]
This year, TNA changed the event's name from Hard Justice to Hardcore Justice in honor of the Extreme Championship Wrestling reunion show theme that it adopted. The show was originally going to be main evented by a match between Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn. However, the match had to be cancelled when Lynn pulled out due to a back injury. The replacement main event was Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu.[6][7]
Event
In addition to matches, Hardcore Justice featured TNA stars such as A.J. Styles, Matt Morgan, Jesse Neal, and Madison Rayne sharing their memories of ECW, and dedications to Joey Styles, Paul Heyman, and all the ECW alumni who had died since working for the promotion. Tod Gordon, "Pitbull" Gary Wolfe, The Blue Meanie, and Francine appeared in pre-taped segments.
During the show, two substitutes appeared for ECW alumni: Big Tilly appeared as "Blue Tilly" as part of Stevie Richards' BW2.0 (the name being a play on the EV2.0 stable). Meanwhile, Samuel Shaw portrayed Lupus, a minor member of Raven's Nest.
After losing to Richards, P.J. Polaco attacked Richards with a Singapore Cane, until the Sandman came out to attack him in turn.
Following their victory over Rotten and Kahoneys, Team 3D declared themselves the most extreme tag team in wrestling, after which The Gangstas confronted them. Following the confrontation, all six men celebrated together in the ring.
Results
| No. | Results[8][9] | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1 | The F.B.I. (Guido Maritato, Tony Luke and Tracy Smothers) (with Sal E. Graziano) defeated Kid Kash, Johnny Swinger and Simon Diamond | Six-man tag team match | 10:45 |
| 2 | Too Cold Scorpio defeated C. W. Anderson | Singles match | 06:48 |
| 3 | Stevie Richards (with Blue Tilly and Hollywood Nova) defeated P.J. Polaco | Singles match | 06:33 |
| 4 | Rhino defeated Al Snow and Brother Runt | Three-Way Dance | 06:01 |
| 5 | Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) (with Joel Gertner) defeated Axl Rotten and Kahoneys | South Philadelphia Street Fight | 11:54 |
| 6 | Raven defeated Tommy Dreamer | Singles with Mick Foley as special guest referee | 16:59 |
| 7 | Rob Van Dam defeated Sabu | Hardcore match | 17:15 |
The Whole F'n Show
| The Whole F'n Show | |||
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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||
| Date | August 9, 2010 (aired August 12, 2010) | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | Impact Zone | ||
| Tagline(s) | LIVE and FREE on Spike TV | ||
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The Whole F'n Show was the original card which was supposed to take place at Hardcore Justice four days earlier, but the show was given to the ECW Originals. This event was held as a special pay-per-view quality show on Impact Wrestling.
| No. | Results[8][9] | Stipulations | Times | ||||
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| 1D | Jesse Neal defeated Sam Shaw | Singles match | 04:49 | ||||
| 2 | Kurt Angle defeated A.J. Styles | Retirement match | 08:20 | ||||
| 3 | Angelina Love defeated Madison Rayne (c) | Singles match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship | 03:44 | ||||
| 4 | Matt Morgan defeated D'Angelo Dinero and Mr. Anderson | Triple threat match | 04:00 | ||||
| 5 | Jeff Hardy defeated Shannon Moore | Singles match | 06:46 | ||||
| 6 | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) defeated Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) | Two-out-of-three falls match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship | 16:20 | ||||
| 7 | Rob Van Dam (c) defeated Abyss | Ladder match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship with Eric Bischoff as special guest referee | 17:15 | ||||
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References
- "Hardcore Justice 2010". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- "Official website". TNA Wrestling. 2010-06-23. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- Gerweck, Steve (2010-06-01). "TNA Hard Justice Location Revealed". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- "Anthem, Impact announce Global Wrestling Network launch". Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- Wilkenfeld, Daniel (2010-08-05). "Wilkenfeld's TNA Impact report 8/5: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- Martin, Adam (2010-08-07). "Report: TNA Hardcore Justice main event is now off". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- Caldwell, James (2010-08-05). "TNA News: Updated line-up for Hardcore Justice PPV after Thursday's Impact". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- Caldwell, James (2010-08-08). "TNA News: RVD's new opponent for Hardcore Justice PPV revealed". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-08-08.