Hardcore Justice (2014)

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Hardcore Justice (2014)
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The 2014 Hardcore Justice (also known as Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice) was a

Impact Wrestling on August 20, 2014.[1]

Five

Bram defeated Abyss in a Stairway to Janice match.[2][3]

Storylines

"I Quit" match between Anderson and Shaw at Hardcore Justice.[11]

Magnus defeated

The Wolves.[13] The following week, on Impact Wrestling, Bram and Magnus defeated Abyss and Willow in a Monster's Ball match.[7] Abyss then disappeared from TNA for over a month until he returned to TNA on the July 24 episode of Impact Wrestling by attacking Bram and Magnus after Bram and Magnus attacked Mr. Anderson and Gunner.[14] On the August 7 episode of Impact Wrestling, Bram defeated Abyss in a Monster's Ball match by using Janice (A Nail Board that was commonly used by Abyss).[9] On the August 14 episode of Impact Wrestling, Abyss demanded that Bram return Janice to him and then Abyss challenged Bram to a Stairway to Janice match at Hardcore Justice, which was later made official.[10]

At Slammiversary XII,

Last Knockout Standing match at Hardcore Justice.[11]

At

Six Sides of Steel match at Hardcore Justice to determine the #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.[11]

At Destination X,

X Division Championship on the August 7 episode of Impact Wrestling, which Joe won.[17][9] On the August 14 episode of Impact Wrestling, Ki defeated Crazzy Steve, Tigre Uno, Manik, Homicide and DJZ in a six-way elimination match to become the #1 contender for the X Division Championship at Hardcore Justice.[10]

Event

Preliminary matches

The event kicked off with a

low blow
to Abyss and hit him with Janice for the win.

Bully Ray
a few weeks ago and held Rhino responsible for that which led to a confrontation between the two and then EC3 turned on Rhino by attacking him.

Next,

muscle buster
on Ki twice but Ki countered but then Joe managed to nail a muscle buster to Ki on his third attempt to retain the title.

Later,

Gunner
forced Anderson to break the hold.

The penultimate match of the event was a

Knockouts Championship against Angelina Love. Sky interfered in the match on Love's behalf throughout the match until Kim grabbed Sky and tossed her into Love and then Kim knocked out Love by hitting a Samoan drop from the top rope
and Love was unable to get up before the referee's ten count, resulting in Kim retaining the Knockouts Championship.

Main event match

The main event match was a

TNA World Heavyweight Championship
. Roode and Young simultaneously escaped the cage and were declared the winners of the match.

Reception

This edition of Hardcore Justice marked the first episode of Impact Wrestling to air on Wednesday night. Due to moving from Thursday to Wednesday on one week notice,[18] many fans were unaware of the change, the episode scored a 0.65 rating and was viewed by 852,000 viewers, making it the lowest rated and viewed Impact Wrestling episode since April 2010.[19]

Aftermath

The controversial win of Bobby Roode and Eric Young led to the Director of Wrestling Operations Kurt Angle making a match between Roode and Young to determine the #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on the September 3 episode of Impact Wrestling, which Roode won,[20][21] thus setting up a title match between Roode and Lashley at No Surrender.[22]

On the August 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, Rhino competed against Ethan Carter III in a match, which EC3 lost via disqualification after Rockstar Spud attacked EC3.[20] On the September 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, EC3 defeated Rhino in a New York City Street Fight to end the feud.[23]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1
TNA World Heavyweight Championship
12:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ^ "Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice 2014". The Smackdown Hotel. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ "TNA Hardcore Justice Results – August 20, 2014". PW Mania. August 20, 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ^ "TNA Hardcore Justice 2014". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ Larry Csonka (March 9, 2014). "411's TNA Lockdown Report 3.09.14". 411 Mania. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ Geno Mrosko (April 3, 2014). "TNA Impact results, live updates for April 3, 2014: Four-Way Dance". Cageside Seats. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. ^ Larry Csonka (April 27, 2014). "411's TNA Sacrifice Report 4.27.14". 411 Mania. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  7. ^ a b Paul Nemer (June 27, 2014). "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – 6/26/14 (Monsters Ball Match)". Wrestleview. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b Geno Mrosko (July 3, 2014). "TNA Impact results, live blog (July 3, 2014): Lashley vs. Eric Young". Cageside Seats. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d Geno Mrosko (August 7, 2014). "TNA Impact results, live blog (Aug. 7, 2014): Dixie Carter put through a table". Cageside Seats. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – August 14, 2014". PW Mania. August 15, 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  11. ^ a b c Donald Wood (August 19, 2014). "TNA Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice Preview, Rumors, News, More for August 20". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  12. ^ a b Tim Keeney (June 16, 2014). "TNA Slammiversary 2014 Results: Winners, Grades, Twitter Reaction and Analysis". Cageside Seats. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  13. ^ Paul Nemer (June 20, 2014). "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – 6/19/14 (New TNA Champion)". Wrestleview. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  14. ^ Paul Nemer (July 25, 2014). "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – 7/24/14 (Matt Hardy returns)". Wrestleview. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  15. ^ Geno Mrosko (July 10, 2014). "TNA Impact results, live blog (July 10, 2014): Champion's Showcase". Cageside Seats. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  16. ^ Geno Mrosko (July 24, 2014). "TNA Impact results, live blog (July 24, 2014): Matt Hardy returns, Team 3D reunites". Cageside Seats. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  17. ^ a b TJ Hawke (August 3, 2014). "Views from the Hawke's Nest: TNA Destination X 2014". 411 Mania. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  18. ^ Geno Mrosko (August 14, 2014). "TNA Impact moves to Wednesday nights starting Aug. 20, 2014". Cageside Seats. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  19. ^ " TNA NEWS: Impact TV ratings are in for Wednesday's first show in the new timeslot", by James Cladwell, Pro Wrestling Torch
  20. ^ a b "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – August 27, 2014". PW Mania. August 27, 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  21. ^ "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – September 3, 2014". PW Mania. September 3, 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  22. ^ Larry Csonka (September 16, 2014). "Official Preview For Tomorrow's No Surrender Edition of TNA Impact Wrestling". 411 Mania. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  23. ^ "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – September 10, 2014". PW Mania. September 10, 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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