Hardcore Justice 2021

Hardcore Justice was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on April 10, 2021 at the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the 12th event under the Hardcore Justice chronology, the first to be held since the 2015 event, and the first purchase only event since the 2012 event. It aired exclusively on Impact Plus.
==Production==
=== Background ===
Hardcore Justice is an annual professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. In 2005, it was originally introduced as a pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Impact Wrestling (then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, TNA). The first event was held in May 2005 and from 2006 to 2012, they have all been held in August. The event was known as Hard Justice until 2010. In 2013, TNA dropped Hardcore Justice as a pay-per-view event 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.
On the Impact following Sacrifice, Tommy Dreamer came into the office of Impact EVP Scott D'Amore, saying that Impact has a problem with the Impact World Tag Team Championship held hostage outside of Impact for a month. D'Amore stalled him and then reminded him of the upcoming Hardcore Justice event on Impact Plus, and he let Dreamer book the card for the show.
=== Storylines ===
The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
On the March 23 episode of Impact, Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo defeated Jazz in a non-title match, with interference from Susan. The following week on Impact, while Purrazzo and Susan were having an interview, Jazz attacked Purrazzo and Susan. Jazz would later go to Tommy Dreamer, demanding that she get her hands on Purrazzo. Dreamer would have the two booked for Hardcore Justice, but before that, talked about how he and Jazz used to be in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and how they used to have Ultimate Jeoperdy matches in ECW. As a match where all participants wager something, Dreamer asked Jazz to put something at stake, while Purrazzo put her championship on the line. Jazz proclaimed that she is willing to put her career on the line for the title, officially making it a Title vs. Career match.
On the March 30 episode of Impact, Dreamer held a meeting of various knockouts, announcing a weapons match for Hardcore Justice, with the winner receiving a opportunity for the Impact Knockouts Championship at Rebellion. Alisha Edwards, Havok, Jordynne Grace, Rosemary, Susan, and Tenille Dashwood have been announced as participants.
In a backstage segment on the Impact after Sacrifice, Eddie Edwards kicked The Good Brothers out of the locker room, seeing how their friendship with AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, didn't make them "one of the boys". Just as they were about to leave, they encountered Decay, who mocked how The Good Brothers lost both their tag team titles and the respect of the locker room. On Impact's first episode in their return to Thursday nights, Decay and The Good Brothers got into a backstage brawl, leading to a powerhouse match between Doc Gallows and Black Taurus at Hardcore Justice.
Hardcore Justice also hosted to a BlindGames match between Brian Myers and Jake Something. Myers has been wearing an eyepatch since January after a match with Fallah Bahh saw him being "poked" in the eye. On the April 8 episode of Impact, Myers attacked both Something and old friend-turned-enemy Matt Cardona, where he accepted Cardona's offer for a match at Rebellion, but not before pushing Something into the steel steps, which had clipped his eye. The BlindGames match, essentially a blindfold match with hardcore rules, was scheduled not long after.
Also on the April 8 Impact, Tommy Dreamer booked an eight-man tag team Hardcore War featuring himself and three men of his choosing against Violent By Design (Eric Young, Joe Doering, Deaner, and Rhino). The rules of Hardcore War are as follow:
*Two men start alone for five minutes
*Every two minutes, a new man appears from alternating teams
*The match cannot end until the final man has entered
*After all eight men have entered, the match is won by pinfall or submission
*There are no disqualifications
==Results==
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*Josh Alexander & Petey Williams defeated Ace Austin & Madman Fulton and Fallah Bahh & TJP in a Three Way Tag Team Match (13:42)
*Mahabali Shera defeated Hernandez in a Chairly Legal Match (9:03)
*Doc Gallows (w/ Karl Anderson) defeated Black Taurus (w/ Crazzy Steve) (8:59)
*Matt Cardona defeated Johnny Swinger in a Crate American Bash Match (7:56)
*Sami Callihan defeated Sam Beale (4:02)
*Jake Something defeated Brian Myers in a Blindfold Hardcore Match (5:17)
*Tenille Dashwood (w/ Kaleb With A K) defeated Alisha Edwards, Havok, Jordynne Grace, Rosemary & Su Yung in a Impact Knockouts Title #1 Contendership Weapons Six Way Match (9:35)
*Deonna Purrazzo (c) defeated Jazz [Career] in a Old School Rules Title vs. Career match for the Impact Knockouts Championship (12:46)
*Violent By Design (Deaner, Eric Young, Joe Doering & Rhino) defeated Team Dreamer (Eddie Edwards, Rich Swann, Trey Miguel & Willie Mack) in a Eight Man Hardcore Tag Team Match (20:28)
==External links==
* Results
Category:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view events
Category:2021 pay-per-view events
Category:Hard Justice