Hardcore Justice 2012 Preview
I haven’t done one of these on here in awhile. Time for a PPV Preview.The show on paper has the looks of a good show which isn’t really a shock for TNA anymore. I can’t believe I’m saying this but this has the potential to be a better show than Summerslam.
For the world title, I’ll go with Roode getting it back. It’s pretty clear that Roode vs. Storm is coming again, but I can’t see Aries defending the title against anyone in the BFG Series for the title. Also with there being no rematches, it’s a way to get Aries out of the title picture easily.
In the falls count anywhere match, I’m going to play a hunch and say Anderson. I can’t imagine Magnus will win as he’s basically one of the jobbers of the Series which is fine. Van Dam is the other likely candidate and Pope is just Pope. They might throw it to Pope to shake things up a bit but I’d be surprised.
AJ to win the ladder match. He’s behind in the standings and this would rocket him up as we close in on No Surrender.
I think I’ll take Hardy to win the tables match. It’ll be either him or Ray, as there’s a chance that Aces and 8’s count help Ray win to further confuse things. That would be an interesting twist.
Tessmacher to retain and King to win the title and Chavo/Hernandez to win, in the three filler matches on the card.
Overall this looks like a good looking card and I’m so glad they added different gimmicks to the fourways to keep them interesting. This is the last show before we get into the BFG cycle which is a good thing as No Surrender is only kind of interesting most of the time.
Thoughts/predictions?
By the what happened to the TV being defended every week?
THey just decided that wasn’t going to happen anymore.
It’s funny to look back on this show and see how uninteresting it was just a year ago and then look at the product now.
Roode/Aries – I gotta go with Roode here. Especially with the winner take all stip, it’s a easy way to screw Aries over. It’s pretty obvious it will be Storm/Roode at BFG, but the question is, will it be for the belt or not? Im gonna say yes but I wouldn’t be stunned if Aries won.
AJ/Daniels/Angle/Joe – I gotta go with AJ. He needs these 20 points to be relevant in this series again. There’s a very slim chance that Daniels wins but I doubt it.
Hardy/Bully/Robbie/Storm – I gotta go with Bully. Storm would be too far ahead if he wins this and Robbie E is useless. Hardy has a chance but he doesn’t seem to be getting pushed at the moment.
RVD/Anderson/Pope/Magnus – Honestly this could go to anyone. All these guys are about where they should be in the standings so I’ll go out on a limb and say Pope just to push him up in the standings a little.
Tessmacher/Madison – Who cares? I’ll take Madison in a stupid female Montreal Screwjob.
Zema/King – As much as I like King, gotta go with Zema. They gave him that belt for a reason and I don’t see him losing it so soon.
I’ll take Chavo/Hernandez in the filler tag match.
Aries vs Roode-Im taking Roode to win the Belt back here and set up him vs Storm in October at BFG. Im sure they will have one more Rematch at No Surrender.
Ladder Match-AJ Styles
Falls Count Anywhere-RVD
Tables-Jeff Hardy or Bully Ray
KO Title-Tessmacher
X-Title-Zema Ion
Tag-Chavo/Hernandez,don’t really care about this.
I’m leaning towards Aries losing as well, but where does he go from there? He’s clearly way above the X Division, but hasn’t really established himself in the main event, either. I’m really afraid he might end up lost in the shuffle.