Hardcore Justice 2012: Better Than I Expected Yet Underwhelming At The Same Time
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Justice 2012
Date: August 12, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Taz
The opening video is about how tonight is all about violence and the Series and the title is in there somewhere too.
Gunner/Kid Kash vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr./Hernandez
Bound For Glory Series Leaderboard
James Storm 66
Samoa Joe 54
Kurt Angle 48
Mr. Anderson 40
Jeff Hardy 35
Rob Van Dam 35
Christopher Daniels 33
Bully Ray 28
Magnus 21
AJ Styles 16
Robbie E 5
TV Title: D-Von vs. Kazarian
D-Von is defending. Kaz stalls on the floor to start but D-Von launches him into the ring. They head to the floor and a drink is knocked into the camera. D-Von is in full control and hits Kaz in the head with a bottle of water. Kaz tries to run up the steps but slips a bit, giving D-Von a heads up and letting him slam Kaz when he dives at the champ. Back inside and Kaz gets in his first offense in the form of a clothesline.
D-Von starts his comeback with the shoulders and a headbutt for no cover. Another shoulder gets two and D-Von has his goofy look. Kaz misses a charge in the corner and D-Von hits the neckbreaker out of the corner for two. A crucifix gets two for Kaz but Fade to Black is countered into the spinebuster for the pin to retain at 8:34.
Knockouts Title: Madison Rayne vs. Miss Tessmacher
Bound For Glory Series: James Storm vs. Robbie E vs. Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy
Ray seems to have a bad elbow due to the inadvertent crash through the table earlier.
We recap the X Title match. King jumped to TNA and wants to be champion because if not, it was a failed risk.
X-Division Title: Kenny King vs. Zema Ion
That only lasts a few seconds as Ion chokes instead. Now we get a longer lasting chinlock followed by a DDT for two. King comes back with an atomic drop and things speed up a bit. A high collar throw puts Ion into the corner and out to the floor. King hits a BIG corkscrew dive to the floor which gets two back in.
Bound For Glory Series: AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels
The ladder is brought in but Joe slams Daniels onto it and goes for a climb. Angle and AJ come back in and knock the ladder down with Kurt taking over. Daniels jumps Angle from behind and sets the ladder up, only to get buckle bombed by Joe. The Samoan goes up but Angle makes the save and hits the overhead belly to belly to take Joe down. The fans chant USA despite all four guys being American.
TNA World Title: Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode
Aries knocks Roode around the ring a bit and goes to the apron again for another dive. This time Roode moves and Aries crashes into the barricade ribs first. Back inside and the challenger keeps up his advantage with a belly to back suplex and a knee drop for two. Roode wraps up Aries from behind to squeeze on the ribs a bit followed by some shoulders into the ribs. Aries grabs a sunset flip for two but a gutbuster stops him cold.
Roode panics to end the show.
Results
Chavo Guerrero Jr./Hernandez b. Gunner/Kid Kash – Frog Splash to Kash
D-Von b. Kazarian – Spinebuster
Madison Rayne b. Miss Tessmacher – Rollup while holding the ropes
Bully Ray b. Jeff Hardy, James Storm and Robbie E – Ray powerbombed Hardy through a table
Zema Ion b. Kenny King – Shoulderbreaker
AJ Styles b. Christopher Daniels, Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle – Styles pulled down the envelope
Austin Aries b. Bobby Roode – Rollup
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