Pulse Wrestling Live Coverage: TNA Hard Justice

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InsidePULSE’s TNA Hard Justice Report
Announcers are Don West & Mike Tenay
08.12.07
By: PK

The show opens with footage of Pacman Jones entering the building, and then Tenay & West then rundown the line-up, and then a video package on the signing of Pacman.

Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. Christopher Daniels & Senshi (w/ Elix Skipper)
Huge melee to start, Dutt & Shelley square off, with Dutt being way too fast. XXX gets in, all 3 of them, and the ref makes Skipper get out, and Dutt & Lethal dropkick Daniels & Senshi. They finally settle down, and it ends up being Sabin & Lethal. Sabin sends Lethal to the floor, and XXX beats him down. Back in the ring, MCMG double teams Lethal. Senshi with a blind tag, and he dominates over Lethal. Now XXX double teams Lethal. Lethal finally hits a drop kick on Daniels, and gets the hot tag to Dutt, who takes out all 4. Dutt nails the tight rope hurracanranna for 2. Dutt rolls Daniels up in a Camel Clutch, but Shelley breaks it up. Dutt tosses Shelley to the floor, but Senshi clobbers Dutt. Lethal makes the save, and all the men fall to the floor, one by one doing moves on each other. Dutt is last, hitting a springboard moonsault on all 5 guys. Sabin and Daniels make it to the ring first, with Sabin setting Daniels up in the Tree of Woe. The ref tries to get Daniels out, and Skipper comes in and sets Sabin on the rope, and hits the walk the top rope into a hurracanranna, and Daniels gets 2. Each of the rest of the men in the match fly in springboard style taking out another guy. Daniels is last, and misses Dutt, and Dutt & Lethal hit a series of moves on Daniels, with Dutt’s Tilt-a-while DDT followed by the standing moonsault getting 2 when MCMG breaks it up. MCMG then double teams Lethal. Shelley hits the knee to throat, followed by Sabin’s cutter for 2. Senshi hits a standing Warrior’s Way on Shelley to break up a pinfall. Senshi goes all the way up, but Dutt stops him. Daniels from behind, holds Dutt on his shoulders, belly up, and Senshi leaps off the top rope, stomps Dutt’s belly, and then Senshi hits a Warrior’s Way on Shelley, and then Daniels TKO’s Dutt on Shelley, for a 2 count when Sabin & Lethal break it up. XXX now alone in the ring with Lethal. Daniels calls for the finishing sequence, and Senshi goes up top, but Lethal shoves Daniels into Senshi who falls off the turnbuckle, and Lethal rolls up Daniels for the win!
Winners – Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt

JB walks into Joe’s lockerroom, but Karen Angle is in there, with her new man.

Raven (w/ Serotonin) vs. Kaz
Raven gets on the mic to start. Raven wants to bring Kaz back, and says that all he needs is to shake his hand, and he will be welcomed back into Serotonin. Kaz shakes his hand, and hugs Raven…and then cracks him with a kendo stick. The bell rings, and the match is broken down pretty quick, with Serotonin helping Raven. Raven with his big knee, sends Kaz to the outside. Raven then distracts the ref, and Havok puts Kaz on his shoulders, and Martyr goes for a superkick, but Kaz dodges it, and Martyr hits Havok. Kaz then hits Raven with a diving enzaguri for the pin.
Winner – Kaz

JB tells Angle that Karen brought a date. Angle flips, and runs toward Joe’s lockerroom.

Rhino/Storm video.

James Storm (w/ Jackie Moore) vs. Rhino – Bar Room Brawl
The ring had bar room props in the ring. Storm gets out of the ring when Rhino runs down, and Rhino tosses a chair at him, but hit flies into the crowd. They start fighting through the crowd. The fight back to ringside, and they are next to the bar, which is entitled ‘Storm’s Bar & Grill’ HAHA. Rhino looks at a bottle of beer, and chugs it down! Rhino then opens a quarter keg that is there, and chugs, then sprays it in Storm & Moore’s faces. Rhino keeps pouring booze down his throat. Rhino tosses Storm into the ring, and gets a ladder. Rhino props it on the guardrail and the ring, and then puts a table & a trash can in the ring. Moore gets in the ring and distracts Rhino. Rhino tosses her out, and then Storm tosses Rhino over the top, on top of the ladder! They get back in the ring, and Rhino hops up and nails a belly to belly. Rhino sets the table up in the corner, and Rhino hits a spinebuster in front of the table. Rhino lines up and tries a GORE through the table, but Storm moves, and Rhino goes through the table. Tenay & West seem to think that Rhino is now drunk. Storm then clobbers Rhino with the trash can over and over again. Storm then drills Rhino with a chair. Rhino finally stumbles to his feet, and Storm hits a superkick. Storm hits Rhino to the back of head with a beer bottle for the pin.
Winner – James Storm

New interviewer Crystal says that she is eager to talk to Pacman Jones. The Truth runs in and flips out, saying that he is the 2x TNA Champ, and that Pacman is a nothing. He says that TNA officials better find Pacman before he does, or else this publicity stunt will go to hell.

Voodoo Kin Mafia (w/ Roxxy) vs. LAX
BG & Homicide start. Kip is wearing tights with leggings, like Torrie Wilson wears…they are awful. VKM dominates over Homicide. Kip hits a jackhammer for 2. Kip then locks on a bearhug, and then flips Homicide over on his back. BG in, and Homicide gets the hot tag to Hernandez. Hernandez puts BG up for a Boarder Toss, and the ref is distracted by Homicide trying to come back in the ring, and Roxxy tosses a handful of powder in Hernandez’s eyes, and Kip hits a Famasser for the pin!
Winners – VKM

Hector Guerrero comes in and tells the ref what happened, and shows him a small bit of the powder on the mat. The ref restarts the match, and Homicide quickly rolls up Kip to win!
Winners – LAX

Hector tries to make amends with LAX, but they are a bit weary.

Video recap of Roode/Young.

JB with Eric Young. Young is a bit worried about being humiliated, but JB peps him up. Angle shows up and says that JB is just starting to start trouble, and didn’t see Karen with a date. Young says that he saw them, and Angle starts to flip out.

Robert Roode (w/ Ms. Brooks) vs. Eric Young – Ultimate Humiliation Match
Young starts off quickly, dodging a Roode clothesline, and hits a Lou Theiz, and then clotheslines Roode over the top rope. Brooks distracts EY, and Roode takes over. Back in the ring, Roode continues to dominate the match, with Brooks cheering him on. Roode and EY then go toe to toe, and EY locks on and brings Roode down with a crucifix for 2. EY hits a belly to belly for 2. Roode goes up to the top, but EY knocks him off, and Brooks gets in the ring. EY slingshots Brooks headfirst into Roode’s crotch on the turnbuckle. EY has Brooks up for a DVD, and then tries to get Roode on his shoulders too, but Roode slides off, kicks EY in the gut, and Brooks falls to the mat. Roode goes for the Payoff, but EY slides out and rolls up Roode, but the ref is still helping Brooks out of the ring. Roode clotheslines EY, and Brooks tosses in a pair of knucks, which Roode uses to KO Young behind the ref’s back, for the pin.
Winner – Roode

Roode goes to tar & feather EY, but Gail Kim comes down and makes the save. Brooks holds Kim back, and Roode goes to punch Kim, but Kim moves and Roode nails Brooks! Roode is holding Kim down, and EY punts him in the crotch. EY then tar & feathers Brooks.

Recap of Dustin Rhodes turning into Black Reign.

New Girl with Harris. Harris says that it doesn’t matter who he is facing; Dustin, Goldust or Black Reign…Harris has earned his spot, and Rhodes lost his.

Chris Harris vs. Black Reign
OK, so imagine if Goldust was black & silver instead of gold & black…and you have Black Reign. Reign comes from behind Harris, coming out of the wrong tunnel. Reign then beats down Harris all around the ring, and pounds him over and over again with a pair of handcuffs. Harris is busted wide open, and the ref finally DQs Reign.
Winner via DQ – Harris

Reign continues to maul Harris, and uses a pair of handcuffs to cuff Harris in the corner. Reign then grabs a cane he brought to ringside, that has a spike on the end of it. He then pounds it into the skull Harris. Kaz, Dutt, and Lethal come out to shield Harris, and Reign finally backs away.

New Girl with Steiner’s. Rick barks a lot, and Scott says that 3D is just a tune up.

JB with 3D, and they mock PR’s and then says that Scott is going back to the ER.

The Steiner Brothers vs. Team 3D
Rick and Devon starts. Bubba distracts Rick and Devon jumps and beats down Rick. The match falls apart, and 3D goes to walk away from the match, but the Steiners pull them back. Steiners dominate the match, with both guys working over Devon. 3D takes over, and it seems as they are exploiting Scott’s surgery scar. Rick gets the hot tag, and suplexes both Bubba and Devon. Scott back in, hits Devon with a top rope SUPERPLEX. Scott then beats Bubba down in the corner, but Bubba picks him up and 3D hits a Doomsday Device for 2, when Rick breaks it up. Scott then hits a Frankensteiner off the top on Devon! 3D fights back, and looks for the 3D, but Rick breaks it up, and the Steiners hit a top rope bulldog for the pin!
Winners – Steiner Brothers

Kurt Angle pays a visit to Dr. Nash. Nash peps him and says that he has to beat Joe. Nash leaves chanting ‘Eye of the Tiger.’ Angle then keeps crying about Karen.

Tenay gets in the ring, and introduces Pacman Jones. Tenay asks Pacman why he turned to wrestling. Pacman says that he’s in TNA because he’s a trendsetter, and TNA is the trendsetter in wrestling. Pacman then says that he wants to become a team player. The Truth comes out. Truth says that wrestling is not about teams, and its about who’s going to screw who first. Truth then tells us all that Pacman’s football contract prevents him from physical contact in TNA. Truth says that this is good and bad. Good because Pacman would probably rather rub a lion’s ass with sandpaper then go toe to toe with Truth. Bad because there is a long line of wrestlers waiting to take Pacman out, and Truth is at the top of the list. Pacman says that Truth seems to like to talk the talk, but Pacman likes to walk the walk. Truth then starts the charge the ring, but a security crew keeps Truth down.

Recap of the Doomsday Chamber of Blood match set-up.

Christian Coalition with New Girl. Cage says he won’t bleed, and he will protect AJ & Tomko.

Tenay & West talking about the Chamber match, but they cut to the back, and Pacman is laid out and bleeding.

Christian Cage, AJ Styles, & Tomko vs. Sting, Abyss & Andrew Martin – Doomsday Chamber of Blood
Cage, AJ & Tomko jump Abyss before Martin can get down to the ring. After Martin saves Abyss, the lights go out and Sting is in the ring, and levels Tomko with a chair. Sting and Tomko fight back to the floor, and Tomko is busted open. The action is everywhere. Martin and Cage are in the ring. With the rest on the floor.

They cut to the back in the middle of the match, and they are stretchered out of the arena.

When we come back, and the Coalition locks Sting out of the Six Sides of Steel, with Martin and Abyss in the ring with them. Cage gets a jagged piece of glass out of the bag that Abyss brought ringside, and rips open the forehead of Abyss. Sting climbs up the cage, and has a pair of wire cutters, and cuts his way through the barb wire wrapped around the top of the cage. Abyss tries to choke slam Tomko, but Tomko turns it into a choke powerbomb on Abyss on a chair. Cage breaks a pile of glass in the middle of the ring, Martin with a big boot on Tomko. Cage leaves the ring where Sting came in. Martin tosses AJ face first into a chair in the corner, and AJ is bleeding. Abyss nails a black hole slam on AJ, and scores the pin.
Winner & #1 Contender – Abyss

Joe with New Girl. Joe says that Angle has already lost so much, but now he will lose his titles.

Kurt Angle (TNA & IWGP Champion) vs. Samoa Joe (TNA Tag & X Division Champion) – Winner Takes All
They go back and forth to start. Angle seem very out of it. Karen and her date comes to sit at ringside. Angle tries to keep his focus on the match, but he keeps looking over at Karen. They keep tying up, and then they start getting physical. Joe goes for sunset flip, but then depants the already dropped straps of Angle. Karen loves this, and Angle goes over and confronts her. She then tosses the glass of champaign in Angle’s face. Joe tosses Angle back in the ring, and dominates the match, washboarding Angle’s face with his boot. Angle snaps and ducks a clothesline and hits a suplex for 2. Angle seems to have snapped a bit, and is now pounding down on Joe. Angle with a Vertical Suplex for 2. Angle then hits the 2 of the 3 German’s, but Joe blocks the 3rd, reverses around and hits a reverse German of his own! Joe hits a huge kick to Angle’s head for 2. Angle rakes Joe’s eyes then hits a German for 2. Angle goes up, but Joe grabs him and goes for a M.U.S.C.L.E. Buster, but Angle rolls through and locks on the Ankle Lock. Joe gets out, and locks on the Rear Naked Choke, which Angle quickly gets out of, and this an Olympic Slam for 2. Joe on the top rope, and Angle runs up and hits a top rope belly to belly for 2. Angle screams on Karen again. Angle goes for a moonsault, but misses. Joe puts Angle up, and nails a M.U.S.C.L.E. Buster for a 2 count! Joe locks on the Choke again, but Angle spits out his mouthpiece, and bites down on Joe’s wrist. Angle twists out and locks on the Ankle Lock, but Joe turns him around and pulls him back into the Choke. Angle gets his leg on the bottom rope, and then there is a ref bump, and Joe locks the Choke on AGAIN, and Angle taps. Joe lets go, since the ref is out, and tries to revive him. The ref is not moving, and as Joe goes back to Angle, Angle hits a low blow. Karen comes from ringside, with her chair in hand. She tries to get Joe to take it, but pulls it away at the last minute. Angle with a chop block, then Karen gives him the chair, and he wraps it around the head of Joe, and scores the pin win all the belts!
Winner – Kurt Angle

Angle, Karen, and the ‘date’ celebrate in the ring.

Show Over.

~PK

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