Official TNA Hard Justice 2007 Thread- 8/12/07

Roger Clemes sucks ass...care to chime in with ayour Kool aid response?

TNA's best pay-per-view of the year. I attended 5 of the 8 pay-per-views, and this was by far my favorite.

Still you...

Kurt Angle IS now a Triple Crown winner because he has held ALL 3 TNA TITLES.

Bye..

^ After reading thsoe spoilers, I may buy one of those t shirts from ya

5 = Match of the year contender
4 = Brilliant
3 = Good
2 = Watchable
1 = Awful

Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal [vs] Motor City Machine Guns [vs] Triple X


Great way to open the Pay Per View. Great action from all particpants, especially Sonjay Dutt. How they haven't pushed this guy to be champion is beyond me. His ability is phenomenal. Great Double-Warrior's Way by Senshi and just great fast paced action from everyone involved. However wasn't Skipper the one who sat out in Triple X's last match. God he needs to be involved more, he's my favourite of the three.

Kaz [vs] Raven


Usually Raven's matches have been horrid over the past year but Kaz made it a good match to watch. If you take it for what it was, a bit of a filler match, not long, then it was a good match. Kaz carried the whole match mind and did everything. But still, enjoyable to watch. The guy totally needs to be X Champion.

James Storm [vs] Rhino


I actually expected alot more. They were sort of trying to tell a story in amidst the mad action. Didn't really work and just put across Rhino as a bit of an idiot. Not really a bar room brawl, just a no DQ match. Expected alot more to this match but it just got very boring and confusing in the end as to what the hell was Rhino doing.

Latin American X-Change [vs] Voodoo Kin Mafia


I just couldn't get over Kip James' tights. What the hell? Looked like a male stripper. Short match, alright i guess. LAX need to be used better to reach their potential, hopefully some better feuds on the horizon.

Robert Roode [vs] Eric Young


These have been feuding for so long you sort of know what to expect in their matches. None have been terrible, all have been solid watchable matches. This one in my opinion was the best of the lot. Both worked well together and put on some good action. I just hope this feud ends soon. As good as it is for a mid-card feud it's ran it's course and then some. Plus Robert Roode needs a more high profile feud. I'd like to see him and Chris Harris battle it out in late 2007/early 2008.

Black Reign [vs] Chris Harris


I know alot of people didn't really like what Dustin Rhodes' new gimmick was. I thought it was great when he did his crazy promo and i still think his gimmick is great. Apart from the lame costume it's brilliant. If anyone can pull the gimmick off it's Dustin Rhodes. Not a match really, just an assault, but builds up their feud which i do hope continues.

Steiner Brothers [vs] Team 3D


Sure the match quality wasn't great but from a wrestling history stand point and a Steiner fanboy stand point like myself, this was the match i eagerly anticipated all night. I love my tag team wrestling and i love the Steiner Brothers. So glad they picked up the victory and just to see Rick and Scott battling it out again was brilliant. I can see this feud maybe going on for a few more months, culminating hopefully at Bound For Glory when the TNA Tag Gold is on the line.

Abyss, Andrew Martin and Sting [vs] AJ Styles, Christian Cage and Tomko


In my eyes, a big let down. Bit of a clusterfest in the ring and the likes of Andrew Martin, Tomko and AJ had no real part to play. Having Sting on the outside was pretty poor really, just meant he was in the match for a minute or so. Glad Abyss won. Bit different to the main event scene. Hopefully Ricky Banderas will cost him his match with Angle at No Surrender and mean that we see Abyss vs Banderas at Bound For Glory.

Samoa Joe [vs] Kurt Angle


I know some people bashed this match heavily compared to their other matches but i quite liked this one. Maybe not their best match but it was still a good main event. I could see the finish coming and a good twist nontheless. Shame Joe has missed out on the TNA gold again. Thinking about it i probably liked this match better because as a heel i like Angle more and when he faced Joe the other times i wasn't a fan of his at all. Having him hold all the gold ain't great though. TNA better hope he doesn't get injured anytime soon.

Overall Verdict


People have called this TNA's worst PPV ever. I dunno about that. I thought it was actually alright. Not amazing but it was a good event and is definatley not the worst event of 2007. Lockdown suprisingly holds that title thus far in my opinion.

I thought the PPV was excellent, people always need to find a reason to bitch about something or another.

Three Way Tag - ****
Steiners/Team 3D - ****

In my opinion.

Hard Justice aired here in the UK last night and it was the first full TNA PPV I've ever watched (I've watched the odd PPV and iMPACT now and then, but never fully gotten in to it like I am with WWE). And I have to say, I enjoyed the PPV very much.

The first match was by far the best in my opinion. I liked the fact that they were given alot of time for this match, and that double foot-stomp by Senshi was just insane. I haven't marked out like that in ages.

The rest of the card was pretty good too, every match was entertaining, in my opinion.

I think I'm turning into a bit of a TNA mark now...