Hard Justice (2006)

The 2006 Hard Justice was a professional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on August 13, 2006, at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the second event under the Hard Justice chronology. Nine matches were scheduled on the event's card, but because of a pyrotechnical malfunction, one was cancelled due to time constraints.

In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.^[1]

Hard Justice featured ten professional wrestling matches and two pre-show matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[2]

During the match between Eric Young and Johnny Devine, the padding on the lighting above the ring caught fire due to the opening pyro. The fire was extinguished but the fire brigade ordered the evacuation of the arena and the event was suspended for 15 minutes before fans were allowed to re-enter and the event could continue.^[3] One TNA worker was sent to hospital for smoke inhalation after tackling the fire.^[4] In the next match, Chris Sabin defeated Alex Shelley to become the number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship.^[5]Abyss defeated Brother Runt by pin after a Black Hole Slam onto thumbtacks.^[5] In the next match, Samoa Joe defeated Rhino and Monty Brown by a pinfall on Brown after Rhino missed a Gore into tables and Joe put Brown through a table with an STO.^[5]Gail Kim pinned Sirelda whilst Senshi defeated Petey Williams and Jay Lethal to retain the X Division Championship.^[5]

次のNWA世界タッグチーム選手権試合では、AJスタイルズとクリストファー・ダニエルズがラテンアメリカン・エクスチェンジのホミサイドとヘルナンデスを破った。メインイベントでは、NWA世界ヘビー級選手権が王者ジェフ・ジャレットとスティングの間で争われ、スコット・スタイナーとクリスチャン・ケージがそれぞれセコンドについた。クリスチャンがジャレットのギターでスティングを殴ってヒールターンした後、ジャレットがピンフォール勝ちした。^{[ 6 ]}