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Hard Justice is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The first one was held in May 2005 and the second was moved to August 2006.

Hard Justice 2005
Details
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	May 15, 2005
Venue	iMPACT! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Attendance	775
Pay-per-view chronology
Lockdown 2005	Hard Justice 2005	Slammiversary 2005

Hard Justice 2005 took place on May 15, 2005 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The event was dedicated to the memory of TNA wrestler Chris Candido, who died on April 28 of complications from an injury suffered at Lockdown 2005.

• Pre-Show match: Shark Boy defeated David Young (6:28)
  • Shark Boy pinned Young after a Dead Sea Drop to earn a spot in the Gauntlet for the Gold.
• Team Canada (Petey Williams and Eric Young) (w/Coach D'Amore) defeated Apolo and Sonny Siaki (8:09)
  • Williams pinned Siaki after A-1 interfered and hit a Brainbuster on Siaki.
• Michael Shane and Trinity defeated Chris Sabin and Traci in a Mixed Tag Team match (10:17)
  • Shane pinned Sabin after a Superkick after Traci turned on Sabin.
• Raven defeated Sean Waltman in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match (13:03)
  • Raven pinned Waltman after a back body drop on Waltman through the steel cage.
  • Raven's original opponent was Jeff Hardy, but Hardy missed his flight and was replaced by Waltman.
• Monty Brown and The Outlaw defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Ron Killings (8:56)
  • Brown pinned Page after a Pounce.
  • Page's original partner was B.G. James, but was replaced before the match.
• The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (14:59)
  • Stevens pinned Storm with a Small Package.
• Christopher Daniels defeated Shocker to retain the TNA X Division Championship (12:00)
  • Daniels pinned Shocker after the Angel's Wings from the top rope.
• Abyss won a 20 man Gauntlet for the Gold (26:28)
  • The entrants were: Bobby Roode, Zach Gowen, Eric Young, Cassidy Riley, Elix Skipper, Shark Boy, A-1, Chris Sabin, Petey Williams, Sonny Siaki, Lance Hoyt, Michael Shane, Jerrelle Clarke, Mikey Batts, The Outlaw, Trytan, Ron Killings, Apolo, B.G. James and Abyss.
  • Abyss pinned Killings after a Black Hole Slam to become #1 contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• A.J. Styles defeated Jeff Jarrett (w/Tito Ortiz as Special Guest Referee) to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (19:32)
  • Styles pinned Jarrett after a Spiral Tap.

Hard Justice 2006
Details
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	August 13, 2006
Venue	iMPACT! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Attendance	900
Pay-per-view chronology
Victory Road 2006	Hard Justice 2006	No Surrender 2006

Hard Justice 2006 took place on August 13, 2006 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida.

• Pre-Show match: Ron Killings defeated A-1 (3:09)
  • Killings pinned A-1 after an Axe Kick.
• Pre-Show match: Sonjay Dutt and Cassidy Riley defeated Jimmy Jacobs and El Diablo (3:08)
  • Dutt pinned Diablo after a standing shooting star press.
• Eric Young defeated Johnny Devine (5:47)
  • Young pinned Devine after a Young Blood Neckbreaker.
• At this point, the show was stopped for over twenty minutes after some pyro caused a burlap sack in the rafters to light on fire. The arena had been filled with fire extinguisher dry powder and had to be temporarily evacuated. This caused a match between America's Most Wanted, The Naturals, The James Gang and Matt Bentley & Kazarian to be cancelled due to time constraints.
• Chris Sabin defeated Alex Shelley (w/Kevin Nash and Johnny Devine) (8:21)
  • Sabin pinned Shelley after a Cradle Shock to become #1 contender to the TNA X Division Championship.
  • Kevin Nash was Chris Sabin's original opponent, but had a neck injury at the time.
• Abyss (w/James Mitchell) defeated Brother Runt (6:17)
  • Abyss pinned Runt after a Black Hole Slam into a pile of tacks.
• Samoa Joe defeated Rhino and Monty Brown in a Falls Count Anywhere Triple Threat match (13:36)
  • Joe pinned Brown after a STO through a table.
• Gail Kim defeated Sirelda
  • Kim pinned Sirelda after a top rope Neckbreaker.
• Senshi defeated Petey Williams and Jay Lethal in a Triple Threat match to retain the TNA X Division Championship (10:34)
  • Senshi pinned Lethal after Williams hit Lethal with a Canadian Destroyer.
• A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels defeated The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (w/Konnan) to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (14:38)
  • Daniels pinned Homicide after a double team trip and crossbody.
• Jeff Jarrett (w/Scott Steiner) defeated Sting (w/Christian Cage) to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (15:09)
  • Jarrett pinned Sting after Cage hit Sting with a guitar.

Hard Justice 2007
Details
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	August 12, 2007
Venue	iMPACT! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Attendance	900
Pay-per-view chronology
Victory Road 2007	Hard Justice 2007	No Surrender 2007

Hard Justice 2007 took place on August 12, 2007 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The tagline for the event was "All or Nothing...".

• Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt defeated Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Senshi) (w/Elix Skipper) and The Motor City Machineguns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) (15:37)
  • Lethal pinned Daniels with a roll-up.
• Kaz defeated Raven (w/Havok and Martyr) (5:35)
  • Kaz pinned Raven after a Big Boot.
• James Storm (w/Jackie Moore) defeated Rhino in a Bar Room Brawl (12:50)
  • Storm pinned Rhino after hitting him in the back of the head with a beer bottle.
• The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez) defeated The Voodoo Kin Mafia (B.G. James and Kip James) (w/Roxy Laveaux) (5:04)
  • Homicide pinned Kip James with a Victory roll.
  • The match originally ended with Kip pinning Hernandez after Laveaux threw powder in his eyes, but the match was restarted after Hector Guerrero told the referee what happened.
• Robert Roode (w/Ms. Brooks) defeated Eric Young (9:25)
  • Roode pinned Young after hitting him with brass knuckles
  • As per stipulation, Young was supposed to be tarred and feathered, but Gail Kim saved him and they tarred and feathered Brooks.
• Chris Harris defeated Black Reign by disqualification (4:40)
  • Reign was disqualified after attacking several referees.
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) (11:01)
  • Scott pinned Devon after a Steiner Bulldog.
• Abyss, Andrew Martin and Sting defeated Christian's Coalition (Christian Cage, A.J. Styles and Tomko) in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match (10:13)
  • Abyss pinned Styles after a Black Hole Slam onto broken glass to earn a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at No Surrender.
• TNA World Heavyweight Champion and IWGP Third Belt Champion Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division Championship and TNA World Tag Team Championship (18:30)
  • Angle pinned Joe after a chair shot.
  • All four titles were on the line in the match, with the winner getting the other's two championships.

• TNAWrestling.com/LiveEvents - updated pay per view dates
• TNAWrestling.com - the official website of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling