DVD Review: TNA Twin Pack - No Surrender 2011/HardCore Justice 2011

TNA Twin DVD Review : TNA Twin Pack - Hardcore Justice 2011 & No Surrender 2011


By Phil Allely

I’ve said it before but it needs saying again TNA’s concept of putting two recent Pay-Per-Views together on one reasonably priced DVD is a masterstroke for the company.

We have already reviewed both these shows (so you can see our comments here elsewhere), so here let’s give you a rundown of what Hardcore Justice and No Surrender 201 have to offer.



This two disc box set runs for over six hours and both events are well worth viewing once again.



HardCORE Justice 2011

On August 7, 2011 live from Universal Studios, TNA Wrestling presented "HardCORE Justice" featuring a six man match with an all-out war between Immortal and Fortune as well as the continuation of the "Bound for Glory Series."



NO SURRENDER 2011

In the live pay-per-view event, TNA Wrestling's "No Surrender" on September 11, 2011 featured the finals of the "Bound for Glory Series" and the main event for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship with Kurt Angle vs. Sting vs. Mr. Anderson! You do not want to miss all this high impact action plus exclusive backstage post match interviews, bonus footage and more!

These events featured:



HardCORE Justice 2011



X Division Championship

Austin Aries vs Alex Shelley vs. Brian Kendrick



Knockout Tag Team Championship

Rosita & Sarita vs. Tara & Miss Tessmacher



Bound for Glory Series Match

The Pope vs. Devon



Knockouts Championship

Winter vs. Mickie James



Bound for Glory Series Match

RVD vs. Crimson



Fortune vs. Immortal



Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson



Tag Team Championship

Mexican America vs. Beer Money



No Surrender 2011

#1 Contender for the X Division Championship

Jesse Sorrenson vs. Kid Kash



Bound for Glory Series Match

Bully Ray vs. James Storm



Knockouts Championship

Mickie James vs. Winter



World Tag Team Championship

Mexican America vs. the Pope & Devon





Matt Morgan vs. Samoa Joe



Bound for Glory Series Match

Gunner vs. Bobby Roode



X Division Championship

Austin Aeries vs. Brian Kendrick



Bound for Glory Series Finals

Bully Ray vs. Booby Roode



World Heavyweight Championship

Mr. Anderson vs. Sting vs. Kurt Angle

This TNA Twin pack is available now from all good retailers and more information can be got via www.impactwrestling.com

Hardcore Justice 2011 - PPV Review

Rough Justice as Angle takes Stings Gold!


By Phil Allely

Last year TNA’s Hard Justice pay-per-view changed its name to HardCore Justice and took a distinctly ECW/Extreme wrestling theme to its matches and styles. It certainly worked as a one-off, but with many of those participants gone from the active TNA roster would this year’s event live up to its new name?

In the main event champion Sting dropped his World Heavyweight Title to Kurt Angle in a hard fought encounter. After trading signature moves, a ref bump and an ill-fated Hulk Hogan run (walk)-in saw Angle utilise a steel chair to weaken the Stinger and raise the belt.

The show opened reasonably well with Brian Kendrick defending his X Division championship against fellow high flyers Austin Aries and Alex Shelly. The crowd may not have been into it fully, but the guys gave it their all anyway. Kendrick retained his gold after a Sliced Bread finisher on Shelley.

Knockouts Tag Champs Tara and Miss Tessmacher then retained their titles against the feisty duo of Sarita and Rosita. The rapidly improving Tessmacher and veteran Tara proving to be the better team.

In a poor Bound For Glory Series bout Devon battled a semi-reluctant Pope. Things did pick up action wise, but not enough to build things well, Pope snagged a quick roll-up to win.

Knockouts Champion Mickie James seemed well on track to successfully defend her belt against challenger Winter next. Interference from Angelina Love was met well by the champ, however a spray of red mist to her face by the challenger saw her let her guard down and fall prone to a pin and lose her title.

Rob Van Dam’s BFG Series match with Crimson was a fairly exciting brawl. However Van Dam’s ally Jerry Lynn’s unneeded interference backfired and saw RVD disqualified.

The Immortal versus Fortune six man scrap had some nice moments. Daniels being man of the match taking a nasty table fall from Gunner, allowing teammate AJ Styles to capitalise and pin Abyss to take the win.

Immortal members Mr Anderson and Bully Ray tried to settle their personal scores next. A steel chair proving to be Anderson’s downfall, as the ref disposed of the weapon Ray hit a low blow to keep Anderson down.

Beer Money’s Tag Team Championship defence against Mexican America saw Hernandez and Anarquia use their power to their advantage whilst Roode and Storm utilised their skill and speed. The champs proving to be the better team on the night by overcoming their Latino opponents.

Then of course Kurt Angle utilised a steel chair to defeat Sting for the World Title, considering his statements about only wanting to beat Sting legally this alone must direct us to possible re-matches.

HardCore Justice was an eventful PPV, we saw Winter net her first TNA gold and Kurt Angle get his hands back on his beloved Heavyweight title too, but the intensity of previous months was not evident.

TNA’s build to company mega event Bound For Glory is shaping well though, we now have a Hulk Hogan/Sting/Angle dilemma to work out and some rematch clauses too. Minus the ECW edge this may have been a slower and less imaginative event, but it has allowed storylines to develop and feuds continue. The one big story being will Hogan wrestle again and if so against who?

TNA Hardcore Justice 2011 final card

TNA Wrestling will be holding the seventh annual Hardcore Justice pay-per-view event tonight at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Nine matches have been announced for the event, including five title matches.




World Heavyweight Championship Match



Sting (c) vs. Kurt Angle



World Tag Team Championship Match



Bobby Roode and James Storm (c) vs. Hernandez and Anarquia



X Division Championship Match



Brian Kendrick (c) Austin Aries vs. Alex Shelley



Six Man Tag Team Match



AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian vs. Abyss, Gunner and Scott Steiner



Challenge Match



Mr. Anderson vs. Bully Ray



Knockouts Tag Team Championship Match



Ms. Tessmacher and Tara (c) vs. Sarita and Rosita



Women's Knockout Championship Match



Mickie James (c) vs Winter (with Angelina Love)



Bound For Glory Series Match



Rob Van Dam vs Crimson



Bound For Glory Series Match



"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero vs Devon

TNA Hardcore Justice 2011 PPV Poster Sneak Peak

DVD Review TNA HardCore Justice

DVD Review: TNA HardCore Justice 2010


By Phil Allely

Its was one of TNA’s best offerings of the year and yet somehow HardCore Justice became labelled as a late and less well-meaning ECW tribute show, instead of the nostalgic trip down memory lane it was for everyone in attendance, watching at home and participating.

This well timed double disc set adds even more value to what could have been a hugely successful single DVD set. All of the Pay-Per-View matches and here in their entirety, plus some backstage interviews and segments that they didn’t have time for on the night.

This was a night that TNA President Dixie Carter handed over to former ECW legend Tommy Dreamer, after he and his group of interlopes decided to gatecrash TNA programming, Dreamer bringing Raven, Stevie Richard and Rhino with him to make his point. Dreamer even went as far as to book the entire show, including his brutal and bloody final encounter with longtime foe Raven.

So settle down to see the likes of The F.B.I (Guido, Luke, Smothers, Big Sal), Kid Kash, Simon Diamond, Johnny Swinger, PJ Polaco, Brother Runt, Sabu, The Gangstas, Too Cold Scorpio and many others come back for one last hurrah.

TNA may not have been able to use the ECW letters, but that didn’t stop the fans chanting them and the imported roster of former Philadelphia grapplers mentioning a three letter company every so often either. ECW’s short-lived reign as the ultimate hardcore promotion has stood the stead of time very well indeed, even after two attempts by the WWE to reinvent the promotion and in turn kill it off once again, the legacy of Paul Heyman’s dream has lived on. Heyman was the only thing missing at the event here. He was said to have been contacted, but a deal could not be struck unfortunately.

The match quality of HardCore Justice does vary, but that doesn’t sway from the enthusiasm and energy the participants bring to proceedings, many of these guys are so beat after their decades of violence that they really have no reason to be ashamed of how they now perform. It’s amazing to see people like Sabu still able to pull of the moves he does, on the flip side it’s painful at times to see the former Balls Mahoney (Kahoneys here at HCJ) still putting himself in situations involving fire and so many of the guys happily bleeding for our entertainment, but that is what ECW and it certainly is in their lifeblood.

HardCore Justice was a great night for old school hardcore wrestling fans, people who longed for ECW to continue and those younger fans who wondered what was so special about a company that WWE made PG.

The extras are superb too, the second disc houses an hour long documentary style piece that sees all the former ECW guys talk about the show, their hopes, dreams and memories. There is also a Q&A session with Tommy Dreamer and Mick Foley, plus a selection of photo galleries and a music video of the event.

Check out www.tnawrestling.com and all good retailers to get your hands on this must have release.