8 Ups & 5 Downs From IMPACT Wrestling Hardcore Justice 2021
Tenille gets her shot, Deonna retires Jazz, and 'The Canadian Destroyer' returns.
It's WrestleMania weekend. IMPACT Wrestling had to partake in the festivities, and Hardcore Justice was just the show for that.
Being (kayfabe) presented by Tommy Dreamer, the card featured an array of weapons-based encounters; a Chairly Legal match, a hardcore blindfold match, a Mystery Crates match, and a Hardcore War were all on offer to varying degrees of success.
The big event coming into this was Jazz's career being on the line as the legendary wrestler challenging Deonna Purrazzo for the Knockouts Championship. While the match wasn't the best of all time, it served its purpose as a genuinely heartwarming sendoff to the former WWE pioneer who has spent the past few months giving her all to IMPACT, despite being in her late forties.
Elsewhere, Tenille Dashwood cemented herself as the next in line to Deonna's title at the 25 April Rebellion pay-per-view, Violent By Design came out victorious in a thrilling Hardcore War vs. Rich Swann, Willie Mack, Eddie Edwards, and Trey Miguel, Sami Callihan issued an open challenge to further antagonise Miguel, and two returns saw Petey Williams and Su Yung return to IMPACT Wrestling.
Let's get to it...