TNA Hardcore Justice Prediction Thread

[Chris Lionheart]

**OFFICIAL** Card for TNA's Hardcore Justice PPV this Sunday night.

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Kurt Angle vs (c) Sting

...TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Mexican America vs. (c) Beer Money

X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Austin Aries vs. (c) Brian Kendrick vs. Alex Shelley

SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Fortune vs. Immortal

KNOCKOUTS TITLE MATCH
Winter w/Angelina Love vs. (c) Mickie James

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
Rob Van Dam vs. Crimson

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero vs. Devon

Bull Ray vs. Mr Anderson

Predictions? Thoughts? Comments?

[Angelus]

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Kurt Angle vs (c) Sting

...TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Mexican America vs. (c) Beer Money

X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Austin Aries vs. (c) Brian Kendrick vs. Alex Shelley

SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Fortune vs. Immortal - Doesn't matter

KNOCKOUTS TITLE MATCH
Winter w/Angelina Love vs. (c) Mickie James

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
Rob Van Dam vs. Crimson

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero vs. Devon - Don't care

Bull Ray vs. Mr Anderson - Don't care

[evil]

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Kurt Angle vs (c) Sting (Was undecided at first. But after watching Impact Wrestling this past week. Sting pretty much sold me that he was gonna win the match. Should be pretty good. Sting & Angle have a great chemistry together)

...TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Mexican America vs. (c) Beer Money (Time for Beer Money to drop the straps. Mexican America has been getting pushed quite heavily in the last several months. This is the pay-off of that push)

X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Austin Aries vs. (c) Brian Kendrick vs. Alex Shelley (Similar deal here with my above comments. Austin Aries has been stealing the show ever since he re-debuted for Impact Wrestling back over a month ago. He'll do something underhanded to get the victory).

SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Fortune vs. Immortal (Immortal will win due to AJ & Daniels' bickering & fighting amongst themselves. Daniels turns heel in the process. Sets up for an AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels rematch for BFG in October).

KNOCKOUTS TITLE MATCH
Winter w/Angelina Love] vs. (c) Mickie James (HARDcore Country retains at HARDcore Justice. Originally, I was gonna go with Winter. But the more I thought about it. I could see Mickie getting a victory thanks to Angelina's interference backfiring on Winter)

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
Rob Van Dam vs. Crimson (If RVD wins, I'm rioting. BFG series has been made for Crimson to win it. His undefeated streak is the only thing that is really keeping him relevant at this point. Killing that, will essentially kill the character imho. I know Crimson can't go undefeated forever. But losing to RVD like this would be a big, big, BIG mistake).

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero vs. Devon (Can't stand Devon. Nor this feud really. Its amazing how LOW The Pope, as a character, as sunk in the past year. Over a year ago. He was one of the hottest babyfaces TNA had to offer. Now? He's a nobody. But nonetheless. Because I don't like Devon whatsover. I'm gonna go w/ the Pope).

Bull Ray vs. Mr Anderson (Picking the likeable Asshole compared to the Uncharismatic Asshole. Nuff Said!)

[Sylas Styles]

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Kurt Angle vs (c) Sting

I hate sting with the belt. He doesn't need it to be relevant, and I gotta go with a gut feeling that something between him and hogan is brewing more and more.

...TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Mexican America vs. (c) Beer Money

If Beer Money loses to Hernandez and "that other guy", I'll riot. Push or not, if Beer Money loses clean, it does more harm then good.

X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Austin Aries vs. (c) Brian Kendrick vs. Alex Shelley

If Aries doesn't win, I'll be shocked. This has MONEY written all over it, if they capitalize on him always using some underhanded tactics to keep the belt for a long period of time. One of the only X-Division guys that could carry ANYONE as a challenger and make it believable.

SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Fortune vs. Immortal

I just don't see fortune walking out of this one on the same page.

KNOCKOUTS TITLE MATCH
Winter w/Angelina Love vs. (c) Mickie James

Mickie.. well, she's just not as good with the title as she is without it. TNA or WWE wise.

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
Rob Van Dam vs. Crimson

I just see RVD squeeking out a win by some interference, setting up a rematch. That way they can continue to push Crimson, and he won't lose steam.

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero vs. Devon

Just because Devon is the shits

Bull Ray vs. Mr Anderson

I wanna see Ray win, and Anderson do a job for once that keeps the other guy believable, and moving forward without losing his own place at the same time.

[Chris Lionheart]

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Kurt Angle vs (c) Sting

C'mon! Angle has to win it after suffering through yet another feud with Jarrett with Karen involved. Angle is one of only three ex WWE guys that I felt gelled with the TNA product enough to be considered 'TNA guys' (the other two being Christian Cage and Mr. Anderson). Sting doesn't need the title to continue playing games with Immortal.

...TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Mexican America vs. (c) Beer Money

I wish MexAm would go away. A poor man's LAX, but in general they are just unsafe in the ring. Beer Money all the way.

X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Austin Aries vs. (c) Brian Kendrick vs. Alex Shelley

You just gotta capitalize on Aries winning the Destination X contract.

SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Fortune vs. Immortal

Immortal are so winning this. TNA looks to be booking towards a jealous Daniels whom resents AJ Styles, placing them exactly back to Dec 2009 before Bischoff/Hogan came in and AJ was taken away to team with Flair. I hated when Daniels came back and the commentators were all 'it's his BEST FREIND, OMG!'

KNOCKOUTS TITLE MATCH
Winter w/Angelina Love vs. (c) Mickie James

Mickie is pretty damn bland in my personal opinion, yet with the way she's hyped her character doesn't 'need' the belt.

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
Rob Van Dam vs. Crimson

This match could go either way, really. Crimson has been on his undefeated streak, which I don't believe has been ended yet. At this point you would have had to have ended the streak earlier, or loose it to a big name and have it mean something. Then again, we all know how RVD feels about putting over other people. Especially those whom aren't veterans.

BOUND FOR GLORY SERIES MATCH
"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero vs. Devon

Gonna go with Pope. I know Devon might be the smart money considering his win over AJ Styles, and how he sorta has a Cindarella story going on (guy who is least likely to
challenge for the title at the end of the year actually has a couple of good wins under his belt so far); but honestly Pope needs to get back to where he was at Against All Odds 2010, or go home. As a heel, he utterly sucks.

Bull Ray vs. Mr Anderson

Ray is a surprisingly good midcard/upper-midcard singles heel. This is what WWE should have let him do during the 2002 Draft when the Dudleys got split up. Not a modern-day Dusty Rhodes character. However as intersting as Ray's sudden value is, Anderson needs the help. I think it's since.... Slammiversarry.... that he went from refusing Immortal to joining Immortal, to looking like he's breaking away from them again. He went from chasing the title, to holding the title, to loosing it right back to Sting. Who's coffee did Anderson piss in to deserve this treatment? Right now he's probably the most marketable guy TNA has.

[Syren]

Well... that was certainly an interesting show. Wasn't great, wasn't good, nor was it horrible. I really don't how to describe Hardcore Justice honestly. Just finished watching the show a few moments ago, and I was left scratching my head thinking "Okaaaay... what did I just watch here?"