TNA Hardcore War
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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |
| Date | June 9, 2006 | |
| Venue | New Alhambra Sports and Entertainment Center | |
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
TNA Hardcore War, also known as TNA Wrestling Invades Philadelphia, was a professional wrestling house show event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion in conjunction with Hermie Sadler's United Wrestling Federation. The event took place at 8:00 PM EST on June 9, 2006 in the New Alhambra Sports and Entertainment Center, formerly known as the ECW Arena, in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event preceded the World Wrestling Entertainment-produced ECW One Night Stand 2006, which was held in the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York, by two days, and had a similar "hardcore" theme.
The event was preceded by "The Ultimate Experience", an autograph and photograph session for 100 fans.
[edit] Results
- Shark Boy defeated Simon Diamond.
- Shark Boy pinned Diamond after a Dead Sea Drop.
- Jay Lethal defeated Sonjay Dutt
- Lethal pinned Dutt after a release dragon suplex.
- Abyss defeated Brother Runt.
- Abyss pinned Brother Runt after a Black Hole Slam onto thumbtacks.
- In the course of the match, Runt was thrown into the audience by Abyss, mirroring matches between Runt and Bam Bam Bigelow in the old ECW.
- Traci Brooks defeated Gail Kim (w/Christy Hemme as Special Guest Referee)
- Traci pinned Gail Kim with a roll-up.
- Rhino defeated Jeff Jarrett (w/Earl Hebner as Special Guest Referee)
- Rhino pinned Jeff Jarrett after a Gore!
- Before the match, Rhino announced that he might be in his final month with the company.
- Following the match, Rhino claimed that World Wrestling Entertainment had attempted to sign him to their newly-formed ECW brand, but he had opted to remain with TNA.
- Petey Williams defeated Jerry Lynn.
- Williams pinned Lynn after a Canadian Destroyer.
- Samoa Joe defeated A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels in a Three Way Dance match to retain the TNA X Division Championship.
- Samoa Joe forced Styles to submit with a Coquina Clutch.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) fought Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) and The James Gang (B.G. James and Kip James) to a no-contest in a Philadelphia street fight.
- The match was declared a no-contest after the crowd began throwing steel chairs into the ring at the behest of Brother Ray.
- Following the match, Brother Runt came to the ring and tore up a WWE contract for a match at ECW One Night Stand 2006.
[edit] References
- Final Philadelphia Lineup
- TNA Hardcore War results at 411mania.com
- TNA Wrestling Invades Philadelphia On June 9
