TNA Hard Justice 2009 - Live Scoring Coverage

It should be an interesting PPV tonight, all the more interesting with Kurt Angle's arrest.  Will TNA allow Kurt to continue to be champion?  Prior to the arrest, I would have picked Kurt to walk out still champion, but now it could be anyone - Hernandez "cashing in" after Kurt wins a hard-fought victory?  Who knows how this PPV will end!

I'm taking on 3 challengers tonight.  wwefan18, fountainunleashed, and Jaime5150.  Jaime5150 is the current #1 overall ranked user at the site - a title I held just a few weeks ago.  I've done fairly well on the last 3 TNA PPVs.  Should be fun!

Below you'll find the comparisons of the 4 of us participating, and all of our picks.  Stay tuned tonight as I'll run down the card is it's happening and keep you up-to-date with our scores (and you can track your own)!

Br PPV is on! Steel Asylum match is first - and Elijah Burke is in it? (as "The Pope") Did I miss that announcement? Well, if he wins, that match gets thrown out and the 10 points will be divided elsewhere.. Well yay, don't have to do that, Christopher Daniels wins the match!

cletus42o - 10 points
wwefan18 - 10 points
fountainunleashed - 0 points
Jaime5150 - 10 points

Abyss vs Jethro Holliday is next. All four of us have picked Abyss to win. We're all right, Abyss wins!

cletus42o - 10 + 8 = 18 points
wwefan18 - 10 + 8 = 18 points
fountainunleashed - 0 + 8 = 8 points
Jaime5150 - 10 + 8 = 18 points

The third match is Rob Terry vs Hernandez, with the Feast or Fired briefcase on the line. Again, we've all made the same pick - Hernandez to win. I guess TNA is getting all the hastily-added matches out of the way first! Hernandez over strong with a dominant performance. (does this mean he might be back out later tonight?)

cletus42o - 18 + 8 = 26 points
wwefan18 - 18 + 8 = 26 points
fountainunleashed - 8 + 8 = 16 points
Jaime5150 - 18 + 8 = 26 points

Looks like Beer Money vs British Invasion for the IWGP titles is up next. British Invasion wins by pinfall after interference from Eric Young.

cletus42o - 26 + 14 = 40 points
wwefan18 - 26 + 14 = 40 points
fountainunleashed - 16 + 2 = 18 points
Jaime5150 - 26 + 14 = 40 points

ODB vs Angelina Love for the Women's Championship is fifth. And it's been changed to a tag team match! But, the title is still on the line - so the match won't be thrown out. All four of us again with the same picks, all for Angelina Love by pinfall. And now it seems maybe Cody Deaner has a chance to win the title in this match? I would have just thought ODB would win it if he gets the victory. If he wins, the match WILL be thrown out. (and also if another of the Beautiful People leave with the title) Well, Cody Deaner won and took the title with him - in the interest of fairness, this match is getting thrown out. This DOES count as a title change, though.

Samoe Joe with Tazz against Homicide, for the X Division title, is next. Joe wins by submission. Didn't see any actual interference from Tazz, but I'll confirm.

cletus42o - 40 + 12 = 52 points
wwefan18 - 40 + 18 = 58 points
fountainunleashed - 18 + 2 = 20 points
Jaime5150 - 40 + 16 = 56 points

Team 3D vs The Main Event Mafia for the TNA Tag Team Championship is next. Booker T and Scott Steiner end up winning by pinfall, no interference.

cletus42o - 52 + 16 = 68 points
wwefan18 - 58 + 18 = 76 points
fountainunleashed - 20 + 4 = 24 points
Jaime5150 - 56 + 18 = 74 points

Kevin Nash vs Mick Foley for the Legends Championship coming up. Kevin Nash wins by pinfall after interference. That marks the 3rd title change on the show.

cletus42o - 68 + 16 = 84 points
wwefan18 - 76 + 2 = 78 points
fountainunleashed - 24 + 2 = 26 points
Jaime5150 - 74 + 16 = 90 points

Time for the main event! Sting vs Matt Morgan vs Kurt Angle for the TNA Heavyweight Championship! AND Kurt Angle ends up retaining, no interference.

cletus42o - 84 + 0 = 84 points
wwefan18 - 78 + 14 = 92 points
fountainunleashed - 26 + 12 = 38 points
Jaime5150 - 90 + 0 = 90 points

And for the question.. there were a total of 3 title changes.

cletus42o - 84 + 5 = 89 points
wwefan18 - 92 + 0 = 92 points
fountainunleashed - 38 + 0 = 38 points
Jaime5150 - 90 + 5 = 95 points

Pretty close in the end! Congrats to wwefan18 and Jaime5150!

Note that our actual scores slightly differ from the scores above - I didn't consider the redistribution of points into the Cletus Challenge. That way I wouldn't be able to add points to matches I picked well!

Hard Justice (2009) Predictions from http://www.fourdown.org/TNA_Hard_Justice_2009

http://www.fourdown.org/users/cletus42o
Victory Road: #74 (Site) -- #6 (League: WrestleHut 2000)
Slammiversary: #53 (Site) -- #4 (League: WrestleHut 2000)
Sacrifice: #133 (Site) -- #6 (League: WrestleHut 2000)

http://www.fourdown.org/users/wwefan18
Victory Road: #149 (Site) -- #6 (League: 3 Count Wrestling)
Slammiversary: #90 (Site) -- #6 (League: 3 Count Wrestling)
Sacrifice: #111 (Site) -- #3 (League: 3 Count Wrestling)

http://www.fourdown.org/users/fountainunleashed
Victory Road: #424 (Site) -- #33 (League: WWE Fan Nation)
Slammiversary: #299 (Site) -- #25 (League: WWE Fan Nation)
Sacrifice: #102 (Site) -- #14 (League: WWE Fan Nation)

http://www.fourdown.org/users/Jaime5150
Victory Road: #262 (Site)
Slammiversary: #135 (Site)
Sacrifice: #8 (Site)

*** Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Matt Morgan vs. Sting vs. Kurt Angle (c)

-- 12 points for correct winner + 2 points for interference

cletus42o's Prediction: Matt Morgan, Yes - interference
wwefan18's Prediction: Kurt Angle, No - no interference
fountainunleashed's Prediction: Kurt Angle, Yes - interference
Jaime5150's Prediction: Sting, Yes - interference

*** Match for the X Division Championship
Samoa Joe vs. Homicide (c)

-- 12 points for correct winner + 2 points for correct finish (bonus 2 points for correct winner & finish) + 2 points for interference

cletus42o's Prediction: Samoa Joe, Pinfall, Yes - interference
wwefan18's Prediction: Samoa Joe, Submission, No - no interference
fountainunleashed's Prediction: Homicide, Pinfall, No - no interference
Jaime5150's Prediction: Samoa Joe, Submission, Yes - interference

*** Match for the World Tag Team Championship
Brother D-Von & Brother Ray vs. Booker T (c) & Scott Steiner (c)

-- 12 points for correct winner + 2 points for correct finish (bonus 2 points for correct winner & finish) + 2 points for interference

cletus42o's Prediction: Booker T & Scott Steiner, Pinfall, Yes - interference
wwefan18's Prediction: Booker T & Scott Steiner, Pinfall, No - no interference
fountainunleashed's Prediction: Brother D-Von & Brother Ray, Pinfall, No - no interference
Jaime5150's Prediction: Booker T & Scott Steiner, Pinfall, No - no interference

*** Match for the Legends Championship
Kevin Nash vs. Mick Foley (c)

-- 10 points for correct winner + 2 points for correct finish (bonus 2 points for correct winner & finish) + 2 points for interference

cletus42o's Prediction: Kevin Nash, Pinfall, Yes - interference
wwefan18's Prediction: Mick Foley, Pinfall, No - no interference
fountainunleashed's Prediction: Mick Foley, Pinfall, No - no interference
Jaime5150's Prediction: Kevin Nash, Pinfall, Yes - interference

*** Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
Robert Roode & James Storm vs. Brutus Magnus (c) & Doug Williams (c)

-- 10 points for correct winner + 2 points for correct finish (bonus 2 points for correct winner & finish)

cletus42o's Prediction: Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams, Pinfall
wwefan18's Prediction: Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams, Pinfall
fountainunleashed's Prediction: Robert Roode & James Storm, Pinfall
Jaime5150's Prediction: Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams, Pinfall

*** Match for the Women's Championship
ODB vs. Angelina Love (c)

-- 10 points for correct winner + 2 points for correct finish (bonus 2 points for correct winner & finish)

cletus42o's Prediction: Angelina Love, Pinfall
wwefan18's Prediction: Angelina Love, Pinfall
fountainunleashed's Prediction: Angelina Love, Pinfall
Jaime5150's Prediction: Angelina Love, Pinfall

*** Steel Asylum Match

-- 10 points for correct winner

cletus42o's Prediction: Christopher Daniels
wwefan18's Prediction: Christopher Daniels
fountainunleashed's Prediction: Suicide
Jaime5150's Prediction: Christopher Daniels

*** Hernandez vs. Rob Terry

-- 8 points for correct winner

cletus42o's Prediction: Hernandez
wwefan18's Prediction: Hernandez
fountainunleashed's Prediction: Hernandez
Jaime5150's Prediction: Hernandez

*** Abyss vs. Jethro Holliday

-- 8 points for correct winner

cletus42o's Prediction: Abyss
wwefan18's Prediction: Abyss
fountainunleashed's Prediction: Abyss
Jaime5150's Prediction: Abyss

*** How many titles will change hands at Hard Justice?

-- 5 points for correct answer

cletus42o's Prediction: 3 or more
wwefan18's Prediction: None
fountainunleashed's Prediction: 2
Jaime5150's Prediction: 3 or more