– TNA management, including Dixie Carter, were said to be thrilled with how the pay-per-view went. The ECW originals earned a lot of respect for their passion and work rate.
– The show was booked almost entirely by Tommy Dreamer, except for the main event. Rob Van Dam really did pick Sabu as his main event opponent after Jerry Lynn had to pull out due to injury.
– Before the show began, Dixie Carter addressed the crowd and thanked Tommy Dreamer and everyone else. After the show went off the air, everyone partied in the ring with beer as Enter Sandman played. Everyone left but Team 3D and Tommy Dreamer. They led the crowd in an ECW chant before Dreamer raised a beer to the sky for those who have passed on.
– Some of the names backstage visiting at Hardcore Justice were Matt Morgan, The Motor City Machineguns, Abyss, Jimmy Hart, Dory Funk Jr., Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff. Mick Foley, Brother Ray and Tommy Dreamer all had their families there.
– Tommy Dreamer received stitches to his head after the match with Raven at last night’s pay-per-view. There are reports online that CW Anderson suffered a torn hamstring during his match with 2 Cold Scorpio, but we haven’t been able to confirm that with our sources.
– The fake Blue Meanie at last night’s Hardcore Justice pay-per-view, called Blue Tilly, was none other than Big Tilly from the old Phi Delta Slam tag team.
– The nose-picking mystery guy in the segment with Al Snow, Stevie Richards and Nova was supposed to be Lupus, who was one of Raven’s lackeys for a few months in ECW.
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