Hardcore Justice (2012)

Hardcore Justice (2012)
Promotional poster featuring an x-ray in the background
Tagline(s)	"It's not always about winning - it's about surviving"
Theme song(s)	"Before The Fall" by September Mourning
Information
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	August 12, 2012
Attendance	1,100
Venue	Impact Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Destination X (2012) Hardcore Justice (2012) No Surrender (2012)
Hardcore Justice chronology
Hardcore Justice (2011) Hardcore Justice (2012) Hardcore Justice (2013)

Hardcore Justice (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on August 12, 2012 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the eighth and final event under the Hardcore Justice chronology.

Hardcore Justice featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The primary rivalry that was featured at Hardcore Justice centered on Bobby Roode and defending champion Austin Aries, competing over the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. At Destination X, Roode was dispossessed of the TNA World Championship in an upset that saw Aries win the title, ending Roode's record-breaking 256-day reign. On the following televised episode of Impact Wrestling, Roode, emotionally distraught in response to his loss, felt that Aries' victory at the PPV was nothing more than a "fluke" and approached TNA General Manager, Hulk Hogan, to get a rematch at Hardcore Justice. On the August 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, both Aries and Roode agreed during the scheduled contract signing that after the pay-per-view match, if Aries won, Roode would not receive another rematch and in case Aries lost, he would waive his rematch clause.