House of Hardcore

History

On June 21, 2012, professional wrestler Tommy Dreamer began promoting House of Hardcore on his Twitter. In the weeks afterward, HOH would be revealed to be a wrestling school run by Dreamer, Hale Collins and Vik Dalishus based out of the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York that would also run an event on October 6, 2012. Dreamer wanted a promotion with the spirit of ECW, a former promotion where Dreamer worked and House of Hardcore being the name of the ECW training school. With the success of the first show, the promotion has continued to run events.

In its history, HOH has worked with Family Wrestling Entertainment, Combat Zone Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. At the first event, the FWE Heavyweight Championship, held by Dreamer, was defended against Carlito Colon and Mike Knoxx. On November 9, 2013, the TNA wrestler Bully Ray made his debut in the company to promote the TNA PPV One Night Only: Old School. Also, for the first time, during House of Hardcore III, two Italian athletes attended the show: King Danza and D3. The only roster members to appear on all HOH shows are Dreamer and announcer Vic Travagliante.

On August 7, 2014, the promotion appeared on the TruTV series Impractical Jokers episode "The Lost Boy." Q's punishment for losing was under the speculation he was joining a musical, dressing as Peter Pan and fighting Tommy Dreamer.

On April 13, 2015, HOH announced it would run its first international show to be held in Toronto, Ontario July 18, 2015. Three days later House of Hardcore announced a global television deal with Fight Network. Starting on May 12, 2015, HOH will televise eight one-hour shows featuring highlights from all the House of Hardcore events to date. House of Hardcore on Fight Network will air on Cablevision’s Optimum TV, Grande Communications, Shentel Cable and Armstrong Cable in the U.S., nationwide in Canada, Roku devices across North America, and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

House of Hardcore

The inaugural House of Hardcore was held in Poughkeepsie, New York at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center with an attendance of 950 people. The founder of House of Hardcore Tommy Dreamer would take on Carlito Colon and Mike Knoxx in the main event for the FWE Championship. The show also included special appearances by Spike Dudley, Adam Copeland, Raven and The Sandman.

House of Hardcore 2

House of Hardcore 2 was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the National Guard Armory with an attendance of 810 people. The founder of House of Hardcore Tommy Dreamer would take on Lance Storm in the main event, a feud that has been building up over Twitter. Nine professional wrestling matches featured of House of Hardcore II as this was the second annual House of Hardcore event. The show included special appearances by Spike Dudley, The Blue Meanie and The Sandman.

House of Hardcore 3

House of Hardcore 3 was held in Poughkeepsie, New York at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center with an attendance of 780 people. The founder of House of Hardcore Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk teamed together in a tag team Match against Lance Storm and Sean Waltman, with the match also being the last time Dreamer and Funk would team together at a House of Hardcore event. Many other matches took place on the card including a Hardcore Battle Royal match, Sonjay Dutt taking on Ben "The Beast" Ortiz, as well as Matt Striker taking on Lance Anoa'i.

House of Hardcore IV

House of Hardcore IV was a professional wrestling event produced on internet pay-per-view (iPPV) on June 6, 2014. The event saw "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles face Chris Hero in one of the two co-main events. The other main event featured founder of House of Hardcore Tommy Dreamer partner with Devon to face Abyss and Rhino. The House of Hardcore IV event took place in Poughkeepsie, New York where an attendance of 850 people came to see the 4th Annual House of Hardcore event.

House of Hardcore V

House of Hardcore V was a professional wrestling event that took place at National Guard Armory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This House of Hardcore event featured AJ Styles take on Kevin Steen in the main event and Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) took on Tony Nese and Petey Williams in the co-main event. The event also showed founder Tommy Dreamer fight "The Monster" Abyss in a Monster's Ball match. Many other matches included: Guido Maritato taking on Danny Doring and Chris Hero vs. Adam Pearce and much more.

House of Hardcore VI

House of Hardcore VI (also known as House of Hardcore VI: The West Coast Invasion) was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) featuring of an attendance of 750 people. The event saw Chris Mordetzky challenge many professional wrestlers to the Masterlock Challenge. The card included Rikishi and Sean Waltman taking on Gangrel and Matt Striker. The founder of House of Hardcore Tommy Dreamer took on Matt Hardy and Carlito in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) took on The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) in the main event. The show also included special appearances by The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) and The Sandman.

House of Hardcore VII

House of Hardcore VII was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by House of Hardcore. It took place on November 16, 2014 at the 2300 Arena (formerly known as the ECW Arena) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the seventh event in the House of Hardcore promotion. The show included special appearances by Ricardo Rodriguez, Alberto El Patron, CW Anderson, The Sandman, Spike Dudley and Thea Trinidad. House of Hardcore VII was also the last appearance for Tommy Dreamer's wife Beulah McGillicutty in a wrestling ring.

House of Hardcore 8

House of Hardcore 8 was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by House of Hardcore. It took place on March 7, 2015 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the eighth event in the House of Hardcore promotion.

Before the event several names in professional wrestling signed autographs for the fans. Names including Barbie Blank, Melina, Mike Rotunda, Lanny Poffo, Ashley Massaro, Magnum TA, Earl Hebner and more. Building up to the event, Tommy Dreamer and Eric Young would feud on Impact Wrestling leading up to the House of Hardcore VIII internet pay-per-view.

House of Hardcore 9

House of Hardcore 9 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which was taped for The Fight Network. It took place on July 18, 2015 at the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, Ontario. It was the ninth event in the House of Hardcore promotion and included special appearances by Jessicka Havok and Spencer Rice. House of Hardcore 9 also marked the final wrestling appearance of Traci Brooks.

House of Hardcore 10

House of Hardcore 10 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on November 13, 2015 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. House of Hardcore 10 also included appearances by Pepper Parks, Cherry Bomb, Sabu, Melissa Coates and The Sandman. The event also marked the induction of Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero into the 2300 Arena Hardcore Hall of Fame.

House of Hardcore 11

House of Hardcore 11 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on November 14, 2015 at the Elmcor Center in Corona, Queens, New York. The event hosted the final match of the Dirty Heels tag team, as Austin Aries would debut for WWE's NXT brand in January 2016.

House of Hardcore 12

House of Hardcore 12 was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on April 15, 2016 at the Elmcor Center in Queens, New York. The show included the HOH debuts of Billy Gunn and Brian Cage as well as the HOH return of Sami Callihan. The show also included appearances by The Blue Meanie, Shane Douglas, Danny Doring and Joel Gertner, who joined with Tommy Dreamer, Rob Van Dam and Rhino in the ring to pay tribute to the recently deceased ECW alumnus Balls Mahoney.

House of Hardcore 13

House of Hardcore 13 was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on April 16, 2016 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Like the previous show, HOH 13 included a tribute to recently deceased wrestler Balls Mahoney. The event also included appearances by SoCal Val, WWE Hall of Famer Ricky Steamboat, Kevin Thorn, Sean Waltman and The Sandman.

House of Hardcore 14

House of Hardcore 14 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on May 7, 2016 at the Scotiabank Convention Center in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The main event featured an all Ontario match-up with Bobby Roode vs. Eric Young.

House of Hardcore 15

House of Hardcore 15 (also known as House of Hardcore - Melbourne) was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore and Australian Promotion Outback Championship Wrestling, which took place on Friday June 24, 2016 at the Whitehorse Club in Burwood East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was announced on Tuesday June 7, 2016 that all seated tickets were sold out and only standing room tickets remained. The event included appearances by Lisa Marie Varon, MVP, Carlito, Mickie James, Magnus, Mark Cometti and Bull James.

House of Hardcore 16

House of Hardcore 16 was a joint professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore and Reality of Wrestling, which took place on August 6, 2016 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, Texas. Proceeds for House of Hardcore 16 went to support the Bustin' for Autism charity. The event also included appearances by Vickie Guerrero, Booker T, Brother Love, The One Man Gang and Gene Snitsky.

House of Hardcore 17

House of Hardcore 17 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on September 16, 2016 at The Sports Arena in St. James, New York.

House of Hardcore 18

House of Hardcore 18 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on September 17, 2016 at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event also included appearance by Santino Marella, Terry Funk, Ryback, Joey Styles, Raven, The Sandman, and Bully Ray.

House of Hardcore 19

House of Hardcore 19 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on October 14, 2016 at The Odeon in Cleveland, Ohio. The event also included appearance by The Sandman and Bully Ray. The event was also the first time a currently contracted TNA wrestler faced a currently contracted WWE wrestler with Ethan Carter III going against Rhino and Tommy Dreamer in a "No Politics, No BS, Just Wrestling" match.

House of Hardcore 20

House of Hardcore 20 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on October 15, 2016 at The Odeon in Elizabeth.

House of Hardcore 21: Blizzard Brawl

House of Hardcore 21: Blizzard Brawl was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on December 3, 2016 at Waukesha County Expo in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The event also included an appearance by Ryback.

House of Hardcore 22

House of Hardcore 22 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on December 16, 2016 at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The card included the final independent match for Tony Nese, who had recently signed with WWE. The event also included an appearance by The Sandman and Brother Nero.

House of Hardcore 23

House of Hardcore 23 was a professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore, which took place on December 17, 2016 at MCW Arena in Joppa, Maryland. The event also included appearances by Nikolai Volkoff, Brooklyn Brawler, and The Sandman.

House of Hardcore - Australia 2017

House of Hardcore is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by House of Hardcore and Australian Promotion Outback Championship Wrestling, which was announced on October 29th, 2016. The Australian tour will return to the city of Melbourne as well as expand to include the cities of Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney.