WWE Backlash
Backlash is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which started in 1999 and is held normally in April (with the exception of 2005). From 2004 to 2006, the event was exclusive to the RAW brand. The 2007 event was the first PPV (other than WrestleMania 23) after WWE stopped doing brand exclusive events. Backlash often features rematches from WrestleMania, or matches based on events that took place at WrestleMania, hence the name.
Backlash dates and venues
Results
1999
| Backlash: In Your House | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | April 25 1999 | ||
| City | Providence, Rhode Island | ||
| Venue | Providence Civic Center | ||
| Attendance | 10,939 | ||
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Backlash: In Your House took place on April 25 1999 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Val Venis and Nicole Bass defeated D'Lo Brown and Ivory (1:43)
- Bass pinned Ivory.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Droz and Prince Albert defeated Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor) (1:09)
- Albert pinned Taylor.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Kane defeated The Big Boss Man (2:45)
- Kane pinned the Boss Man.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Viscera defeated Test (2:09)
- Viscera pinned Test.
- The Ministry of Darkness (Bradshaw, Faarooq and Mideon) defeated The Brood (Edge, Christian and Gangrel) (11:38)
- Bradshaw pinned Christian after a Clothesline from Hell after Viscera interfered.
- Al Snow (w/Head) defeated Hardcore Holly to win the WWF Hardcore Championship (15:27)
- Snow pinned Holly after hitting him with Head.
- The Godfather defeated Goldust (w/The Blue Meanie) to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (5:21)
- Godfather pinned Goldust after a Pimp Drop.
- The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) defeated Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart (w/Debra) (10:33)
- Road Dogg pinned Hart after a Fameasser from Gunn to gain a WWF Tag Team Title match on the WWF SmackDown! special.
- Mankind defeated The Big Show in a Boiler Room Brawl (7:40)
- After the match Big Show saved Mankind from an attack by Test and The Big Boss Man.
- Triple H (w/Chyna) defeated X-Pac (19:19)
- Triple H pinned X-Pac after hitting the Pedigree.
- The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Ken Shamrock (18:50)
- Undertaker pinned Shamrock after a Tombstone Piledriver.
- Steve Austin defeated The Rock (w/Shane McMahon as Special Guest Referee) to retain the WWF Championship (17:07)
- Austin pinned Rock after a Stone Cold Stunner.
2000
| Backlash 2000 | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | April 30 2000 | ||
| City | Washington, D.C. | ||
| Venue | MCI Center | ||
| Attendance | 17,867 | ||
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Backlash 2000 took place on April 30 2000 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C..
- Edge and Christian defeated D-Generation X (X-Pac and Road Dogg) (w/Tori) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (9:23)
- Dean Malenko defeated Scotty 2 Hotty to retain the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (12:59)
- Malenko pinned Scotty after a DDT from the top rope.
- The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan defeated The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) (7:41)
- Buchanan pinned Bradshaw after a scissors kick from off the top rope.
- Crash Holly defeated Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Hardcore Holly, Perry Saturn and Tazz in a six man Hardcore match to retain the WWF Hardcore Championship (12:20)
- Crash pinned Tazz after Saturn hit Tazz with a stop sign.
- Crash could pin anyone of the five opponents to retain the title, but the five opponents had to pin him to win the title.
- Crash pinned Tazz after Saturn hit Tazz with a stop sign.
- The Big Show defeated Kurt Angle (2:57)
- Big Show pinned Angle after a chokeslam.
- Big Show was dressed as Hulk Hogan during this match as part of his gimmick in which he would dress up as former professional wrestlers. He used various Hogan signatures including his patented leg drop.
- T & A (Test and Albert) (w/Trish Stratus) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (11:04)
- Test pinned Bubba Ray after a Big boot.
- After the match The Dudley Boyz powerbombed Trish through a table.
- Eddie Guerrero (w/Chyna) defeated Essa Rios (w/Lita) to retain the WWF European Championship (8:43)
- Guerrero pinned Rios after a Neckbreaker.
- After the match, Lita stripped Chyna of her dress.
- Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho by disqualification to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (15:08)
- Jericho was disqualified after he hit Benoit with the IC Title belt.
- The Rock defeated Triple H (w/Shane McMahon as special referee) to win the WWF Championship (19:24)
- Rock pinned Triple H after a Spinebuster and People's Elbow.
- Steve Austin returned to the WWF for the first time since the 1999 Survivor Series, delivering chairshots to Triple H, Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson, and Gerald Brisco.
2001
| Backlash 2001 | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | April 29 2001 | ||
| City | Rosemont, Illinois | ||
| Venue | Allstate Arena | ||
| Attendance | 15,592 | ||
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Backlash 2001 took place on April 29 2001 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Jerry Lynn defeated Crash Holly to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (3:37)
- Lynn pinned Crash with an Inside Cradle.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Lita defeated Molly Holly (2:40)
- Lita pinned Molly after a Twist of Fate and a Moonsault.
- X-Factor (X-Pac, Justin Credible and Albert) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray, D-Von) and Spike (7:59)
- X-Pac pinned Bubba Ray after an X Marks the Spot.
- Rhyno defeated Raven to retain the WWF Hardcore Championship (8:10)
- Rhyno pinned Raven after a Gore.
- William Regal defeated Chris Jericho in a Duchess of Queensbury Rules Match (12:11)
- Regal pinned Jericho after hitting him with a steel chair.
- Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle in an Ultimate Submission Match (31:31)
- Benoit won four falls to three in sudden-death overtime.
- Shane McMahon defeated The Big Show in a Last Man Standing Match (11:53)
- McMahon won after an elbow drop from the top of the Titan Tron onto Big Show through a table.
- During the match, Test interfered on McMahon's behalf.
- Matt Hardy defeated Christian and Eddie Guerrero in a Triple threat match to retain the WWF European Championship (6:52)
- Matt pinned Christian after a Twist of Fate.
- During the match, Edge and Jeff Hardy interfered on their brothers' behalfs.
- The Two Man Power Trip (WWF Champion Steve Austin and WWF Intercontinental Champion Triple H) defeated The Undertaker and Kane to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (27:11).
- Triple H pinned Kane after hitting him with a sledgehammer.
- All three titles were on the line in this match.
2002
| Backlash 2002 | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Brand(s) | RAW SmackDown! | ||
| Date | April 21 2002 | ||
| City | Kansas City, Missouri | ||
| Venue | Kemper Arena | ||
| Attendance | 12,489 | ||
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Backlash 2002 took place on April 21 2002 at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The tagline for the event was "One Man's Journey To Stand Alone". The official theme song was "Young Grow Old" by Creed.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: The Big Show defeated Justin Credible and Steven Richards in a Handicap Match (2:11)
- Big Show pinned both Credible and Richards after a double Chokeslam.
- Tajiri (w/Torrie Wilson) defeated Billy Kidman to win the WWF Cruiserweight Championship (9:08)
- Scott Hall (w/X-Pac) defeated Bradshaw (w/Faarooq) (5:43)
- Hall pinned Bradshaw after a low blow.
- Jazz defeated Trish Stratus to retain the WWF Women's Championship (4:29)
- Jazz forced Trish to submit with an STF.
- Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) defeated Jeff Hardy (5:32)
- The referee stopped the match after Hardy was rendered unconscious by 3 powerbombs.
- Kurt Angle defeated Edge (13:25)
- Angle pinned Edge after an Angle Slam.
- Eddie Guerrero defeated Rob Van Dam to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (11:43)
- Guerrero pinned Van Dam after a Frog Splash.
- The Undertaker defeated Steve Austin (w/Ric Flair as Special Referee) (27:03)
- Undertaker pinned Austin after a Big Boot to a chair to become #1 contender to the Undisputed WWF Championship.
- Flair made the three count despite Austin's foot being on the bottom rope.
- Billy and Chuck (Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo) (w/Rico) defeated Maven and Al Snow to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (5:58)
- Billy pinned Maven after a Superkick from Chuck.
- Hulk Hogan defeated Triple H to win the Undisputed WWF Championship (22:04)
- Hogan pinned Triple H after The Undertaker hit Triple H with a steel chair and a Leg drop from Hogan.
2003
| Backlash 2003 | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Brand(s) | RAW SmackDown! | ||
| Date | April 27 2003 | ||
| City | Worcester, Massachusetts | ||
| Venue | Worcester Centrum | ||
| Attendance | 10,000 | ||
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Backlash 2003 took place on April 27 2003 at the Worcester Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts. The official theme song was "Remedy" by Cold.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Scott Steiner defeated Rico (2:27)
- Steiner pinned Rico after a Steiner Flatliner.
- Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo Guerrero) to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship (15:03)
- Haas pinned Chavo after Benjamin clipped Chavo's legs during a suplex attempt.
- Sean O'Haire (w/Roddy Piper) defeated Rikishi (4:52)
- O'Haire pinned Rikishi after the Prophecy
- Rob Van Dam and Kane defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (w/Chief Morley as special referee) to retain the World Tag Team Championship (13:01)
- RVD pinned Bubba Ray after a Five-Star Frog Splash.
- Jazz (w/Theodore Long) defeated Trish Stratus to win the WWE Women's Championship (5:50)
- Jazz pinned Stratus countering a springboard sunset flip attempt and using the ropes for leverage.
- The Big Show defeated Rey Mysterio (3:47)
- Big Show pinned Mysterio after a Chokeslam.
- Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship (15:14)
- Lesnar pinned Cena after an F-5.
- Triple H, Ric Flair and Chris Jericho defeated Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash and Booker T in a 6-man Tag Team match (17:51)
- Triple H pinned Nash after a sledgehammer shot to the head.
- Goldberg defeated The Rock (13:03)
- Goldberg pinned The Rock after two Spears and a Jackhammer.
2004
2005
| Backlash 2005 | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Brand(s) | RAW | ||
| Date | May 1 2005 | ||
| City | Manchester, New Hampshire | ||
| Venue | Verizon Wireless Arena | ||
| Attendance | 14,000 | ||
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Backlash 2005 took place on May 1 2005 at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. The official theme song was "Stronger" by Trust Company.
- Sunday Night HEAT match: Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis (5:40)
- Tomko pinned Venis after a Big Boot.
- Shelton Benjamin defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship (14:30)
- Benjamin pinned Jericho after countering the Walls of Jericho into a roll-up
- The Hurricane and Rosey won a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the World Tag Team Championship (13:43)
- Tajiri and William Regal (c) defeated The Heart Throbs (Antonio and Romeo) when Tajiri pinned Antonio after a roll-up. (3:10)
- Tajiri and William Regal defeated Simon Dean and Maven when Regal pinned Dean after a Regal Knee. (5:54)
- La Résistance (Robért Conway and Sylvain Grenier) defeated Tajiri and William Regal when Conway pinned Regal after a roll-up and grabbing the tights. (9:16)
- The Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance when Hurricane pinned Conway after a Super Hero Splash. (13:43)
- Edge defeated Chris Benoit in a Last Man Standing match (18:47)
- Edge defeated Benoit after hitting him in the back of his head with a brick, leaving Benoit unable to answer the ten count.
- Chris Masters beat Melissa Coates in a Master Lock Challenge
- Kane (w/Lita) defeated Viscera (w/Trish Stratus) (6:09)
- Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels defeated Muhammad Hassan and Daivari (15:05)
- Hogan pinned Daivari after Michaels hit him with Sweet Chin Music.
- Batista defeated Triple H (w/Ric Flair) to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (16:26)
- Batista pinned Triple H after a Batista Bomb.
- After the match, Triple H Pedigreed referee Mike Chioda.
2006
2007
2008
| Backlash 2008 | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Brand(s) | RAW SmackDown ECW | ||
| Date | April 27 2008 | ||
| City | Baltimore, Maryland | ||
| Venue | 1st Mariner Arena | ||
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Backlash 2008 will take place on April 27 2008 at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland
External links
- ^ "Debra the special Guest Ring Announcer". Retrieved 2007-05-27.