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WWE Backlash
split its roster into two distinctive brands of
wrestling—Raw and SmackDown.,[8] and ECW in 2006.[9]
Before the draft, matches featured wrestlers from the
roster without any limitations; after the draft, matches
The WWE Backlash logo circa 2008 only consisted of wrestlers from their distinctive brands.
The first Backlash event to be produced under the WWE
banner and with roster limitations was Backlash (2003),
which took place on April 27, 2003.[10][11] Later on in
2003, WWE announced that PPV events, excluding
WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and the
The WWE Backlash logo used for 2009 Royal Rumble, would be made exclusive to each brand;
Backlash was made exclusive to the Raw brand.[12] After
Backlash was a professional wrestling pay-per-view three years of being produced as a brand exclusive event,
event, produced every April (with the exception of 2005) Backlash 2006 was the final Backlash event that was
by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in brand exclusive, as WWE announced that PPV events
Connecticut. The event was created in 1999, with its inau- from then on would feature all three brands of WWE.[13]
gural event produced as an In Your House event in April Each Backlash event has been held in an indoor arena,
of that year. The event in 2000 was rebranded as an an- with nine events taking place in the United States and
nual PPV event for WWE. To coincide with the brand ex- one event taking place in Canada.
tension, the event was made exclusive to the Raw brand
in 2004. In 2007, to follow the format of WrestleMania, all 1999
PPV events became tri-branded. The final event was held Further information: Backlash: In Your House
in 2009, with Extreme Rules replacing Backlash in 2010.[1] The inaugural event took place on April 25, 1999 at the
Professional wrestling is a non-competitive profes- Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Is-
sional sport, where matches are prearranged by the pro- land.[11][14] Eight professional wrestling matches were
motion’s writing staff, and is also considered an athletic scheduled on the card as well as four matches on Sunday
performing art, containing strong elements of catch Night Heat before the show aired live.[3][11] Backlash: In
wrestling, mock combat, and theatre. Each PPV event Your House was the twenty eighth and final event to
features several professional wrestling matches that in- be produced under the In Your House chronology. The
volve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds event had an attendance of 10,939.[11] The event was
and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains praised by the Canadian Online Explorer’s professional
or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and wrestling section giving the show 8 out of 10 and declar-
culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches. ing, "the World Wrestling Federation had something to
prove and prove it they did".[3] The main event sched-
History uled on the card was a No Disqualification Special Guest
Referee match for the WWF Championship. The match
Backlash consists of a main event and undercard which
featured Steve Austin defeating The Rock to retain his
feature championship matches and various other match-
championship with guest referee as Shane McMahon.[15]
es. The first Backlash was originally produced as an In
In addition to the main event, the undercard featured
Your House event for World Wrestling Federation
a Boiler Room Brawl between Mankind and Paul Wight,
(WWF), the former name of WWE.[2] The In Your House
which Mankind won, plus a hardcore match for the WWF
event was titled Backlash: In Your House. It took place
Hardcore Championship featuring Al Snow defeating
on April 25, 1999 and aired live on PPV.[3] In 1999, pro-
Hardcore Holly, to win the championship.[3][11]
duction of In Your House events were canceled,[4] though
many of the former In Your House events, such as Back-
lash, No Way Out, and Judgment Day among others, were
2000
rebranded as annual PPV events.[5][6][7] Further information: Backlash (2000)
In 2002, WWF was court ordered to change their The second Backlash event was held on April 30, 2000
name, which resulted in the promotion changing its at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.. Nine professional
name to WWE.[2] Later that year, WWE held a draft that wrestling matches were scheduled on the card. The event
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had an attendance of 17,867.[11] The main event was a Other matches that were scheduled on the event card
Special Guest Referee match for the WWF Championship. included an Ultimate Submission match between Chris
The match was between reigning champion, Triple H, Benoit and Kurt Angle, which Benoit won after winning
and challenger The Rock with guest referee Shane McMa- four falls to three in sudden death overtime, a Last Man
hon.[16] The Rock defeated Triple H to win the champion- Standing match featuring Shane McMahon defeating The
ship.[11][17][18] Big Show, plus a Triple Threat match for the WWF Euro-
Other matches on the event card included a singles pean Championship between Matt Hardy, Eddie Guerrero
match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship be- and Christian, which Hardy won to retain the champion-
tween Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho, which Benoit won ship.[11][21]
by disqualification. As a result, Benoit retained the cham-
pionship. A six man hardcore match for the WWF Hard- 2002
core Championship which featured Crash Holly defeating Further information: Backlash (2002)
Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Hardcore Holly, Perry Saturn and The fourth event under the Backlash chronology was
Tazz to retain the championship. Eddie Guerrero also held on April 21, 2002 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City,
faced Essa Rios for the WWF European Champion- Missouri.[11][23] This was the last Backlash event under
ship.[17][19] the WWF name before the name was changed to World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[2] Nine professional
2001 wrestling matches were scheduled for the event and one
Further information: Backlash (2001) dark match was scheduled before the event began airing
live.[11][24] The theme song was "Young Grow Old" (per-
formed by Creed). The event had an attendance of 12,489.
The main event on the card was a singles match for the
WWF Undisputed Championship, which saw Hollywood
Hulk Hogan defeat Triple H to win the championship.[25]
Other matches that were scheduled on the event card
included a Special Referee match between The Under-
taker and Steve Austin with Ric Flair as guest referee.
The Undertaker won the match. Another match was Ed-
die Guerrero versus Rob Van Dam for the WWF Intercon-
tinental Championship, which Guerrero won to become
the new Intercontinental champion. Also Kurt Angle de-
feated Edge in a singles match.
2003
Further information: Backlash (2003)
2003’s Backlash was the first Backlash produced under
the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) name. It took
The Brothers of Destruction were the WWF Tag Team Champi- place on April 27, 2003 at Worcester Centrum in Worces-
ons heading into the encounter against Triple H and Steve
ter, Massachusetts and starred talent from the promo-
Austin at Backlash 2001, however they lost the championship.
tion’s Raw and SmackDown! brands. Eight professional
wrestling matches were scheduled on the card with a
Backlash 2001 was held on April 29, 2001 at the Allstate
dark match taking place before the event went live. The
Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.[11][20] Seven professional
event had an attendance of 10,000 and grossed $450,000
wrestling matches were scheduled on the card, with two
through ticket sales and pay-per-view buys. The theme
matches scheduled on Sunday Night Heat. The event had
song for the event was "Remedy" (performed by Cold).
an attendance of 17,154.[11] The main event was a tag
The main event was a singles match between Goldberg
team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship, the
and The Rock, which Goldberg won.[26] The featured
WWF Championship and the WWF Intercontinental
match from the Smackdown! brand was a WWE Champi-
Championship between The Brothers of Destruction (The
onship match between John Cena and reigning champi-
Undertaker and Kane) versus WWF Champion Steve
on, Brock Lesnar. Lesnar won the match and retained the
Austin and Intercontinental Champion Triple H, The Two
championship.
Man Power Trip in which the person to get the fall would
Other matches that were scheduled on the event card
win the Tag Team Championship as well as the cham-
included a six man tag team match between the team
pionship of the wrestler who was pinned. Austin and
of Triple H, Ric Flair and Chris Jericho against Shawn
Triple H won the match to win the Tag team champion-
Michaels, Kevin Nash and Booker T, which Triple H, Flair
ship.[21][22]
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and Jericho won. The predominant match from the 2005
Smackdown! brand was the encounter of The Big Show
Further information: Backlash (2005)
and Rey Mysterio, which The Big Show won.
The 2005 event was held on May 1, 2005 at the Verizon
Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire and had
2004 an attendance of 14,000. Backlash 2005 helped WWE in-
Further information: Backlash (2004) crease its pay-per-view revenue by $4.7 million, through
ticket sales and pay-per-view buys. The theme song for
the event was "Stronger" (performed by Trust Company).
Six professional wrestling matches were scheduled for
the event. The main event was a singles match for the
World Heavyweight Championship between Batista and
Triple H. Batista won the match and retained his champi-
onship.[28]
In addition to the main event the undercard featured
a Last Man Standing match between Edge and Chris
Benoit, which Edge won after Benoit was unable to get to
his feet before the referee’s count to ten and a Tag team
match between the team of Shawn Michaels and Hulk
Hogan facing Muhammad Hassan and Daivari, which Ho-
gan and Michaels won.
2006
Further information: Backlash (2006)
The 2006 event was held on April 30, 2006 at the Rupp
Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. It had an attendance of
14,000 and earned $480,000 through ticket sales and pay-
per-view buys. Seven professional wrestling matches
were scheduled on the event card. The main event was a
Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship between
reigning champion John Cena, Triple H and Edge. Cena
won the match and retained the championship.[29]
Other matches that were scheduled on the event card
included a No Holds Barred match between the team of
father and son, Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon
facing Shawn Michaels and "God". Vince pinned Michaels
Chris Benoit was the World Heavyweight Champion heading to win the match after the Spirit Squad interfered. The
into the Triple Threat match against challengers Shawn other featured match on the card was a singles match for
Michaels and Triple H at Backlash 2004. the WWE Intercontinental Championship and Money in
the Bank contract between reigning champion Shelton
The sixth Backlash event was held on April 18, 2004 at the Benjamin and winner of the Money in the Bank ladder
Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta and was a Raw brand- match, Rob Van Dam. Rob Van Dam won the match along
exclusive event. This was the first and only Backlash that with the championship and retained his contract.
has been held in Canada. Eight professional wrestling
matches were scheduled on the card. The event had an 2007
attendance of 13,000. The main event was a Triple Threat Further information: Backlash (2007)
match for the World Heavyweight Championship be- The ninth Backlash event was held on April 29, 2007 at
tween reigning champion Chris Benoit, Shawn Michaels the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the first
and Triple H.[27] Benoit won and retained the champion- ever WWE event (with the exception of WrestleMania)
ship. that became tri-branded with talent from Raw, Smack-
Other matches on the event card included a Hardcore Down!, and ECW.[30] The event had an attendance of
match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship be- 14,500. The theme song for the event was "There and
tween Randy Orton and Cactus Jack. Orton won the Back Again" (performed by Daughtry). Six professional
match and retained the championship.[citation needed] wrestling matches were scheduled on the card with one
Another primary match on the card was between Edge dark match taking place before the event went live. The
and Kane, which Edge won. main event and featured match on the Raw brand was
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of 11,277 fans. The event received 200,000 pay-per-view
buys, more than the previous year’s event, Backlash
(2007). Seven professional wrestling matches were
scheduled on the event card, which featured a supercard,
a scheduling of more than one main event. The featured
match from the Raw brand was a Fatal Four-Way Elimi-
nation match for the WWE Championship.[33] The match
featured reigning champion Randy Orton, Triple H, John
Cena and John "Bradshaw" Layfield. The match was won
by Triple H and he become the new WWE champion. The
other main event featured wrestlers from the Smack-
Down brand, in which reigning World Heavyweight
Champion The Undertaker defeated Edge in a regular
Singles match to retain the championship.
The featured match from the ECW brand was a singles
match for the ECW Championship, in which Kane re-
tained his championship against Chavo Guerrero. The
other primary match on the card was a Special Referee
match between Shawn Michaels and Batista, in which
Chris Jericho was the guest referee. Michaels won the
match.
2009
Further information: Backlash (2009)
The 2009 event was held on April 26, 2009 at the Dunkin’
Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.[citation needed]
Edge was one of the challengers (Randy Orton and Shawn The event had an attendance of 8,500. Seven professional
Michaels were the other two) challenging for the WWE Cham- wrestling matches were scheduled on the event card
pionship that was held by John Cena in the Fatal Four-Way with a dark match taking place before the event went
match at Backlash 2007. live. The main event was a 6 man tag team match for the
WWE Championship.Triple H & Batista & Shane McMa-
a Fatal Four-Way match for the WWE Championship be- hon against Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBi-
tween champion John Cena, Randy Orton, Edge and ase(The Legacy).Randy Orton did Rko and punted Triple
Shawn Michaels. Cena won the match and retained his H.This was enough three count and Randy Orton won
championship.[31] The featured match on the Smack- WWE Championship. Other matches featured on the
down! brand was a Last Man Standing match for the event card included World Heavyweight champion John
World Heavyweight Championship featuring The Under- Cena and his opponent Edge in a Last Man Standing
taker and Batista. The match ended in a no-contest after match for the World Heavyweight championship. Also,
both wrestlers were unable to get to their feet by the an "I Quit" match took place featuring Jeff Hardy defeat-
count of ten. ing Matt Hardy.
Other matches on the event card included the fea-
tured match on the ECW brand; Bobby Lashley versus
Team McMahon (Umaga, Vince McMahon and Shane Dates and venues
McMahon) in a Handicap match for the ECW World
Championship. Vince won the title and the match for his # Event Date City Venue Main
team after pinning Lashley.[32] The other primary match 01 Backlash: 01999-04-25 Providence, Providence Steve Austi
on the undercard was a singles match between Chris !1 In Your April 25, Rhode Island Civic Cen- The Rock fo
Benoit and Montel Vontavious Porter for the WWE Unit- House 1999 ter Champions
ed States Championship, which Benoit won to retain the !Backlash:
championship. In Your
House
2008 02 Backlash 02000-04-30 Washington, MCI Center Triple H (c)
Further information: Backlash (2008) !2 !Backlash April 30, D.C. Rock for the
The tenth Backlash event took place on April 27, 2008 at (2000) 2000 Champions
the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland in front
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03 Backlash 02001-04-29 Rosemont, Allstate 09 Backlash 02007-04-29 Atlanta, Geor-
WWF Champion Steve Philips John Cena (
!3 !Backlash April 29, Illinois Arena !9 and Interconti-
Austin !Backlash April 29, gia Arena vs. Randy O
(2001) 2001 (2007)
nental Champion Triple2007 Shawn Mich
H vs. WWF Tag Team Fatal Four-W
Champions Kane and for the WW
The Undertak- onship [50][5
er[20][21][37]
10 Backlash 02008-04-27 Baltimore, 1st Randy Orto
04 Backlash 02002-04-21 Kansas City, Kemper Rob Van Dam (c) vs.April 27,
!10 !Backlash Ed- Maryland Mariner Triple H vs.
!4 !Backlash April 21, Missouri Arena (2008) 2008
die Guerrero for the In- Arena vs. John "Br
(2002) 2002 tercontinental Champi- Layfield in a
onship Way Elimin
The Undertaker vs. for the WW
Steve Austin to become onship [53][5
contender for 02009-04-26 Providence,
#111 Backlash the Dunkin’ Triple H (c)
WWF ChampionshipApril 26,
!11 !Backlash Rhode Island Donuts Shane McM
(c) vs.
Triple H (2009) Hulk 2009 Center Randy Orto
Hogan for the WWF Rhodes and
Undisputed Champion- ase, Jr. in a
ship[23][24][38] team match
05 Backlash 02003-04-27 Worcester, Worcester Brock Lesnar (c) vs. WWE Cham
!5 !Backlash April 27, Massachusetts Centrum John Cena for the WWE Orton’s team
(2003) 2003 Championship will become
Goldberg vs. The Champion)
Rock[10][39][40] (c) - refers to the champion prior to the match
06 Backlash 02004-04-18 Edmonton, Al- Rexall Randy Orton (c) vs. Cac-
!6 !Backlash April 18, berta Place tus Jack in a Hardcore
(2004) 2004 See also
match for the Intercon-
tinental Championship
• List of WWE pay-per-view events
Chris Benoit (c) vs. Rules
• WWE Extreme
Shawn Michaels vs.
Triple H in a Triple
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