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Backlash (2005)
Backlash (2005) two received more promotion than the others. The first
was a tag team match, in which Shawn Michaels and Hulk
Hogan defeated Muhammad Hassan and Daivari. The oth-
er was a Last Man Standing match, a match where a
wrestler is unable to respond to a ten count by the ref-
eree would lose. Edge defeated Chris Benoit after Benoit
failed to get to his feet before the referee’s count to ten.
Backlash helped WWE increase its pay-per-view rev-
enue by $4.7 million, through ticket sales and pay-per-
view buys.
Background
See also: Professional wrestling
The event featured six professional wrestling matches
with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted
feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as
Promotional poster featuring Triple H either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of
tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling
Theme "Stronger" by Trust Company
song(s)
song(s) match or series of matches. All wrestlers belonged to the
Raw brand – a storyline division in which WWE assigned
Information its employees to a different program, the other being
Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment SmackDown!.
The main event at Backlash was a standard wrestling
Brand (s) Raw
match for the World Heavyweight Championship, in
Date May 1, 2005 which Batista defended the championship against Triple
H. The buildup to the match began after WrestleMania
Attendance 14,000[1]
21, WWE’s previous pay-per-view event, where Batista
Venue Verizon Wireless Arena defeated Triple H to win the championship. On the April
11 episode of Raw, one of WWE’s primary television pro-
City Manchester, New Hampshire
grams, it was announced that Batista would defend the
Pay-per-view chronology championship against Triple H at Backlash, after Triple H
invoked his rematch clause. The following week, Triple H
WrestleMania Backlash Judgment Day
had a no disqualification match, a match where neither
21 (2005) (2005)
wrestler can be disqualified, allowing for weapons and
Backlash chronology outside interference, against Raw commentator Jim Ross,
in which Ross won by pinfall after Batista interfered and
Backlash (2004) Backlash (2005) Backlash (2006) hit Triple H in the head with a steel chair.[4] On the April
25 episode of Raw, Batista defeated Christian in a singles
Backlash (2005) was the seventh annual Backlash profes- championship match, where Batista retained his title.[5]
sional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by After the match, Triple H assaulted Batista and hit the
the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took World Champion with a Pedigree.[5]
place on May 1, 2005 at the Verizon Wireless Arena in The pay-per-view event featured the build up of a
Manchester, New Hampshire. The show’s six matches rivalry among two tag teams, a group of at least two
showcased prominent WWE wrestlers, who acted out the wrestlers. The two groups were Shawn Michaels and
franchise’s stories in and out of the ring. The event Hulk Hogan versus Muhammad Hassan and Daivari. The
starred talent from the Raw brand.[2] night after WrestleMania, Michaels thanked the fans for
In the main event, Batista defeated Triple H in a sin- their support towards him, despite Michaels losing at the
gles match to retain the World Heavyweight Champion- event. Michaels continued, but was interrupted by Has-
ship.[3] From the five scheduled bouts on the undercard, san and Daivari. Michaels, however, was in no mood to
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pinfall after performing a roll-up. After the match, Edge
attacked Benoit’s injured arm with a steel chair.[9] Two
weeks later, Benoit and Edge faced off in another match,
in which ended in a no-contest, leading to Bischoff to
book the Last Man Standing match for Backlash.[10] Other
feuds that received less promotion and culminated into
matches at Backlash include WWE Intercontinental
Champion Shelton Benjamin versus Chris Jericho for the
title in standard singles bouts. William Regal and Tajiri
versus Rosey and The Hurricane versus The Heart Throbs
(Antonio Thomas and Romeo Roselli) versus La Résis-
tance (Sylvain Grenier and Robért Conway) in a tag team
turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship,
and a singles match between Kane (accompanied by Lita)
versus Viscera (accompanied with Trish Stratus).
Event
Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Tyson
Tomko defeated Val Venis on Sunday Night Heat.[11][12]
The first match of the event was Shelton Benjamin
versus Chris Jericho for the WWE Intercontinental Cham-
pionship.[2][11] The match started out with Benjamin
having the upper hand. Benjamin then hit a springboard
off the ropes, but Jericho countered it with a hurrican-
rana off the ring apron to the floor. Jericho utilized a
chinlock on Benjamin. Jericho then climbed to the top
rope, but was stopped by Benjamin when he leaped to the
Batista as World Heavyweight Champion
top rope hitting a superplex on Jericho. Jericho then hit
a running enzuigiri, but only got a near fall. Benjamin hit
listen to Hassan’s comments regarding Michaels loss. As
the T-Bone Suplex, but Jericho put his foot under the bot-
a result, Michaels slapped Hassan, which led to Hassan
tom rope to stop the pin. Jericho locked in the Walls of
and Daivari to attack Michaels, leaving him unconscious
Jericho, but Benjamin got to the rope. Jericho then locked
in the ring. The following week, Michaels approached
in the Walls of Jericho again but Benjamin countered it
authority figure Eric Bischoff, a portrayed match maker
into a roll-up to retain the Intercontinental Champion-
and rules enforcer, in which he demanded a handicap
ship.[2]
match with Hassan and Daivari, a match consisting of one
The next match was the Tag Team Turmoil match
wrestler or team of wrestlers facing off against a team of
for the World Tag Team Championship. Tajiri and Wil-
wrestlers with numerical superiority such as two against
liam Regal were the champions heading into the match.
one, or three against two. Bischoff refused to schedule
The teams come out at random, but it was the champions
the match, but informed Michaels to find a partner and
Tajiri and William Regal who come out first. The Heart
he would grant him the match. Michaels then made a
Throbs come out second. Tajiri utilized a lot of kicks and
plea for Hulk Hogan to come back and team with him.[6]
then locked in the Tarantula. The Heart Throbs then kept
On the April 18 episode of Raw, Hassan again led an attack
Tajiri isolated, but Tajiri pinned Antonio with a roll-up.
on Michaels until Hogan appeared to save Michaels and
Simon Dean and Maven entered into the match next, try-
accept his offer.[7]
ing to pick apart the weakened Tajiri. That elimination
Another preliminary match was between Edge versus
did not last very long as Regal made the tag and cleaned
Chris Benoit in a Last Man Standing Match. At
house, putting Dean away with a shot to the head. La Ré-
WrestleMania, Edge won the first ever Money in the Bank
sistance came in next, but Regal and Tajiri tried to fight
ladder match, gaining himself a contract that gave him
back. Regal was then rolled up, with a handful of tights.
a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship within
Rosey and The Hurricane were the last two men to en-
one year.[8] On the April 4 episode of Raw, Edge chose not
ter the match. Hurricane was then smashed on the turn-
to use his contract that night, deciding to wait until the
buckle post. Hurricane and Rosey got the pin when Hur-
right opportunity. When Edge declined to force Batista
ricane leapt off the shoulders of Rosey, who was perched
into a title defense, Eric Bischoff scheduled Edge in a
on the top rope to grab the win.[2]
match against Chris Benoit. Benoit won the match by
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pinfall.[2] Trish then verbally slammed Viscera, who re-
sponded by performing a bear hug and a splash on Trish,
who was then taken out on a stretcher.[13]
Hulk Hogan, who teamed up with Shawn Michaels to face
Muhammad Hassan and Daivari
The third match of the night was a Last Man Standing
match between Edge and Chris Benoit. The match started
out with Benoit getting the upper hand. Edge then got Triple H who challenged Batista for the World Heavyweight
the upper hand by throwing Benoit sternum first into Championship
the turnbuckles. Benoit then applied the Sharpshooter
on Edge. Benoit then performed multiple German suplex- The fifth match of the night was Hulk Hogan and
es on Edge, which sent Edge outside to the floor. Benoit Shawn Michaels versus Muhammad Hassan and Daivari.
dived through the ropes, but was met with a trash can Hogan and Hassan started things off and Hassan was im-
lid to the face. Edge hit a superplex on Benoit through mediately sent into the turnbuckles. Hogan double
a trash can. Edge grabbed a ladder and dragged it into clotheslined both his opponents and then he and
the ring, only to get a German suplex off of the ladder. Michaels teamed up with a big double boot to the face
Benoit missed a diving headbutt off the top of the ladder, of Hassan. Michaels climbed to the top rope but missed
Edge grabbed the Money in the Bank briefcase, but was an elbow drop. Daivari was tossed outside where Hogan
caught in the Crippler Crossface. Edge got out of the Crip- bashed him. Michaels hit Daivari with a flying forearm
pler Crossface and performed an Edgecution on Benoit smash and a kip up. Michaels was about to hit Daivari
on the briefcase. Benoit reached his feet at nine, only to with Sweet Chin Music, but instead Hassan hit Michaels
get speared by Edge. After spearing Benoit again, Edge with a lead pipe. Hassan then took advantage and locked
pulled a brick out of his briefcase and hit Benoit in the Michaels in the Camel Clutch. Michaels fought his way to
back of his head, leaving Benoit unable to answer the ten his feet and dropped Hassan with an Electric Chair. Ho-
count.[2] gan then got tagged in and went for a leg drop to Daivari,
The next match for the night was Kane, accompanied but was instead hit with a lead pipe by Hassan. As the ref-
by Lita, versus Viscera, accompanied by the WWE eree has his back turned at Hogan, Michaels hit Daivari
Women’s Champion Trish Stratus. Kane’s early attempts with Sweet Chin Music allowing Hogan to get the pinfall
to take Viscera off his feet resulted in Kane being and win the match for his team.[2]
knocked down. Viscera then was clotheslined out of the The main event was for the World Heavyweight
ring by Kane. Trish tried to hit Kane with a steel chair, Championship between champion Batista and Triple H.
but Lita hit her with a crutch. Viscera then executed a In the opening seconds Flair grabbed Batista’s leg, pro-
Chokebomb on Kane, but only got a two count. Kane then viding the distraction necessary for Triple H to attack
came back and hit a big boot and a chokeslam to get the Batista and gain an early advantage. Both men attempted
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to hit their finishers early on, but both attempts failed. rating was higher than the Backlash 2006 event, which
Triple H went for another Pedigree attempt, but was was marked as a "complete disaster".[23] The World title
backdropped over the top rope to the floor. Batista re- match was rated a seven out of 10.[22] Additionally, the
turned to the ring and walked into a spinebuster for a singles match between Kane and Viscera was marked a
two count. Batista then went for a Batista Bomb, but four of 10.[22]
Triple H hit Batista in the head with the championship
belt. Batista performed a spinebuster on Triple H, but
there was no referee to make the pin. Jack Doan then run
Results
put and made the pin, but only got a two count. A second
Batista Bomb attempt was stopped with a low blow by References
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# Results[2] Stipulations Times[1]
Sunday Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis Singles match 05:40
Night
Heat
1 Shelton Benjamin (c) defeated Chris Jericho Singles match for the 14:30
WWE Intercontinental
Championship
2 Rosey and The Hurricane defeated Tajiri and William Regal (c), The Tag Team Turmoil 13:43
Heart Throbs (Antonio and Romeo), Simon Dean and Maven, and La Ré- match for the World Tag
sistance (Robert Conway and Sylvain Grenier) Team Championship
3 Edge defeated Chris Benoit Last Man Standing 18:47
match
4 Kane (with Lita) defeated Viscera (with Trish Stratus) Singles match 06:09
5 Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels defeated Muhammad Hassan and Tag team match 15:05
Daivari
6 Batista (c) defeated Triple H (with Ric Flair) Singles match for the 16:26
World Heavyweight
Championship
(c) – refers to the champion heading into the match
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