The rivalry started on the February 26 episode of Raw, when Lashley was selected by Donald Trump to compete at WrestleMania 23. The majority of the early part of the match took place outside the ring, with Austin being choked with a T-shirt then taking Rock through the crowd before returning into the secure area and into the crowd the opposite end. Rollins attempted a Phoenix Splash, but Rhodes avoided it. [40], On the May 28 episode of SmackDown, new SmackDown Tag Team Champions Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio were scheduled to defend the title in a rematch against Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. [22], Madcap Moss was interviewed about his match against Happy Corbin, who then attacked him with a chair, put the chair around Moss' neck, and slammed Moss' Andr the Giant Memorial Trophy down on top of the chair on him. [8] At WrestleMania, Undertaker defeated Edge to win the World Heavyweight Championship and extend his WrestleMania undefeated streak to 160. Backlash (2020 Angle forced Benoit to submit to a Leglock to make the score 10. [6], Rock then caught Austin by surprise with a swinging neckbreaker, taking the chair and driving it into Austin's back several times. On the episode of SmackDown! [10], The main rivalry on the SmackDown! While the other ref was in the ring, Austin inadvertently hit the referee thanks to a shove from The Rock and then stumbled into Rock, who nailed him with the Rock Bottom. Emma (Tenille Dashwood) Returns to WWE on SmackDown. The 2000 Backlash was the second Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The WWE Draft, alternatively called the WWE Superstar Shake-up from 2017 to 2019, is a process used by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE to refresh its rosters between the Raw and SmackDown brands (20022011; 2016present). It took place on April 30, 2000, at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card.The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from Chyna held up Triple H as Kane shot a fireball at him, though he would duck out of the way causing (kayfabe) severe retinal damage to Chyna. Also on the undercard, Bianca Belair defeated Bayley to retain the SmackDown Women's Championship and Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio defeated Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, thus becoming the first-ever father and son team to hold a tag team championship in WWE. However, as Mr. McMahon's conspiracy of appointing Big Show as special guest referee to secure The Rock as champion began to fall apart, Mankind constantly offered his services as a second official. After The Rock won his "I Quit" match against Mankind at the Royal Rumble by playing a recording of his voice, Triple H demanded an I Quit match of his own, but as he was about to put Rock through the announcers table, The Corporation came to the ring and Kane held his manager/girlfriend Chyna hostage, demanding that he quit the match. On January 11, The Undertaker returned in slightly new attire, taking a seat in a ceremonial throne on the Raw Is War stage while Paul Bearer stood beside him and The Acolytes brought Knight out and tied him to a table. The Street Profits in a non-title match, Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair vs. Queen Zelina in a non-title match, AJ Styles vs. Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio vs. The original concept of the event was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. Twitter @espnradio. The feed then showed the inside of the car as the divide between passenger and chauffeur drew down to show The Undertaker in the driver's seat, turning and asking, "Where to, Stephanie? Later, Cesaro confronted Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville about facing Reigns that night, even as a non-title match. In addition to Batista doing a voiceover for the event's opening vignette, the Lumberjack match between Damian Priest and The Miz had the lumberjacks acting as zombies. Due to WWE regulations, titles can't change hands in a Last Man Standing match by a draw, so The Undertaker remained champion. After another pin attempt, with Tim White now officiating, Austin still kicked out and Rock used a sitting chin hold to subdue him. 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Styles dropkicked Edge to the floor, and performed an Asai Moonsault on Edge. WWE Draft Frustrated, Jericho went to Regal in an effort to possibly add himself to the match. When Holly rechristened himself Hardcore Holly on February 15, decrying poor gimmicks and tag-team partners he had been given in the past, Gunn made his first appearance since winning the tournament, to remind Holly that not all his partners were of a poor caliber. Rhyno performed a Gore on Raven to retain the title. Royal Rumble (2022 [20][21] In 2021, however, Backlash was positioned as the first PPV held after WrestleMania 37, thus the event returned to its original concept and was titled "WrestleMania Backlash". Towards the end, the two fought up the entrance ramp, where Batista executed a spear to The Undertaker off the stage. It took place on April 29, 2001, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois and was presented by Castrol GTX. The original concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. The alliance between Phoenix and Melina ended a week later, and the two Divas would face James at Judgment Day for the title. It was scheduled to take place on May 8, 2022, at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands. The 2022 Worlds Collide was the third Worlds Collide professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE.While the event was held for wrestlers primarily from the promotion's NXT and NXT UK brand divisions, Worlds Collide also featured some wrestlers from WWE's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown.It took place on September 4, 2022, at the WWE Performance Backlash (2008 The match quickly moved outside the ring and into the crowd on the concrete floor. It was the 17th event in the Backlash chronology and featured the backlash from WrestleMania 38. Rhodes pinned Rollins, but Rollins' foot ended up on the bottom rope, thus breaking the pin. Sky Sports Box Office The 2021 WrestleMania Backlash was the 16th Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE.It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The event took place on May 16, 2021, from the WWE ThunderDome, hosted at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Floridait was WWE's first PPV to It took place on April 25, 1999, at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island and was presented by Castrol GTX.The event had originally been promoted as "Backlash: In Your House", but the branding After that, Matt Hardy defended the WWF European Championship against Christian and Eddie Guerrero. His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova Before the event began and aired live on pay-per-view, a dark match was featured in which WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz defeated Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore. Riddle performed a Floating Bro on Jey for a nearfall. WWE SmackDown Women's Championship Backlash (2003 [23], At WrestleMania 37, Rhea Ripley defeated Asuka to win the Raw Women's Championship. [27], The actual pay-per-view opened with Rhea Ripley defending the Raw Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair and Asuka. The 2009 event was the 11th event in the Backlash chronology and featured the backlash from WrestleMania 25.It took place on April Edge performed a spear on Orton. The 2007 event was the ninth event in the Backlash chronology and featured the backlash from WrestleMania 23.It was scheduled to WWE SmackDown Women's Championship The main event saw the challenger Stone Cold Steve Austin face The Rock in a no-disqualification match for the WWF Championship. Production Background. Snow ended up fighting himself and then Bob Holly for the vacant belt at St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, with Holly winning the title at the banks of the Mississippi River. Styles ran the ropes, leading to both men hitting a cross body block to each other at the same time. Williams did this out of revenge for losing to Gunn in the Brawl for All. Howard Finkel In another tag team match, Droz and Prince Albert defeated Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor) when Albert pinned Scott Taylor. It took place on Thanksgiving Night on November 26, 1987, and was held at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Township, Ohio.It was one of the first four annual pay-per-view events produced by the WWF, Undertaker fought back by grabbing Boss Man at the throat and throwing him back into the fence again, striking him with a chair and running Boss Man face-first into the chain fence with a fireman's carry. In the fourth match, Kurt Angle faced Chris Benoit in a 30-minute Ultimate Submission match, a variation of an Iron Man match. While Edge was pinning The Undertaker, however, The Undertaker performed a gogoplata submission hold, which caused Edge to submit, giving The Undertaker the victory. Read the latest sports news from around the world on Australia's sports leader Fox Sports. After the beating, Vince announced that Lashley would have to defend the ECW World Championship against Team McMahon at Backlash in a three-on-one handicap match. During the match, Ziggler and Roode dominated Rey. Flair applied the Figure Eight Leglock, but Rousey used the chair to break free. Madcap Moss Reveals WrestleMania 39 Dream Opponent. [6] Rather than oppose him as he usually would, McMahon acquiesced to the request as The Undertaker had threatened his family. The second Heat match saw a 21-man battle royal match with the last two competitors becoming a tag team for the evening to face the Tag Team Championship holders. WrestleMania X8 The next night on Raw is War, Austin and Triple H broke Kane's arm in storyline. It took place on April 29, 2001, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois and was presented by Castrol GTX.Seven professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card.The concept of After this he showed the crowd, declaring himself to be their champion but as he turned back the camera was confronted with Austin giving him the finger; Austin then delivered a Stone Cold Stunner by grabbing Rock round the neck (and camera) and pulling downwards collapsing the table. [20] On the April 26 episode, Strowman challenged McIntyre to a match with the added stipulation that if Strowman won, he would be added to the championship match at WrestleMania Backlash. Before X-Pac could make his way to the ring Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco attacked him from behind but caused the little problem to X-Pac who beat them then ran into the ring, with Shane McMahon fleeing. The 2002 Backlash was the fourth Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Undertaker and Kane were not simply satisfied with that, and they demanded and were given a title shot at the reigning WWF Tag Team Champions, Edge and Christian, on the April 19, 2001 edition of SmackDown!. After Shane was hit outside, Rock then hit Austin with the proper championship belt but Austin kicked out of the pin, and immediately retaliated with a Stone Cold Stunner and then hit Rock with the belt, covering him for the pinfall to win the match and retain the WWF title. Throughout the match, both Hardy and MVP performed a number of offensive maneuvers on each other, but Hardy eventually gained the advantage when MVP charged Hardy and Hardy dodged him, followed by Hardy performing a Twist of Fate, on MVP. The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[16][17] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. [37], Also on Raw, United States Champion Sheamus faced Ricochet in a non-title rematch. [19], The match that followed was Melina versus Mickie James for the WWE Women's Championship. WrestleMania 18 (stylized as WrestleMania X8) was the 18th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The match began with Orton attempting to attack JBL, but JBL countered and threw Orton out of the ring. The inaugural champion was Becky Lynch, who won the title at Backlash on September 11, 2016. On the May 2 episode of SmackDown, Vickie Guerrero cancelled a scheduled World Title match between Undertaker and The Great Khali and stripped The Undertaker of the World Heavyweight Championship, and Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder stole the physical belt and handed it to Guerrero. The event took place on April 27, 2008, at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. [34] Similarly, Scott Keith gave the event an overall negative rating, while calling the Rock vs. Austin match "solid by default" and complimenting Shane McMahon's performance given his lack of wrestling experience. Triple H then focused on his attack on the neck, particularly keeping him in a neck hold for a number of minutes and then a similar dragon sleeper. The primary match on the SmackDown! The event marked the final The two traded punches, neither man managing to contact properly until Butterbean shook Gunn with a left-hand jab followed by a right hook which stunned Gunn allowing Bean to corner him, giving him another right hook which knocked him down. The Miz, Elias, and Jaxson Ryker", "4/16 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of the WrestleMania 37 fallout show with champions Roman Reigns and Bianca Belair, Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler vs. [21] Because both pinned Austin at the same time, the belt was vacated, with the two men fighting for it the next month at Judgment Day: In Your House, but McMahon's attempt to further humiliate Austin by have him officiate the match went awry when he attacked both men ending it in a no contest. Seth Rollins then came out. In other prominent matches, Ronda Rousey defeated Charlotte Flair in an "I Quit" match to win the SmackDown Women's Championship, Edge defeated AJ Styles by technical submission, and in the opening bout, Cody Rhodes defeated Seth "Freakin" Rollins. [9] On the April 9 episode of Raw, a number one contender's match between Michaels and Orton for the WWE Championship ended in a no contest after both men's shoulders were on the mat while they were pinning one another. The following week, James retained the Women's Championship against Phoenix in a lumberjill match, with the win coming after the evil Melina attempted to strike James with her boot, but accidentally struck Phoenix. Later, Lashley said the only reason he did not defeat Omos at WrestleMania Backlash was due to MVP's interference and a rematch between Omos and Lashley was scheduled for the following week as a Steel Cage match,[20] which Lashley won. However, because of Gunn being released, their feud instead carried over to All Japan Pro Wrestling in the early 2000s, where in Japan the Brawl For All was better received. Money in the Bank (2010 In another dark match, Lita faced Molly Holly. WrestleMania Backlash Dwayne Johnson In February, at No Way Out, Undertaker won an Elimination Chamber match to become the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXIV. [10][13], The third match was for the Intercontinental Championship and began with the challenger Goldust attacking The Godfather from behind as he checked on his prostitutes at ringside. Gunn failed in his attempts to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship, but Road Dogg becoming Hardcore Champion[8] until an injury prevented him from honoring a championship match with Al Snow. brand divisions.The event took place on April 21, 2002, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouriit was the first event to be held at Kemper Arena since Lashley interrupted, but was attacked by Cedric Alexander, who wanted to rejoin MVP and reform The Hurt Business. brands where the wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform. [9] When Road Dogg won the Intercontinental Championship on Raw Is War[10] Gunn fought Holly (now Hardcore Holly) and won when Holly crashed into an ad-hoc announcers table Jim Ross had constructed for his pirate broadcast of the show. Seth "Freakin" Rollins", "Ronda Rousey makes Charlotte Flair say "I Quit" to win the SmackDown Women's Championship", "Roman Reigns & The Usos def. One woman he sacrificed, via crucifixion, was Ryan Shamrock who played the on-screen sister of Ken Shamrock. [27], After that, Damian Priest faced The Miz (accompanied by John Morrison) in a lumberjack match. [30] The match between Priest and Miz was voted as the Worst Match of the Year by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Backlash (2000 The final rivalry going into the evening saw Goldust try to regain his WWF Intercontinental Championship. Backlash (2002 [26] Undertaker stood up and looked to the heavens with his hands upwards, signaling The Brood to descend onto the roof of the cell. Jeff Hardy interfered, attacking Edge. At the start of the match, Styles went after Edge aggressively with punches. Production Background. Jericho avoided the blow and the sledgehammer instead hit Austin, a situation Jericho and Benoit took advantage of to win the match and the titles. WrestleMania 31 With Triple H sitting in the corner, X-Pac tried to perform the bronco buster riding an opponent's shoulders but after Chyna distracted X-Pac, Triple H was able to escape the move and force X-Pac into the turnbuckle, which played up to a genuine neck injury X-Pac suffered the previous year. It took place on April 30, 2000, at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card.The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from WWE's former ECW brand also took part (20062009) during the first brand split until that brand was disbanded in early 2010. It took place on March 17, 2002, at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the second WrestleMania at that venue after WrestleMania VI in April 1990. Lashley attempted a Vertical Suplex on Omos, who ran the ropes and performed a Spinebuster on Lashley. Backlash is a recurring event that was established by WWE in 1999. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions.The event took place on April 27, 2008, at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the Instead he announced Jericho as a Special Guest Referee for the match. brand divisions.The event took place on April 21, 2002, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouriit was the first event to be held at Kemper Arena since WrestleMania 17 (stylized as WrestleMania X-Seven) was the 17th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The 2020 Backlash was the 15th Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE.It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The event aired on June 14, 2020, with all the matches taking place at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.While the majority of the event aired live, There, Undertaker performed a ritualistic ceremony, rechristening him Mideon. The 2003 event was the fifth event in the Backlash chronology and featured the backlash from WrestleMania XIX.It was scheduled to Ronda Rousey Battling With WWE To Rename Women's However, Deville allowed Flair a chance to present a proposal and after hearing Flair's case, Deville added Flair to the championship match to make it a triple threat match. Pat Patterson, holder of the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship, was awarded the title (with the kayfabe WrestleMania Backlash: Tampa, FL: 1 63: 62 26 The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) July 18, 2021: Money in the Bank Kickoff: Fort Worth, TX: 5 470+ 470+ On the May 20, 2022, episode of SmackDown, The Usos defeated Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) in a Winner Takes All match. Undertaker performed a Last Ride on Triple H but the referee did not see the tag, voiding the pinfall. Production Background. In the end, as McIntyre performed a Claymore Kick on Strowman, Lashley appeared, threw McIntyre out of the ring and performed a Spear on Strowman to retain the title. [26] Chris Benoit and Montel Vontavious Porter also continued their rivalry for the WWE United States Championship, which led to a best 2 out of 3 falls match at Judgment Day, which MVP won. If Undertaker and Kane were to win, they would receive both singles titles. WrestleMania 38 was the 38th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE.It was held for wrestlers from the promotion Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The event was held as a two-night event, taking place on April 2 and 3, 2022, at the AT&T Stadium in the DallasFort Worth metroplex city of Arlington, Texas. The Rock held a mock funeral the following week for Austin, revealing he still had possession of the Smoking Skull belt; Austin crashed the funeral with a monster truck and crushed Rock's limousine and hearse. On March 22, Kane prepared to have a match against Goldust, but as he threw off his entrance robes and wig, it turned out he was Triple H holding a flamethrower, shooting flames in Kane's face. Production Background. Wikipedia 2022 Immediately following JBL's submission, Orton kicked Cena in the head, which he followed with a cover for a pinfall, eliminating Cena from the match. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). [10][13], A standard singles match followed this between rivals Triple H and X-Pac. [5][16], The sixth match of the event was a standard match for the World Heavyweight Championship, in which the champion, The Undertaker, defended his title against Edge. During the beginning of the year he began to articulate a desire for Stephanie McMahon leading to a Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania where Corporation member The Big Boss Man was hanged from the ceiling. [19] On the following episode of SmackDown, The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford, the latter of whom is Belair's real-life husband) threw Belair a championship celebration. [9], The event was marked with a Rage Party the preceding evening at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, playing on the tagline of the event, much like Fan Axess that would come in later years. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brand divisions.The event took place on November 26, 2006, at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was the first Survivor Series to SEScoops The 2022 WrestleMania Backlash was the 17th Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. [26][28], The Hell in a Cell match began with Big Boss Man punching The Undertaker into the corner until he ducked out and returned the same. The following week on March 8's Raw Is War, Tori fought Vachon with Sable in her corner but after receiving a squash from Vachon, Sable also gave Tori a Sable Bomb, leading to Tori interrupting Sable's Playboy interview by demanding a championship match at WrestleMania.[11].