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 since Judgment Day 2003 (other than the "Big Four" PPV events) to feature all three brands (Raw, SmackDown! and ECW) after WWE stopped presenting 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

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Results

1999

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Backlash: In Your House


promotion=World Wrestling Federation
date=April 25, 1999
venue=Providence Civic Center
city=Providence, Rhode Island
attendance=10,939
lastevent=WrestleMania XV
nextevent=No Mercy (1999) (UK)
event=Backlash
lastevent2="First"
nextevent2=Backlash (2000)

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 following interference from Viscera.
*Al Snow (with Head) defeated Hardcore Holly to win the WWF Hardcore Championship (15:27)
**Snow pinned Holly after hitting him with Head.
*The Godfather defeated Goldust (with 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 (with 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)
**Mankind won the match when he made it out of the boiler room.
**After the match Big Show saved Mankind from an attack by Test and The Big Boss Man.
*Triple H (with Chyna) defeated X-Pac (19:19)
**Triple H pinned X-Pac after hitting the Pedigree.
*The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Ken Shamrock (18:50)
**Undertaker pinned Shamrock after a Tombstone Piledriver.
*Steve Austin defeated The Rock (with Shane McMahon as Special Guest Referee) to retain the WWF Championship (17:07)
**Austin pinned Rock after a Stone Cold Stunner and a shot to the head from the WWF title belt.

2000

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Backlash (2000)


promotion=World Wrestling Federation
date=April 30, 2000
venue=MCI Center
city=Washington, D.C.
attendance=17,867
lastevent=WrestleMania 2000
nextevent=Insurrextion (2000)
event=Backlash
lastevent2=
nextevent2=Backlash (2001)

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) (with Tori) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (9:23)
**Christian pinned X-Pac after hitting him with the ring bell.
**Debra was the Special Guest Ring Announcer.
*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.
*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) (with 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 (with Chyna) defeated Essa Rios (with 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 (with 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

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Backlash (2001)


promotion=World Wrestling Federation
date=April 29, 2001
venue=Allstate Arena
city=Rosemont, Illinois
attendance=15,592
lastevent=WrestleMania X-Seven
nextevent=Insurrextion (2001)
event=Backlash
lastevent2=Backlash (2000)
nextevent2=Backlash (2002)

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)
**Big Show failed to answer the ten count after an elbow drop from the top of the TitanTron onto Big Show Threw a Thumb tack Barbed Wire 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

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Backlash (2002)


tagline=One Man's Journey to Stand Alone
theme="Young Grow Old" (Creed)
promotion=World Wrestling Federation
brand=Raw
SmackDown!
date=April 21, 2002
venue=Kemper Arena
city=Kansas City, Missouri
attendance=12,489
lastevent=WrestleMania X8
nextevent=Insurrextion (2002)
event=Backlash
lastevent2=Backlash (2001)
nextevent2=Backlash (2003)

Backlash (2002) took place on April 21, 2002 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

*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 (with Torrie Wilson) defeated Billy Kidman to win the WWF Cruiserweight Championship (9:08)
**Tajiri pinned Kidman after countering a Powerbomb by spitting Red mist into Kidman's face.
*Scott Hall (with 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 (with 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 (with Ric Flair as special guest 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) (with 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 interfered and hit Triple H with a steel chair followed by a Leg drop from Hogan.

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

References

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/backlash/ Official Backlash Website]
* [http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/backlash.html Backlash results at Prowrestlinghistory.com]