|Date: May 8, 2022|Venue: Dunkin’ Donuts Centre |City: Providence, Rhode Island|Attendance: 8,050 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package kicks us off. It feels a bit Marvel-esque and talks about re-writing Wrestlemania. Most of the matches are featured in the package. Jimmy Smith welcomes us to Wrestlemania. He’as joined by the rest of the Raw announce team, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton. Jimmy introduces a hype … Continue reading Wrestlemania Backlash 2022
|Date: May 16, 2021|Venue: WWE Thunderdome at Yuengling Center |City: Tampa, Florida|Attendance: 0 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package opens the show narrated by Batista. Roman Reigns and Cesaro, Charlotte, Asuka and Rhea Ripley, Bobby Lashley, Braun Strowman and Drew McIntyre all get big mentions. “Army Of The Dead” which is a new Batista film is the main sponsor for this show. Adnan Virk, a … Continue reading Wrestlemania Backlash 2021
|Date: June 14, 2020|Venue: WWE Performance Center |City: Orlando, Florida|Attendance: 0 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show starts with a video package showing some of the best matches in history and then the history between Edge and Randy Orton. Tonight they meet in what will be the greatest match ever. Michael Cole welcomes us to Backlash. Bayley & Sasha Banks (c) vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki … Continue reading Backlash 2020
|Date: May 6, 2018|Venue: Prudential Center |City: Newark, New Jersey|Attendance: 14,724|Brands: Raw & Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show starts off with a video package, mostly focusing on Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe, Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax, Carmella and Charlotte and AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura. Michael Cole welcomes us to Backlash! They’re making a big deal about the fact that this is a … Continue reading Backlash 2018
|Date: May 21, 2017|Venue: Allstate Arena |City: Rosemont, Illinois|Attendance: 9,800|Brand: Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package kicks us off focusing on the Randy Orton/Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens/AJ Styles and Dolph Ziggler/Shinsuke Nakamura matches. Tom Phillips welcomes us to Chicago for Backlash. How long until the CM Punk chants break out? Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler Background: On SmackDown, Nakamura interrupted Dolph Ziggler’s in-ring promo. … Continue reading Backlash 2017
|Date: September 11, 2016|Venue: Richmond Coliseum |City: Richmond, Virginia|Attendance: 7,000|Brand: Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package kicks us off, first a tribute to 9/11 and then a classic video package that covers most of the matches tonight. I really like the graphics on this VT. The commentary team for tonight is Mauro Ranallo, John “Bradshaw” Layfield and David Otunga. Shane McMahon’s music hits the … Continue reading Backlash 2016
|Date: April 26, 2009 |Venue: Dunkin’ Donuts Center |City: Providence, Rhode Island |Attendance: 8,357 |Buys: 182,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Backlash from Wrestlemania is upon us and with this show following a brand draft it means the landscape is about to change. The WWE Championship will be defended tonight in an unconventional six man tag team match. Triple H, Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon have been feuding with Randy … Continue reading Backlash 2009
|Date: April 27, 2008 |Venue: 1st Mariner Arena |City: Baltimore, Maryland |Attendance: 11,277 |Buys: 200,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Every Action Deserves a Fierce and Aggressive Reaction. Backlash is the traditional pay per view following Wrestlemania and tonights backlash features all the fallout from the biggest show of the year. This is the tenth instalment of Backlash. The WWE Championship is set to be defended, this time in a fatal … Continue reading Backlash 2008
|Date: April 29, 2007 |Venue: Phillips Arena |City: Atlanta, Georgia |Attendance: 14,500 |Buys: 194,000 |Brand: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger ThisPPV is centred around the backlash from Wrestlemania. The buyrate is terrible though, the worst of any Backlash event up to now. The WWE Championship is set to be defended as Randy Orton, Edge and Shawn Michaels vi for John Cena’s title. Originally Vince McMahon’s executive assistant on Raw, Jonathan Coachman, announced … Continue reading Backlash 2007
|Date: April 30, 2006 |Venue: Rupp Arena |City: Lexington, Kentucky |Attendance: 14,000 |Buys: 220,000 |Brand: Raw |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Long Live The King. Triple H has the chance to get back onto his throne tonight but it won’t be easy. Tonight’s main event will pit John Cena against Triple H and Edge in a triple threat match for the WWE Championship. Triple H and Edge both demanded a shot at Cena’s title and so … Continue reading Backlash 2006
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