|Date: May 4, 2024|Venue: LDLC Arena |City: Lyon, France|Attendance: 11,628 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Michael Cole welcomes us to Lyon, France. As is now tradition we see some arrival shots. Cody Rhodes, AJ Styles, Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, Damage CTRL, Damian Priest and Jey Uso. There’s a video package highlighting all of tonight’s matches. Randy Orton & Kevin Owens vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa & Tama … Continue reading Backlash 2024
Welcome to my second ever Backlash Stat Pack. This blog covers all of the stats, facts and figures from all of the Backlash PPV’s dating back to the very first In Your House: Backlash back in 1999 through to the most recent event in 2023. With Backlash 2024 only a few days away, get in the mood for it by taking 5 minutes out to … Continue reading Backlash 2024 Stat Pack
|Date: May 6, 2023|Venue: Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot |City: San Juan, Puerto Rico|Attendance: 17,994 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package featuring Bad Bunny kicks us off to the theme of Bad Bunny. It covers all of tonight’s big matches. We get a cool drone shot which I assume is the same one they used on Smackdown. Michael Cole welcomes us to Puerto … Continue reading Backlash 2023
Welcome to the first ever Backlash Stat Pack. This blog covers all of the stats, facts and figures from all of the Backlash PPV’s dating back to the very first In Your House: Backlash back in 1999 through to the most recent event in 2022. With Backlash 2023 only a few days away, get in the mood for it by taking 5 minutes out to … Continue reading Backlash Stat Pack
|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
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