October 28, 2022. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The event took place on July 18, 2010, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.The event included two Money in the Bank ladder Edge and Ripley held up their arms and celebrated the victory. [6] Rather than oppose him as he usually would, McMahon acquiesced to the request as The Undertaker had threatened his family. 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? He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). [27] This was followed with an appearance from the San Diego Chicken, who mocked special referee Vinny Pazienza and was punched to the floor for it.[28]. The match returned to the ring and Snow hit Holly with a frying pan but refused to pin him, opting instead to put him on a table and climb to the top rope; Holly recovered and stopped Snow, then superplexed Snow through the table length ways. Both men wrestled inconclusively until The Big Show performed a body slam onto Khali, after which Khali attempted to perform a two handed chokeslam on The Big Show. During the event Chyna, who had been Triple H's valet and girlfriend but had since turned on him to ally with Kane, reunited with Triple H. The two, who were in a wrestling group called D-Generation X, came to ringside later in the match to ostensibly help fellow D-Generation X member X-Pac in his match against Shane McMahon. After making a surprise return to win the 2022 Royal Rumble, Ronda Rousey went on to face Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 38, where she was unsuccessful at becoming SmackDown Womens Champion as The Queen retained. [12] Two weeks later on April 22, 2008, the feud again intensified during an episode of the Cutting Edge, in which Edge, Hawkins, Ryder, and Neely ganged up against Kane. Godfather threw both men into the turnbuckle and performed the Ho Train move on them both before picking Goldust over his shoulders and driving his head down into the mat for the Pimp Drop to win and retain his title. A leading source for Wrestling News since 2004. 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 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). After making a surprise return to win the 2022 Royal Rumble, Ronda Rousey went on to face Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 38, where she was unsuccessful at becoming SmackDown Womens Champion as The Queen retained. The brothers won the match, but were attacked by the Power Trip afterwards. Enraged, Ken Shamrock fought Gunn at the Royal Rumble,[15] then Venis at St. Valentine's Day Massacre, with Venis winning the Intercontinental Championship thanks to help from Ryan. 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 From November's Survivor Series[13] until the night after St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The Rock and Mankind (Mick Foley) traded the WWF Championship numerous times as Mr. McMahon screwed Mankind time and time again on his quest to headline WrestleMania. The 1987 Survivor Series was the inaugural Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). [1] It was held annually from 1999 to 2009. brand was between The Undertaker and Batista over the World Heavyweight Championship. [6], As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in mid-March 2020, WWE had to present the majority of its programming from a behind closed doors set. [7] Undertaker then became more aggressive in his actions, demanding Stephanie and offering 'sacrifices' when she was not given over to him. WWE official Adam Pearce then scheduled a triple threat match between McIntyre, Strowman, and Orton with the winner facing Lashley for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania Backlash, which was won by McIntyre. The third claw came with a low blow, for which Mankind was not disqualified. [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. It is (as of this writing) only the 5th PPV/PLE in WWE history where the only championships being defended are Womens Titles (the others being Royal Rumble 88 and 89, Evolution 2018, and WrestleMania Backlash 2022) and only the second to The 2008 event featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands.[5]. Back in the ring, as Styles attempted a Phenomenal Forearm, Edge cut him off with a boot to Styles' injured shoulder. Triple H and JBL then fought in the ring, while Cena and Orton fought outside. Gunn immediately came back upon his knees but took advantage of the eight seconds before standing up fully. Having annoyed commissioner Shawn Michaels, McMahon was placed into the match as the second entrant. [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. The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event. [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. This tie-in was heavily panned and covered in the media, with the New York Post calling it "one of WWE's saddest moments ever." As soon as the match was over, Chyna low blowed Triple H and revealed her alliances with The Corporation, promising a Valentine's Day present at the subsequent pay-per-view. While he was in the Ministry along with Edge and Gangrel, the three also made up a smaller group named The Brood who chose Christian over the Ministry and saved him, leaving the Ministry. The match was contested back and forth between the two men, with the early portions of the match featuring The Undertaker controlling much of the action. [10][13], The next contest was Mankind's specialty match a violent and brutal Boiler Room Brawl, where a contestant must leave the arena's boiler room to win. After being thrown out the ring, Goldust went to leave the ring but was persuaded to return by The Blue Meanie. The ring was surrounded by zombies as a promotional tie-in for the zombie film Army of the Dead, which stars former WWE wrestler Batista. After Show escaped from the pipes and realized Mankind was being attacked, he slammed Test and chased Boss Man away while Mankind put on Mr. Socko and using the mandible claw on Test. During the match, Vince McMahon interfered, which eventually led to Austin attacking The Rock with a steel chair to win the WWF Championship and in the process align himself with his long-time enemy. When Chioda checked on McMahon afterward, Test struck X-Pac with the championship belt but by the time McMahon covered him he managed to kick out. As a result, he was given the right to a world title match at WrestleMania for any of WWE's three major championships (ECW World, World Heavyweight, or WWE) at WrestleMania 23. Backlash was discontinued after 2009 but reinstated in 2016 and was held every year since, except in 2019; however, these events did not continue Backlash's original post-WrestleMania theme. Title match for the ECW World Championship. Edge was removed from the ring on a stretcher by medics, making his injury appear realistic. WWE Clash at the Castle was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American promotion WWE.It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The event took place on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, marking WWE's first major stadium event to take place in The Brood then ascended back into the rafters as Undertaker put the noose around Boss Man's neck, with Paul Bearer causing the Cell to rise and take a hanging Boss Man with it. When The Undertaker did successfully find Stephanie, Shamrock, in his quest to get revenge on Undertaker, continued to beat down and interrogate members of The Ministry of Darkness for McMahon's whereabouts. [6][7] On the February 5, 2007 episode of Raw, Michaels earned the right to become the number-one contender for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 23 after defeating Orton and Edge in a triple threat match. Williams was scheduled to fight Snow and Holly at the pay-per-view, making the hardcore match a three-way for the WWF Hardcore Championship. The 2008 Backlash was the 10th Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Read the latest sports news from around the world on Australia's sports leader Fox Sports. The main match on the Raw brand was a fatal four-way match for the WWE Championship involving champion John Cena, Randy Orton, Edge, and Shawn Michaels. Back inside the ring, Kane dominated Helmsley with his rough fighting style, using his foot to choke Triple H and knocking him down with clotheslines and punches until Triple H gained momentum from a reversal, smashing Kane's face into his knee. On the episode of SmackDown! [20], MVP hosted a segment of the VIP Lounge, praising Omos for his victory over Bobby Lashley. [35] In 2012, Bleacher Report ranked the event 25th out of the 27 Wrestlemanias to that point, calling the event "underwhelming" and criticizing the Hell in a Cell match.[36]. Mr. McMahon then came to the ring as the special guest referee but was confronted by Commissioner Shawn Michaels, who explained that only the commissioner is entitled to appoint a referee for WrestleMania, ordering McMahon to the back and barring all members of The Corporation from ringside. She won the title by defeating Liv Morgan in an Extreme Rules match at Extreme Rules on October 8, 2022. Eventually Christian revealed where she was, forcing The Undertaker to reprimand him by whipping him and leading to a crucifixion. [4] Following the 2009 event, however, Backlash was discontinued and replaced by Extreme Rules in 2010. [25] The show officially began with Boyz II Men singing "America the Beautiful" in the ring before the opening video. WWE News. News Regarding Scrapped Segment From This Weeks WWE RAW. Kane then picked Triple H up and straddled him on the crowd barrier, pushing him into the Mean Street Posse who were at ringside, picking him up again to ram his back into the steel post three times. Triple H and Chyna came to the ring to pull Test out but when McMahon was floored by an X Factor, Chyna distracted the referee to allow Triple H to Pedigree X-Pac and cover him with Shane, turning heel and allowing him to retain the title. The Women's Championship match began with Tori taking her time to enter the ring, Sable grabbing her hair when she finally did and tossing her back out. 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 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, [22] The next day on Talking Smack, it was reported that Moss suffered a (kayfabe) cervical contusion. The event included a promotional tie-in for the zombie film Army of the Dead, which stars former WWE wrestler Batista. 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. [9] Desperate to be part of WrestleMania's main event, Mankind staked a claim to be the special guest referee but Corporation leader Vince McMahon preferred Big Show officiating to ensure The Rock remained champion. Finkel was WWE's longest-serving employee (40 years) and was widely Production Background. The 2002 Backlash was the fourth Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Due to WWE regulations, titles can't change hands in a Last Man Standing match by a draw, so The Undertaker remained champion. It took place on April 25, 1999, at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island and was presented by Castrol GTX. Sky Sports Box Office hub - Your home of pay-per-view entertainment on Sky.com As the two recovered, Show kicked his opponent out of the ring, grabbing a steel chair and thrusting it into Mankind's chest then hitting it over his back. Shane got himself intentionally disqualified, but did not get his head shaved. 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. Chyna then interfered, knocking out X-Pac but suddenly the lights went out, signaling the entrance of Kane. When he did,[20] McMahon set on a six-month-long quest to dethrone Austin as champion, which he eventually did in a de facto handicap match at Breakdown: In Your House against The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane), who could not pin each other. The inaugural champion was Becky Lynch, who won the title at Backlash on September 11, 2016. After this, Bradshaw assaulted Shamrock with a baseball bat and strangled him with it. AJ Styles then attacked Edge, but Judgment Day gained the upper hand. The 2009 event was the 11th event in the Backlash chronology and featured the backlash from WrestleMania 25.It took place on April [26] Undertaker stood up and looked to the heavens with his hands upwards, signaling The Brood to descend onto the roof of the cell. It was also the second Backlash held under this name after the previous year's event, thus officially renaming the event series as WrestleMania Backlash. News Regarding Scrapped Segment From This Weeks WWE RAW. The 2022 Extreme Rules was the 14th annual Extreme Rules professional wrestling pay-per-view 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 Saturday, October 8, 2022, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, marking the first Extreme Rules event to be held in The two had a match at WrestleMania to determine who would referee the main event, which Mankind won by disqualification. She then defeated Liv Morgan. Seth "Freakin" Rollins", "Ronda Rousey makes Charlotte Flair say "I Quit" to win the SmackDown Women's Championship", "Roman Reigns & The Usos def. Vince won the title and the match for his team after pinning Lashley. The 2000 Backlash was the second Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). She was whipped into the barrier herself and as she recovered, Sable performed a crossbody from the outside apron. [15][16], The following contest featured The Big Show against The Great Khali in a standard match. During the match the Ministry would distract the referee to ambush the various Brood members while the Brood tended to use double team moves until Edge was isolated from tagging his partners. Emma (Tenille Dashwood) Returns to WWE on SmackDown. [11] Meanwhile, X-Pac, who had altercations with Shane McMahon prior to the February event, was frustrated with Shane's interference in the match and goaded into putting his European Championship on the line in a tag-team match with Triple H against Kane and Shane, which Shane won thanks to Triple H being distracted by Chyna. After this the teams began to brawl outside aside from Christian and Bradshaw. Hardy would then face MVP on the April 4, 2008 edition of SmackDown in a non-title match, which he won. Veer Mahaan with The Miz as special referee", "5/13 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of Sasha Banks and Naomi vs. Shayna Baszler and Natalya for the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles, Kofi Kingston vs. Butch, Raw Tag Champs "RK-Bro" Randy Orton and Riddle seek a tag title unification match with Smackdown Tag Champs Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso", "As first reported on #TalkingSmack, @BaronCorbinWWE's attack has left @MadcapMoss with a cervical contusion", "Cody Rhodes def. There, Undertaker performed a ritualistic ceremony, rechristening him Mideon. 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. On the following week's episode of Raw, Orton began the night believing he would go one-on-one with JBL at Backlash, but the tide quickly turned on him. [6], The inaugural WrestleMania Hardcore Championship match began with Al Snow striking Billy Gunn as he tried to make a pre-match speech. Backlash is a pay-per-view (PPV) event that was established by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 1999. Following the match, several zombies entered the ring and "devoured" Miz. [8] Following this, dissension arose between Corbin and Moss, with Corbin blaming Moss for his loss at WrestleMania. Priest claimed he was technically only at the aisle and not the ringside. [33], The following night on Raw, WWE Champion Bobby Lashley issued an open challenge. Triple H and Orton then began to fight on the outside of the ring, with Orton taking control and sending Triple H back into the ring, where he dominated Triple H with a series of maneuvers for several minutes before Triple H struck Orton with his knee. Rhodes attempted a Vertebreaker; however, Rollins reversed into a roll-up while attempting to hold Rhodes' tights, but Rhodes reversed into his own roll-up while holding Rollins' tights to win the match. In the closing moments, a masked person shoved Styles off the top rope. [26][28], Before Kane's match with Triple H, Kane entered the ring only to be attacked while he was performing his signature entrance by the San Diego Chicken. [10][13], The penultimate match was between The Undertaker and Ken Shamrock. After holding him for some time, Austin slowly stood up, elbowing Rock and attempting a running attack but was taken out with a Samoan drop, which Austin again kicked out of. The most criticized match was the penultimate contest between The Undertaker and Ken Shamrock which was given only 3 out of 10 and described as an "unbearably boring, 18 minute-plus submission hold extravaganza". In his fourth reign as WWE Champion, he won the title by defeating Brock Lesnar on April 3, 2022, on Night 2 of WrestleMania 38 in a Winner Takes All match to claim both championships. 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Curt Hawkins then struck The Undertaker with the World Heavyweight Championship belt, which was followed by an unsuccessful cover by Edge. After being thrown into a ramp Mankind took advantage by spraying steam into Show's face, then unleashing suspended pipes from above onto him, burying Show. At ringside, Reigns leapt off the ring steps and performed a Superman Punch on Orton. After being tagged in again, Vince pinned Lashley to win the ECW World Championship and the match for his team. The blinded Goldust then began to punch Meanie and perform the Shattered Dreams (a kick to the crotch) on him. After Road Dogg was isolated for some time, Billy Gunn was tagged in and energetically took out both members before the two delivered a synchronized ten punch to their opponents in opposite corners. [12] On the following episode of SmackDown, Reigns stated that he had nothing left to prove; however, he wanted his cousins, the SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), to replicate his feat by winning the Raw Tag Team Championship to bring more gold to The Bloodline. World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event, "World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Reports 2008 Second Quarter Results", "WWE WrestleMania XXIV PPV Results 3/30/08", "Mayweather, Orton survive Mania; Edge, Flair don't", "Keller's WWE Backlash PPV Report 4/27: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV event", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Backlash_(2008)&oldid=1118811942, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match, This page was last edited on 29 October 2022, at 01:51. The two then fought up the entrance way with Rock using a fire extinguisher as a weapon. It took place on March 28, 1999, at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Ten professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card.The ticket sales of 20,276 drew a gross of $1,437,050. On the following week's episode of Raw, after his victory over Regal, Orton felt compelled to meddle in the bout between Triple H and JBL. At the climax of the match, Rey made his way to the ring, which distracted Roode and allowed Dominik to pin him to retain the title. With Austin in the middle of the ring, The Rock tried the Corporate Elbow but Austin moved out of the way at the last second. Boss Man taunted Undertaker's lack of control before striking him repeatedly with his night stick causing Undertaker to fall to the floor and rip the handcuffs, though Boss Man carried on using the nightstick and cut Undertaker open. [9] Venis soon dumped Ryan,[14] and she began a relationship with Goldust (Dustin Rhodes). The 2022 Royal Rumble was the 35th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view 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 Saturday, January 29, 2022, at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and was the first Royal Rumble to air on the The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. When Show stood back up, he had Mankind on his back and jumped backward so that his entire body landed on Mankind. [5] The Fatal Four-Way main event match from the Raw brand was rated a 6 out of 10 stars, while the SmackDown brand's main event, a standard match for the World Heavyweight Championship, was rated an 8 out of 10 stars, and The Shawn Michaels/Batista match was rated the highest with having an 8.5 out of 10. During the match, Corbin performed a Senton Bomb on Moss for a nearfall. After a stare down with Reigns, Rollins viciously attacked Cesaro and smashed his right arm in a steel chair. Big Show entered and looked for Mankind who hit him from behind with a stick and then pushed him into the electricity cupboard. Bayley then interrupted, claiming that Belair cheated at WrestleMania Backlash by using her hair. 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
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