April 24, 2005
Event Report for WWE Backlash presented by RAW
Sponsored by WWE Unforgiven 2005 DVD
Announcers: Jerry Lawler and Vince McMahon
Reported by The Dames
Held A Fan-Festival Beforehand
Physical Perfection vs The Dudley Boyz vs La Resistance.
Match Background: This will be a triangle bout. The Dudley Boyz are one of the most experienced teams in the promotion. This match is for the WWE Tag Team titles. The Dudley Boyz have been WWE Tag Team champions since 04 April 2005.
Late In The Match: Sylvain Grenier can barely stand. Saving Grace!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!!
Winners And Still WWE Tag Team Champions: The Dudley Boyz
Overall Rating: 82%
Crowd Reaction: 84%
Match Quality: 78%
Muhammed Hassan vs Shawn Michaels.
Late In The Match: Jaime Koeppe has climbed up onto the apron! Michaels turns...and falls for the distraction! Muhammed Hassan runs at Michaels from behind...but misses! Muhammed Hassan collides with Jaime Koeppe! Muhammed Hassan can barely stand. Here it comes - Sweet Chin Music. 1....2...3, it's finished. Hassan is pounding the canvas with punches, shouting about how unfair everything is.
Overall Rating: 72%
Crowd Reaction: 66%
Match Quality: 78%
Carlito Caribbean Cool vs Triple H.
Late In The Match: Carlito Caribbean Cool is in trouble. Pedigree!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Carlito goes to his corner, grabs an apple and takes a big bite out of it and walks back over to where HHH is celebrating his victory. Triple H extends his hand to Carlito...but Carlito spits in his face!
Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 84%
Match Quality: 70%
Balls Mahoney vs Chris Kanyon vs William Regal.
Match Background: This will be a hardcore bout. This match is for the WWE Hardcore title. Balls Mahoney has been WWE Hardcore champion since 23 March 2005.
During The Match: Frying pan shot by Balls. Regal chair shots Balls Mahoney. Chris Kanyon quickly scores with a field-goal kick between the legs! William Regal collapses! The referee didn't see the illegal blow! 1...2...3! William Regal got screwed!
Winner And New WWE Hardcore Champion: Chris Kanyon
Overall Rating: 77%
Crowd Reaction: 75%
Match Quality: 79%
A-Train vs Scott Hall.
Match Background: This will be a falls count anywhere bout. This is a continuation of the A-Train vs Hall feud.
During The Match: Frying pan shot by A-Train. Scott Hall uses a big bag of popcorn to floor A-Train. I wonder if butter adds impact. They brawl to the outside and into the crowd. Scott Hall uses a headbutt on the outside. They wind up back in the squared circle. A-Train hits a double axehandle off the table onto Hall. Scott Hall moves in for the kill. Outsider's Edge!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! A-Train grabs the referee, then nails him with a right hand! Dozens of people hit the ring to stop any further incident.
Overall Rating: 85%
Crowd Reaction: 82%
Match Quality: 89%
Randy Orton vs Rob Van Dam.
Match Background: This will be a ladder bout. This is another chapter in the long-running Orton vs RVD feud. So far, Orton hasn't managed to get a pin or submission over RVD since the feud started. This match is for the WWE Intercontinental title. Rob Van Dam has been WWE Intercontinental champion since 21 March 2005.
During The Match: Ladder assisted standing moonsault, Orton gets CRUSHED! Orton slams Rob Van Dam onto the ladder. Rob Van Dam with a whip into the ladder. RVD begins to climb up the ladder. He reaches the top...but Orton gets up and pushes the ladder! Rob Van Dam falls from the top of the ladder all the way over the ropes to the outside! Randy Orton takes the opportunity and climbs the ladder for the win! Randy Orton offers a handshake to RVD...and he accepts it! No! Rob Van Dam levels Orton with a cheap shot right hand! Rob Van Dam slams Orton down. Rob Van Dam climbs to the top rope and hits the Five Star Frog Splash! Randy Orton has been floored after the match.
Winner And New WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton
Overall Rating: 81%
Crowd Reaction: 87%
Match Quality: 70%
Rhyno vs Test.
Match Background: This will be a tables bout. This is a continuation of the Rhyno vs Test feud.
During The Match: Test goes to slam Rhyno through a table, but he manages to escape. Rhyno pulls Test onto the table for a piledriver, but he uses a backdrop to survive. Test goes to suplex Rhyno through a table, but he slips out the backdoor. Christian comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Test turns around. Christian spins Test around. Christian hits the Unprettier! Christian leaves the ring, the damage done! Rhyno sets a table up against the turnbuckles. Test is in trouble. Gore through the table! Rhyno shakes hands with Christian, showing that their plan worked perfectly.
Overall Rating: 87%
Crowd Reaction: 85%
Match Quality: 89%
Big Show vs Scott Steiner.
Match Background: This will be a hell in a cell bout. This is another chapter in the long-running Show vs Steiner feud.
Late In The Match: Scott Steiner can barely stand. Show Stopper! 1....2....3. Big Show is still in the ring celebrating. Scott Steiner pushes the referee away. Scott Steiner spins Show around. Scott Steiner hits the Novocaine!
Overall Rating: 89%
Crowd Reaction: 94%
Match Quality: 79%
Chris Jericho vs John Cena vs Kurt Angle.
Match Background: This will be a triangle bout. This match is for the undisputed WWE Heavyweight title. Kurt Angle has been WWE Heavyweight champion since 20 March 2005. Chris Jericho has been WWE Heavyweight champion since 20 March 2005.
Late In The Match: Kurt Angle gets knocked to the ground by Jericho. Lionsault! 1....2....3.
Winner And New Undisputed WWE Heavyweight Champion: Chris Jericho
Overall Rating: 77%
Crowd Reaction: 84%
Match Quality: 61%
Backlash Overall Rating: 82%
We got a 1.89 buy rate for 'Backlash'!
The attendance was 20328 people.
We made $4725000 from pay-per-view revenue.
We made $1219680 from ticket sales.
April 25, 2005
Event Report for RAW
Announcers: Jerry Lawler and Terry Funk
Reported by The Dames
Rob Van Dam vs Scott Hall.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Tommy Dreamer will be the referee for this match. This is a qualifying match towards the King of the Ring tournament.
Late In The Match: Rob Van Dam small packages Scott Hall out of nowhere. 1.2.3! Fast count! Tommy Dreamer screwed Scott Hall! A-Train comes running down the aisle, and gets into the ring! Scott Hall is ready though, and strikes first! Scott Hall spins A-Train around. Scott Hall hits the Outsider's Edge! A-Train has been left down on the canvas. The attempted ambush has backfired.
Overall Rating: 75%
Crowd Reaction: 79%
Match Quality: 69%
The camera shows the outside of the locker room of Chris Kanyon. Rhyno appears, knocks, then enters, closing the door behind him.
Overall Rating: 82%
Chris Kanyon vs Test.
Match Background: This will be a hardcore bout. This match is for the WWE Hardcore title. Chris Kanyon has been WWE Hardcore champion since 24 April 2005.
Late In The Match: Kanyon hits Test with a plastic dinosaur! Test rams Kanyon into a table. Rhyno comes running down the aisle with a chair! Kanyon whips Test into the ropes. Rhyno jumps onto the apron with the chair! Collision between Rhyno, Test, and the chair! Test staggers back into a roll up! 1...2...3! It's over! Chris Kanyon smiles and walks over and shakes hands with Rhyno, thanking him for interfering and helping win this match.
Overall Rating: 77%
Crowd Reaction: 75%
Match Quality: 80%
Vince McMahon is backstage, and announces that he is making the WWE Heavyweight title vacant, effective immediately, due to injuries Chris Jericho suffered at Backlash which will keep him on the shelf for several months.
Overall Rating: 93%
Mark Henry vs Shawn Michaels.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Bill DeMott will be the referee for this match.
This is a qualifying match towards the King of the Ring tournament.
Late In The Match: Mark Henry can barely stand. Sweet Chin Music! 1....2....3. Christian comes running down the aisle with a chair and into the ring! Michaels turns...and is dropped by a vicious chair shot! Christian has left Michaels down and bloodied.
Overall Rating: 75%
Crowd Reaction: 79%
Match Quality: 66%
Vince McMahon is backstage, and announces that at King Of The Ring we will see John Cena and Kurt Angle fight one on one for the vacant WWE Heavyweight title, as they were the top contenders who last faced Chris Jericho.
Overall Rating: 99%
Johnny Stamboli vs Randy Orton vs Val Venis vs William Regal.
Match Background: This will be a four corners bout. This match is for the WWE Intercontinental title. Randy Orton has been WWE Intercontinental champion since 24 April 2005.
Late In The Match: Tiger suplex on Val. Randy Orton moves in for the kill. RKO! 1....2....3.
Overall Rating: 81%
Crowd Reaction: 83%
Match Quality: 77%
Randy Orton and Big Show are backstage in their locker room, hanging out, chatting about tonight's show.
Overall Rating: 85%
Big Show vs Scott Steiner.
Late In The Match: Big Show grabs Scott Steiner from behind and shoves him into the ropes, then scores with a roll-up...but Steiner rolls through with the move! He used a pull of the tights to get Show over! 1....2...3! The referee was out of position and didn't see it! Triple H comes running down the aisle with a chair! Scott Steiner is just leaving the ring...and HHH scores with a brutal chair shot! Scott Steiner falls to the floor holding his head.
Overall Rating: 84%
Crowd Reaction: 91%
Match Quality: 71%
Lana Star is standing in the set for her personal interview segment. She announces that tonight's guests are John Cena and Kurt Angle. They make separate entrances, and stand either side of Lana. The interview goes off without any violence, although both workers make some strong remarks about the other, and tensions are high when the interview ends.
Overall Rating: 88%
Kane vs Triple H.
Late In The Match: Scott Steiner comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Triple H turns around. Scott Steiner spins HHH around. Scott Steiner hits the Novocaine! Steiner leaves the ring, the damage done! Cover gets three for Kane, HHH got pinned. Kane \ Steiner are beating down on Triple H! The music of Shawn Michaels hits, and he comes running down the aisle into the ring. Kane and Steiner bail out of the ring, leaving Triple H down in the ring. Shawn Michaels may have saved Triple H from a brutal beating.
Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 84%
Match Quality: 70%
RAW Overall Rating: 83%
We got a 6.11 rating for 'RAW'!
The attendance level was 10004 people.
We made $400160 from ticket sales.
April 27, 2005
Event Report for HeAT
Announcers: Jonathan Coachman and Al Snow
Reported by The Dames
Test vs William Regal.
Match Background: The winner of this match will compete in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship next week.
Late In The Match: Rhyno comes running down the aisle and onto the apron! Test turns...and is dropped throat-first onto the top rope by Rhyno! Rhyno has left Test in big trouble. William Regal floors Test. Here it comes...Regal Stretch! Test taps! William Regal shakes hands with Rhyno, showing that their plan worked perfectly.
Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 75%
Match Quality: 83%
Lana Star is standing in the set for her personal interview segment. She announces that tonight's guests are John Cena and Kurt Angle. They make separate entrances, and stand either side of Lana. Cena mentions that he will be ina qualifying match for the King of the Ring tournament, and if he wins, he gets to pick his opponent at SummerSlam. Kurt says Cena won't make it to SummerSlam as the champion. It doesn't take long before insults are flying, and soon Lana Star is shoved aside, and the two workers brawl, taking most of the set with them. Lana does not look happy as she surveys the damage to the set.
Overall Rating: 83%
Physical Perfection vs The Dudley Boyz vs Burn Victims vs The Nightmares.
Match Background: This will be an elimination bout. The Dudley Boyz are one of the most experienced teams in the promotion. This match is for the WWE Tag Team titles. The Dudley Boyz have been WWE Tag Team champions since 04 April 2005.
During The Match: Super kick by Rob Van Dam. ONE...TWO...THREE. RVD defeats Richards. Massive lariat! Stan Hansen would approve. The ref gets into position, administers the three count, and it's over. Bubba Ray Dudley pins RVD. Death valley driver (not to be confused with the DVD 500) by Billy Gunn connects and D-Von Dudley is down! Billy Gunn moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Fame-Ass-Er. 1....2...3, it's finished.
Winners and new WWE Tag Team Champions: Physical Perfection
Overall Rating: 77%
Crowd Reaction: 76%
Match Quality: 79%
Vince McMahon is backstage, and announces that tonight we will see Rhyno \ Steiner and The KLIQ II fight in a tag team match.
Overall Rating: 97%
Carlito Caribbean Cool vs John Cena.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Stephanie McMahon will be the referee for this match. This is a qualifying match towards the King of the Ring tournament.
Late In The Match: Carlito Caribbean Cool is in trouble. F-U!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Kurt Angle comes running down the aisle, and gets into the ring! Kurt Angle drops Cena to the canvas. Kurt Angle quickly locks on the Angle Lock! John Cena has been left down on the canvas.
Overall Rating: 80%
Crowd Reaction: 81%
Match Quality: 78%
Shattered Dreams are in the ring. La Resistance come out onto the sound stage, and issue a challenge for a 4-team TLC match against two SmackDown! teams at King Of The Ring, where the winner recieves the services of a new manager. Shattered Dreams accept, and the two teams trade insults for a while before leaving.
Overall Rating: 80%
Christian vs Muhammed Hassan.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Trish Stratus will be the referee for this match. This is a qualifying match towards the King of the Ring tournament.
Late In The Match: Christian scores with a quick roll up. 1.2.3! Trish Stratus made a lightning fast three count, Muhammed Hassan had no chance to kick out. Shawn Michaels comes running down the aisle with a chair! Christian is just leaving the ring...and Michaels scores with a brutal chair shot! Christian falls to the floor holding his head.
Overall Rating: 80%
Crowd Reaction: 69%
Match Quality: 91%
A-Train is walking backstage, when he meets Scott Hall. They trade insults, get in each others faces, but eventually walk off without coming to blows.
Overall Rating: 75%
Big Show vs Mark Henry.
Match Background: The winner of this match will compete in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship next week.
Late In The Match: Val Venis comes running down the aisle with a chair! Henry goes to irish whip Big Show into the ropes. Val hits Show with a chair to the back! Mark Henry moves in for the kill. World's Strongest Slam! 1....2....3. Henry \ Val are beating down on Big Show! The music of Randy Orton hits, and he comes running down the aisle into the ring. Henry and Val bail out of the ring, leaving Big Show down in the ring. Randy Orton may have saved Big Show from a brutal beating.
Overall Rating: 81%
Crowd Reaction: 82%
Match Quality: 79%
Randy Orton is sitting in his locker room, when Big Show walks in. He thanks Randy Orton for his recent help, and they shake hands.
Overall Rating: 85%
Rhyno and Scott Steiner vs The KLIQ II.
Match Background: The KLIQ II used to be a regular team, but have been inactive for a while. Whether this match will lead to a reformation as an active unit remains to be seen. Steiner and HHH have been feuding recently. Neither has managed to get an in-ring victory in this feud.
Late In The Match: Steiner holds Triple H in place. Rhyno charges...but HHH ducks, and Rhyno ends up flooring Steiner with a Gore! Triple H floors Scott Steiner. Scott Steiner gets locked in the Sleeper Hold! Submission victory! Rhyno and Steiner remain in the ring, arguing. Scott Steiner looks really angry. Rhyno pushes Steiner away and walks off, looking furious.
Overall Rating: 85%
Crowd Reaction: 93%
Match Quality: 69%
HEAT Overall Rating: 80%
We got a 5.92 rating for 'HEAT'!
The attendance level was 10034 people.
We made $401360 from ticket sales.