Rating: 
Summary: One match?
Review: Orton VS Foley was an overhyped match, but it least had it's share of brutality, blood and bumps. It compares nothing to what Mick's done in the past in the old WWF with the Undertaker (including the older matches from 1996 that had twice as much brutality as this tripe of a match) and Triple H. It also doesn't come close to Foley's exploits back in japan and ECW. I was really hyped for the match expecting it to be like the Cactus Jack VS Triple H match from Royal Rumble 2000. All we got was some weak shots from a fake barbwire bat and some heavy "blading" done by Orton. The thumbtacks were nice, but Mick let Orton win here. A pathetic attempt at hardcore wrestling. Why won't the WWE bring back the Hardcore title instead of manipulating us with matches like this?The Triple Threat match was a bit exiteing but it failed to impress like the one at wrestlemania. Some good spots but it was really just another push for Benoit as Triple H and HBK slip back down. Poor. Shelton Bejammin VS Flair was screwy and odd. Shelton is a great wrestler, but when wrestling against a washed up "has been" dinosaur like Flair, he fails. Shelton tried to carry Flair but it didn't work out. Pathetic. Y2J VS Christan and Trish was another overhyped borefest, Christan and Trish both got what was coming to them but the match was poor. The rest is terrible, Backlash 2004 was a below average follow up to a poor wrestlemania. I hope Judgment Day and Badd Blood are strong, because the WWE is on a downward sprial of doom. UTTER doom. It feels just like 1995 again. My predictions of next year is that the WWE is just gonna crumble and fall apart.
Rating: 
Summary: An Accurate Review
Review: Shelton Benjamin VS Ric Flair
This was a great opener. Both guys performed really well. It's good that Flair jobbed to Benjamin and still having them both look good. ***
Johnathan Coachman VS Tajiri
This match was basically useless. Kinda nice to see Coach get beat up. The Garrison Cade interference was useless AND random. *
Handicap Match
Chris Jericho vs. Christian & Trish Stratus
This match wasn't that bad. Chris Jericho had his run-ins with both of his opponenets. Still not as good as WrestleMania XX. Funny spot is when Chris Jericho hits a clothesline on Trish that came out of nowhere. ** 1/2
Women's Championship
Victoria VS Lita
This match was ok. As much as I love Lita she needed improvement for this one. Still it wasn't THAT bad of a women's match. **
No Holds Barred Match
Intercontinental Championship
Randy Orton VS Mick Foley
This match was great. As much as I don't like Orton he put on a great match. Foley was great. It was nice to see Foley dishing out the pain for a change. Good spot is where Foley reverses an RKO attempt from Orton and throws him onto the tacks! **** 1/2
Hurricane Helms & Rosey VS Sylvan Grenier & Rob Conway
The only thing that saved this match was Eugene Dinsmore. Eugene is mad funny. A spot is where he runs back and forth in the ring while the match is going on as William Regal tries to get him out the ring. Regal eventually gets him out but Eugene runs back. It's mad funny and brought emotion to a dead crowd. ** (Only because of Eugene)
Edge vs. Kane
Disappointment for a return match of Edge. Making him face Kane was a mistake. Both men should be embarrassed but I've seen worse (Coach/Tajiri fued). *1/2
Triple Threat Match
The Final Encounter
World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit VS Shawn Michael VS Triple H
This match was great! Not as good as the WrestleMania XX Encounter but still good. Only thing missing is blood. Benoit looked great countering, selling and hitting trademark moves in his hometown. Making Shawn Michaels tap in Canada: Poetic justice or tragic irony? **** 3/4
Rating:
Summary: Very Good
Review: Shelton Benjamin vs. Ric Flair
Great opener with Flair doing the right thing in this match. Benjamin is an amazing talent and will be main eventing by year's end.
Tajiri vs. Jonathan Coachman
Tajiri's a world class cruiserweight and he's brought to Raw for this? Not THAT bad but Coach is ridiculous. Only skidmark on the card
Handicap Match
Chris Jericho vs. Christian & Trish Stratus
Just as good as WM. Back and forth and Jericho getting a little revenge on Trish. Solid Match.
WWE Women's Championship
Victoria vs. Lita
Surprisingly good match. However Molly and Gail Kim ruin it.
Hardcore Match for the Intercontinental Title
Randy Orton vs. Cactus Jack
He was announced as Mick Foley and had that music but Cactus' spirit was alive and well. Two men putting their bodies on the line for the greater good of the company. Words just can't describe this. One of the better matches in years.
#1 Contender for the Tag Team Title match
La Resistance vs. Hurricane & Rosey
Even though this didn't have a chance it was still entertaining with a funny appearance by Eugene.
Edge vs. Kane
Certainly not exactly the mindblowing return the WWE had in mind for Edge. Ok but nothing you can't see on Raw.
Final Encounter Triple Threat World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels
Amazing! Drama, suspenseful ending and fantastic wrestling. Almost better than WM. Even though it should've been Benoit vs. Michaels. Trips is married to the big cheese's daughter...do the math...Still, another match of the year candidate.
Rating: 
Summary: Backlash 2004
Review: Shelton Benjamin vs. Ric Flair
Okay match, but it was a little dull and the finish was a little unexpected, and not in a good way. *¾ Tajiri vs. Coach
This was surprisingly decent, but very short and the ending sucked. Cade push = boredom. *½ Chris Jericho vs. Christian & Trish
Jericho was really on here, but the match wasn't too long and his opponent was Christian, so the match was just good (and fun) and nothing more. *** WWE Womens Championship
Victoria (c) vs. Lita Victoria tried, but Lita is just horrible. ½* WWE Intercontinental Championship
Randy Orton (c) vs. Mick Foley
Foley was absolutely fanatastic and Orton tried. Some really cool spots and brutality, but some of the brawling was actually a little dull (like Orton and Foley "fighting" over controll of the barbed wire bat), and I didn't get the point of teasing lighting the barbed wire bat. Also, the finish was a little akward and anti-climactic. Still... 4th best match of the year so far. ***½ La Ressistance vs. Hurricane & Rosey
Okay, but after Eugene actually got in the ring it got sloppy. ½* Edge vs. Kane
Decent match, but it was too short and the finish could have been done better. *½ World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit (c) vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels
It was ok, but after a little while it just got very dull and began to drag a lot. Finish was obvious and it's stupid that HBK couldn't hold on a couple more seconds (until Triple H broke up the sharp shooter), since the title is supposed to be the most prestigious thing in the world. ** There's nothing really bad (most of the low ratings are due to shortness of the matches), a couple of fun matches and one really good match in Foley vs. Orton. Mildly Recomended
Rating:
Summary: Backlash 2004
Review: Shelton Benjamin vs. Ric Flair
Okay match, but it was a little dull and the finish was a little unexpected, and not in a good way. *¾ Tajiri vs. Coach
This was surprisingly decent, but very short and the ending sucked. Cade push = boredom. *½ Chris Jericho vs. Christian & Trish
Jericho was really on here, but the match wasn't too long and his opponent was Christian, so the match was just good (and fun) and nothing more. *** WWE Womens Championship
Victoria (c) vs. Lita Victoria tried, but Lita is just horrible. ½* WWE Intercontinental Championship
Randy Orton (c) vs. Mick Foley
Foley was absolutely fanatastic and Orton tried. Some really cool spots and brutality, but some of the brawling was actually a little dull (like Orton and Foley "fighting" over controll of the barbed wire bat), and I didn't get the point of teasing lighting the barbed wire bat. Also, the finish was a little akward and anti-climactic. Still... 4th best match of the year so far. ***½ La Ressistance vs. Hurricane & Rosey
Okay, but after Eugene actually got in the ring it got sloppy. ½* Edge vs. Kane
Decent match, but it was too short and the finish could have been done better. *½ World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit (c) vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels
It was ok, but after a little while it just got very dull and began to drag a lot. Finish was obvious and it's stupid that HBK couldn't hold on a couple more seconds (until Triple H broke up the sharp shooter), since the title is supposed to be the most prestigious thing in the world. ** There's nothing really bad (most of the low ratings are due to shortness of the matches), a couple of fun matches and one really good match in Foley vs. Orton. Mildly Recomended
Rating: 
Summary: WWE Backlash 2004....GREAT
Review: Sunday April 18,2004
Edmonton,Alberta,Canada 1.Shelton Benjamin vs. Ric Flair
Pretty good match 7/10 2.Randy Orten Interview 3.Tajiri vs. Jonathan Coachman
Not so good.5/10 4.Chris Jerico vs Christian & Trish Stratus
8/10 5.Eugene in womans Locker room.FUNNY He pats Mollys head and screams.HAHAHA 6.Benoit video clip 7.Lita VS. Victoria(champ)
6/10 8.Randy Orten(CHAMP)VS. Mick Foley
Good match.I like Orten because he's from Missouri!!WOOOO
10/10 9.Triple H Interview 10.Hurrican And Rosey vs La Resistance 11.Edge vs Kane
9/10 12.Beniot(champ)vs Triple H vs HBK
100000/10.great Thanks 4 reading this you people rock!!!!
Rating:
Summary: Pretty good PPV
Review: This is an all-RAW brand PPV. It was pretty good overall, at least no majorly bad matches.
1) Ric Flair Vs. Shelton Benjamin - Pretty good match. Flair uses his experience to battle Shleton's enthusiasm. Kudos to Flair as he helps Shelton look like a million buck here. ***
2) Jonathan Coachman Vs. Tajiri - After a prank goes bad, Coach demands and gets Tajiri in the ring. This has DUD written all over it, but Coach is presented as an actual, serious wrestler and surprise surprise, this actually comes off OK! **
3) Chris Jericho Vs. Christian/Trish Stratus - After Trish turns on Y2J at WM, Jericho vows revenge and gets both of them in a handi-cap match. These two (three actually) really know how to work well with each other. Even better than their WM match, which was pretty good. ****
4) Victoria Vs. Lita - Womens Championship - Eh. Not a great match, but at least their took each other seriously (no comedy spots). *1/2
5) Mic Foley Vs. Randy Orton - I-C Falls count everywhere match - Orton punked out the retired Foley for months and even got a clean pin over him at WM. But now the chips are on Mic's side in this NoDQ anything goes match. Awesome fight which includes all of Foley's previous big deathmatch gimmicks (although in a WWE watered down version). Can Orton retain his I-C belt against the Hardcore Legend? ****1/2
6) La Resistance Vs. Rosey/Hurricane - RAW Tag-Tam Championship - Just filler to calm (bore) the crowd between the 2 matches. Remember when Tag-Team wrestling was cool? *
7) Edge Vs. Kane - Edge has returned after a year-long injury... only to immediatly injure his arm. However Edge is no pansy and proves it by STILL wrestling Kane! Seems like a RAW match, and not a great one. **
8) Chris Benoit Vs. HHH Vs. Shawn Michaels - RAW World Championship - The rematch from WM. Can Benoit retain his new Championship in his hometown? Or will HHH and HBK prove it was a fluke. Not as good as their WM match, but still a great one! The inclusion of Earl Hepher with Shawn getting the sharpshooter on Benoit was pretty cool! Yup the crowd HATED shawn even more than HHH, with good reason.. ****
Pretty good match. Easily recommended to rent for a wrestling fan but I don't think it's worth buying at cover price.
Rating:
Summary: This is RAW!!!!
Review: This is Mudd. Backlash was a great PPV until some matches slowed it down but overall it was enjoyable.
Shelton Benjamin vs. Ric Flair was a bad way to kick off this PPV and I kept saying that it should have been Batista not Flair but NOOoooooo. Shelton wins the match anyways and don't watch. (4/10)
Coach vs. Tajiri was even more boring then the first match. Tajiri does give Coach a wicked kick though and Coach wins thanks to Garrison Cade. (3.5/10)
Chris Jericho vs. Christian & Trish Stratus was a good match and better then what I expected and Y2J gets revenge on these 2 CLB's. (6/10)
Victoria vs. Lita for the Women's Championship. This was the worst match of the night and in was a sleep fest. Victoria retains the title while I snored. (3/10)
Randy Orton vs. Cactus Jack in a No Disqualifications Match for the Intercontinental Championship with Evolution banned from ringside. This match did not live up to expectaions and it was just so fake at some points and wish these guys actually took real bumps. Orton after an RKO onto a Barb Wire Bat. How FAKE!!! (7.5/10)
La Resistance vs. Hurricane & Rosey wasn't any worse then the Women's match and this match really hurt the card. Rosey and the Hurricane picked up the win over La Resistance. (3/10)
Edge vs. Kane was exactly what I expected it to be, nothing to great. You knew Edge was gonna win in his big return. (6/10)
Chris Benoit vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Championship. This was a top 3 match of the year because it had everything it it but I still can't decide if it's better then WrestleMania but anyways Beniot retains. (10/10)
This PPV was slowed down by some matches ad brought up by some matches. This PPV is getting three stars only because it has one of the matches of the year. But it is like .3 away from being a 2 star event.
Rating:
Summary: WOW GREAT WWE PPV
Review: This PPV has got to be one of the best, I honestly liked the triple threat match better the then triple threat match at WMXX on this PPV. BUT Your going to want to see this DVD BC of the Orton Vs Cactus Jack match, this match was so HARCORE it was nuts, this is just as good of the HHH vs Cactus jack at the royal rumble 2000, when orton took that bump over the Tacks, that was AWESOME, It was awesome cause orton went through the tacks and not foley (We were all excpecting foley to take that bump), that was a shock....this match had all the elementa of a japanese death match...boards of barb wire..thumb tacks..and barbwire bat....you have got to get this DVD...EVOLUTION IS A MYSTERY!!!
Rating:
Summary: Backlash 2004
Review: This was a pretty good pay per veiw. A lot of people say that the wwe is going down hill, but with this event it is only going to go higher. Shelton Benjamin vs. Ric Flair
A good solid opener that got the crowd into the event from the beginning. Coach vs. Tajiri
Coach actually showed some wrestling moves in this one but tajiri pretty much killed him through the whole thing........until the end. Womens Championship
Lita vs. Champion Victoria
This was an ok match...... women wrestling isn't really all that exciting....we just like to look. But it was a pretty good match. Intercontinental Championship
Champion Randy Orton vs. Cactus Jack/Mick Foley
This was probably the best match...when randy was thrown onto the tacks....it was awsome. World Title
Shawn Micheals vs. HHH vs.Champion Chris Benoit
This was almost as good as Wrestlemania 20 triple threat between these guys. This match should have been Shawn Micheals vs. Chris Bentoit but HHH always gets in the main event. It would have been really cool if bret hart was at Backlash 2004 but I don't know if after the screw job that they will ever do anything in the future. Also I think everyone is sick of HHH winning the title or being in the main event every month. It gets boring....... guys like Edge and Chris jericho should get title shots... they actually know how to wrestle like benoit. Goldberg should come back to.
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