Backlash Results and Impressions

[Professor S]

Starting at 8 PM EST I'll be posting the results on the WWE PPV and also posting my thoughts.

Those of you interested, check back throughout the night for updates. Those of you not interested, please don't waste all our time by posting on this thread. Thanks.

[Bond]

Wow, I've been so out of the WWE lately I completely forgot about Backlash.

I don't even know the matches.

[Professor S]

Great match. Los Guerreros are just awesome. Tons of cheating by both sides including chokes with the tag ropes. Chavo is finally showing some of the personality that got him over in WCW.

Winner: Team Angle - But Chavo lays them both out with a plancha afterwards and Los Guerreros steal the titles and leave in a sparkling green low riding Caddie with hydrolics that plays la Cucaracha on the horn... I'm not kidding.

Between matches the camera catches Test forcing himself on Torrie backastage.

[Professor S]

Piper out first to introduce with a basket full of, you guessed it, coconuts. In Pipers words "a loverly basket of coconuts".

Well, it was short, and that was a good. As a match it was there. I think the point was to have Piper take a coconut to the dome, but put over O'Haire in the process. The coconut shot was rough, and Piper was bleeding afterwards. Maybe a little 20 year old revenge for the real coconut shot on Snuka? Hmmmmm..

Winner: Shawn O'Haire

In Between: Sable tells Staci that Torrie forced herself on Test. RVD talks to Kane about loving the titles, but worried that Morley won't let them win. Kane says to just go out there and win.

[Professor S]

Chief Morley guest ref. He no likey RVD and Kane.

RVD and Kane finally get a PPV payday for being the Champions.

This one continued the angle of RVD/Kane vs The Administration vs the Dudley Boys. Good match. Morley low blows Kane for the Dudleys but when Bubba Ray covers, he does a normal count so that Kane would kick out? Wouldn't he do a quick count? Does this make sense.

Oh well, its the WWE. Run in from Storm that gets botched. Everyone kills everyone including Morley getting a 3D.

Winner: RVD and Kane Retain

In between: Staci confronts Torrie and to quote Joey Styles... CAT FIIIIIIIGHT!!!

[Professor S]

Teddy Long intrduces Jazz and "hollas" at all the "playas". Jazz talks about being a bitch and how she's black. I really don't like the whole racial angle, and I don't see how anyone in the company thinks it will draw money.

Best match so far tonight. And yet again, I'm not kidding. Stiff work and a great spot where Jazz countered Trishes corner top turnbuckle Rana into a single leg crab, dropping to the canvas. Awesome.

End with Teddy Long breaking up a count with his SHOE, and hilariously blaming a fan in the crowd. Trish angry, Jazz rolls up Trish, holding the ropes to win the title.

Winner: Jazz

In between: Booker, Michaels and Nash talk in the back. Nash says to leave HHH to him.

[Professor S]

I liked this match, but I can see how many wouldn't. It was a classic big man vs little man match with some great spots. At one point Rey hit 3 619's in a row on Big Show. One to the stomach, one to the back of the knees and finally one to the head. In trhe end they were all hope spots, but nothing real. Big Show wins with a HUGE choke slam.

Winner: The Big Show

After the match, they stretch Rey, strapping him down. Big Show comes out, clears out all the EMTs, and the next spot was simply incredible.

The Big Show grabbed the whole stretcher, threw it up on his should, and swung it like a baseball bat against the corner post... HARD. Rey landed on his face... HARD. Sick.

In between: Interview with HHH, Jericho and Flair. Standard we're going to beat them up promo. Staci and Torrie... CAT FIIIIGHT!!! Torrie cracks Staci over the head with a box. Steiner comes out to help Staci up. Test comes out and gets angry, calling Steiner a loser. I can't wait for THIS feud...

[Professor S]

WWE Title Match... in the middle of the card. I hope the hard split happens soon, like its supposed to, because a lot of titles are losing their heat with the joint PPVs.

Cena comes out rapping about being the new champ, in a Yankees jersey... in Worchester, Mass. Cheap heat anyone? He drops all kinds of former champion names in the lyrics, including Bruno Sammartino, The Three Faces of Foley and Kurt Angle. It was actually pretty cool.

Lesnar comes out with a big bandage on his head from the chain shot. They make a big deal out of it. I smell "crimson mask" already.

Ok match, but Lesnar showed a lot of green psychologically compared to Cena, who is quickly becoming one of the best psychological wrestlers in the WWE. Cena carried lesnar through much of the match, but 3/4 in Lesnar took control and the match was just a botch after that. Good beginning, better middle, and crappy anti-climactic ending that made Cena look like a punk.

Winner: Lesnar retains

Side note: Cena is getting face pops. The WWE better pay attention and make him less, well, entertaining if they want to keep him a heel.

[Professor S]

*Prays to God*

Please Dear Lord, make HHH do whats best for the business and lay down for Booket T.

*Realizes that Bookers partners are Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels*

Oh thats right, Satan in booking this match... never mind.

At least HHH's music is still cool.

Decent 3 man tag. Flair looked better than he has in a long time. A lot of HHH avoiding Nash. In the end HHH gets the 3 over Nash. Who'd a thunk it?

Winner: Team HHH

In between: Recap of the sick Rey Mysterio spot and an update on Mysterio. He went to Trauma center. They're making a big stink about it, saying his vital signs are good and he may or may not be paralyzed. It was a sick spot, but i think they may be over doing it. More info on Smackdown.

[Professor S]

The Big Question: We know Goldberg is going over, but will Goldberg sell for The Rock seeing that he's retiring? Me no think so, but lets see.

Ugh. Good God. I hope The Rock didn't throw his back out carrying that lousy hump to a tolerable match. I literally have not seen anyone carried like that in years. The Rock made Goldberg look like a monster. He sold like crazy and played the coward through most of the match, and then basically jobbed out to Goldberg in one of the last matches, if not the last match of his amazing career.

The worst part? Its all for nothing. The crowd was at least 75% pro Rock and were BOOING Goldberg throughout the match and I'd have to say 90% of the crowd were against him at the end. It was funny listening to Coach try and convince us that the crowd loved him. Yet another experiment fails miseraby. The WWE needs to cut their losses now and get rid of him, considering he's a disease backstage.

Winner: Goldturd

Overall this was a below average showing for the WWE. The early and mid-card were good, even very good, but the top of the card was lacking in workrate, but more importantly the booking was absolutely horrible. You were left with the feeling that you could have skipped the PPV and not missed much of anything in the main event angles. The Rey Mysterio spot was amazing to see live, though. Definitely catch it on TV this week.

[TheGame]

hahaha.. not much I can say. But i'll give my 5 cents anyway.

I knew that would happen with Rock vs Goldberg.. especially after last Raw. Rock dissed the town (and of all towns, GB's home town) and the crowd gave half assed booes, then he dissed Goldberg and the crowd was screaming thier heads off with cheers.

As far as Cena/Brock, too damn predictable, I see why it was on the mid card. Also, I agree, Cena could become a face, or he needs to be neutral... trying to become an all out face and the crowd reacting to it good now is pretty hard. Fans dig heels for some odd reason.

as for HHH...hahahahahaha, I'll just leave it alone.

-EDIT-

I can't leave it too far alone...I just want to say, the HHH/Goldberg feud will be terrible. Unless HHH becomes a face (I don't know how on earth he can do this) I think we'll see the fans acting unlike Vince wants them to act again.

[nWoCHRISnWo]

Well match by match, I would say it was pretty average, but overall as a PPV, it was below average by a lot. Everything was predictable, nothing special happened, Goldberg sucks, etc.

Team Angle/Los Guerreros~ Good match, I liked it a lot, but I think they could be getting a lot more out of Eddie.

Rikishi/O'Haire~ Meh, it was a Rikishi match. I'm entertained by O'Haire and Piper's antics though.

RVD & Kane/Dudleys~ God this seems to have been going on forever with the same match every time, I don't know exactly what the fans are supposed to think after the match either.

Jazz/Trish~ Good match, is evidence in my statement that Raw's best or 2nd best match is usually the Women's match.

Big Show/Rey~ Good for what it was, but it wasn't much. This will likely set up Big Show vs Lesnar for Judgement Day, I can't wait. SICK SICK SICK spot at the end though, damn that was brutal.

Cena/Brock~ I love both guys, but I thought the match was pretty ****ty all in all. Don't forget that was Cena's hometown, thus possibly a reason for some face pops, I didn't really notice any during Smackdown before so that might be why.

Six Man match~ Well, it wouldn't have helped anyone if HHH won, so that's what happened. Big question is, will HHH ever lose on a PPV again, EVER? And look for Booker to feud with Flair and have a match at JD, as that's what happens a month or two after you get jobbed to Triple H. See: RVD

Piece of sh-t/Rock~ The match was what, 12 minutes or so? 7 minutes was stalling. Very predictable stuff here, Goldberg wins, Rock is pretty funny ("Oh, now you're gonna get it!"), and Goldberg still sucks ass. Looks like the near-distant future of WWE is Triple H, Nash, HBK, Goldberg, and Big Show... I think I might be missing my first WWF/E PPV since 1993 this year.

Oh yeah, and why the **** wasn't Benoit on the card? And Kendrick/Hardy was supposed to be on the PPV too I thought? I wouldn't even be watching WWE at all if it wasn't a habit I just do now.

[TheGame]

Six Man match~ Well, it wouldn't have helped anyone if HHH won, so that's what happened. Big question is, will HHH ever lose on a PPV again, EVER?

I dunno, but when he does lose (if that will happen) lets just pray it's to sombody who needs a push and can handle one... like Jericho or Booker T.

But, knowing HHH, he will only lose to his best friend... but a loss is a loss I guess. (I really don't care who wins in the HHH vs Goldberg feud, neither of them deserve to win a match like that)

[Professor S]

Game, you talk about people not being able to handle a push... do you even REMEMBER Jericho's title run? He got MASSIVE heel heat, and not the Big Bossman kind, good heel heat. So what happened? He walked Steph's dog and cleaned up its poop on national TV. The WWE champ walked Steph's dog. Gee, I wonder who she was going out with at the time? Hmmmm???

And how do you know who can and can't handle a title push? I mean, how WOULD oyu know seeing that HHH won't actually put anyone over. You keep on talking about HHH winning by cheating, and that is silly. Heel champs are supposed to cheat, and face champs are supposed to overcome the cheating and win anyway. That doesn't happen with HHH. He buries everyone. How tyou can think he is a good champion blows my mind. I try and put myself in the shoes of a HHH fan and he still stinks, in all categories except maybe his mic work, and even that has become redundant and counterproductive as he just belittle's all his opponents before beating them.

Now Nash is feuding with HHH, and Booker gets the joy of working with Flair. Gee, that won't kill any heat on Booker now will it? NAW. BTW, Nash looks like he should be on crutches, the way he hobbles around the ring.

Step back and take a look. The only people that HHH puts over are those that work with him on the storylines. Thank God Jericho finally learned the politics and decided to work an angle on the same side as HHH. Now maybe he won't have to lie down for him.

Question: Who do you think would logically make sense to get over on HHH?

You blame Vince, and I'm not saying you shouldn't, but that doesn't excuse HHH's backstage politics. Not at all. He's Nero, playing his fiddle as Rome burns. HHH should pick up a bucket and try and put out the fire instead of worrying about himself.

[BreakABone]

Well, I didn't watch the PPv because I thought the card looked rather weak, and Backlash has a history of disappointing for some odd reason, it must be the WrestleMania-hype die down, but thanks to Goldberg, I was able to check out the Rock vs Goldberg match which was rather.. hmm, better than Steiner vs Triple H, but damn Rock will be missed.

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