Backlash: Wrestlemania Repeat PPV???
Good or Bad??
·World Heavyweight Title: Chris Benoit d. Triple H (Champ) & Shawn Michaels to win the titleWresltemania XX (20):
·Christian d. Chris Jericho
·Handicap Match: Ric Flair, Randy Orton & Batista d. The Rock & Mick Foley. This was Foley's first match in 4 years
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·World Heavyweight Title: Chris Benoit (Champ) d. Triple H & Shawn MichaelsBacklash 2004:
·Handicap Match: Chris Jericho d. Christian & Trish Stratus
·Falls count Anywhere for I-C title: Champ Randy Orton beat Mick Foley
You see Chris Benoit won the title at Wrestlemania against HHH and HBK and look who he faced at Backlash, HHH and HBK. I think that this is one of the bad moves by the WWE to have Wrestlemania repeat matches at Backlash. It makes fans lose interest in the PPV because they know how the match will look (moves, counters etc). True, you might have some upsets or new winners in some matches but please I think it needs to be more interesting with than this.
I think the only good part of this is look at Wrestlemania, the Handicap Match between three-fourths of then Evolution versus The Rock and Mick Foley. At Backlash WWE did a different match but with two of the superstars that were in the Wrestlemania match in the “Falls Count Anywhere Match†between Randy Orton and Mick Foley. This is a different match but still I think it should have been an easy pick.
I think the point of Backlash is just for mostly Wrestlemania rematches and feuds to begin; but I think it really doest need a full PPV for it. I think that if it truly needs a PPV that it is a somewhat big joint PPV (not as big as Wrestlemania of course); to have all these events occur and some new things to begin or end.
In conclusion I really don’t think Backlash is a good PPV unless you also put SmackDown! in with it to make it a joint PPV. I think that Backlash should stay if and only if the WWE makes a joint PPV or it should just go away.
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