josh howe Well this PPV was a kind of fallout from a fantastic Wrestlemania 22, in my opinion the last good Wrestlemania, the last few Wrestlemanias have been awful, but Backlash was a very weird but enjoyable show. First match even worth talking about was RVD Vs Shelton a very very good match both guys know how to put on a great match The Shawn Michaels and 'God' Vs Mcmahons is the single worst storyline ever, teasing Michaels over his beliefs come on gets a few laughs but stupid, A surprisingly good match is Mickie Vs Trish for the women's title, very enjoyable diva match, which never happens now because WWE have no real working divas in the company now as they are all Barbie dolls. WWE Title match Cena, Edge, Triple H again nothing special, this PPV is recommended for only die-hard WWE fans

kliko400 Now I do reckon Samckdown is better than Raw, & this PPV was not really bad but except one match. I mean come on, who would be so crazy enough to challenge God to a match. Raw should get fined for that.FIRST MATCH- CARLITO VS. CHRIS MASTERS Okay match to start the show with, both these two superstars prove that they can put an okay match. Carlito wins after a Backcracker, followed by a pin using the ropes. 5/10SECOND MATCH- UMAGA W/ ARMANDO ELJANDRO ESTRADA VS. RIC FLAIR Before the match, Armando Eljandro Estrada introduces Umaga to the ring. Ric Flair has been in this business for so long, & he gets squashed like this. Umaga wins after a Samoan Spike. 3/10THIRD MATCH- MICKIE JAMES VS. TRISH STRATUS FOR THE WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP I've got to say that I am quite a bit disappointed in this match, their Wrestlemania 22 encounter was way, way better. Trish lands bad on her hand on the apron. Mickie James gets disqualified after choking Trish with handcuffs. 3/10FOURTH MATCH- ROB VAN DAM VS. SHELTON BENJAMIN IN A WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP VS. MONEY IN THE BANK BRIEFCASE WINNER TAKES ALL MATCH This is what wrestling is all about. Great athletics & acrobatics by both men, especially Shelton Benjamin. The referee gets knocked down, so Benjamin tries to nail RVD with the briefcase, but RVD nails a kick with the briefcase on Benjamin, followed by the Five Star Frog Splash for the win, not only to keep his Money In The Bank briefcase, but also to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship as well. 5/10FIFTH MATCH- BIG SHOW VS. KANE Boring big man vs. big man match. These two are better as partners rather than opponents, a bad match. During the match, a May 19 voice starts saying May 19 has come which drives Kane really crazy. Big Show nails Kane with a steel chair, then leaves to the back as the match ends in a no contest. 3/10SIXTH MATCH- VINCE & SHANE MCMAHON VS. SHAWN MICHAELS & 'GOD' You know what, I'm not even going to comment on this match at all. Vince McMahon should be sent off TV & fired. If this was a Handicap match, I would off gave it 5/10, but involving dear 'God', Vince you really have done something crazy big time. 0/10SEVENTH MATCH- JOHN CENA VS. TRIPLE H VS. EDGE W/ LITA IN A TRIPLE-THREAT MATCH FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP An acceptable main event, HHH being busted open really badly makes the match a bit more interesting. John Cena overcomes the odds & gets a Jacknife roll-up on HHH for the win & to retain his WWE Championship. After the match, HHH goes berserk & attacks Cena, Edge & the referee with a sledgehammer, before leaving the back as the PPV goes off the air. 5/10An okay event, with some matches being great, then others being pretty boring & sloppy. But the biggest death nail in this PPV is The McMahon-Shawn match, I mean challenging 'God' to a match, not even the craziest man on Earth will do that. But overall it was an okay event, with last year's Backlash event being way better.Overall I'll give it 6/10 & a C

Stuart Wilson Backlash 2006 from Lexington, Kentucky seemed on the road to ruin until the final two matches of the evening. The undercard was mediocre to say the least. Carlito defeated The Masterpiece, Chris Masters in a decent opener. Umaga destroyed Ric Flair in a worthless match. Trish Stratus unfortunately suffered a dislocated shoulder in her WrestleMania 22 rematch with Mickie James. This cause the match to be cut short with Trish winning with a cheap disqualification victory. This certainly left the fans in attendance wondering what the hell had just happened. This wouldn't be the first time that night they would feel like that.The Money in the Bank vs the Intercontinental Championship match was up next. I was looking forward to this one and it more than had the potential to be the match of the night. Is it me, or has Rob Van Dam lost a step or two since coming back from injury? His match with Shelton Benjamin was a big disappointment. Maybe this would have been better if they had kept to the Money in the Bank tradition and had this one as a Ladder match too. What good does it do to have RVD become a six time Intercontinental Champion anyway? The booking of WWE lately leaves a lot to be desired.The next match on the card was one of the most awful matches in the history of WWE Pay Per View. Remember, fans in the United Kingdom have to stay up until around four in the morning to watch a WWE Pay Per View event live. Having something like this mess on the card only acts as a heavy dose of sleeping tablets. The Big Show vs Kane was dire and the ending was even worse. It ended in a no contest after the lights went out May 19th was quoted again and again and again for what seemed like an eternity. And I thought their PPV contests back in 1999 were bad. It will take a lot to beat this for worst match of 1999.I may be the only one who has enjoyed Vince McMahon's performances as of late regarding this whole God angle. His hammy, over the top acting went once step further during his introduction of God to Backlash. This was all truly comical stuff. To keep the feud rolling between the McMahon boys and Shawn Michaels it looked certain that this glorified handicap match was going to end up with the McMahon's picking up the victory. The match itself was highly entertaining. It didn't have the same "big time" feel to it that WrestleMania 22 had but it was riveting viewing none the less.The main event was next. WWE Champion John Cena was defending his title against both Triple H and Edge. The match was fantastic back and forth action and although the crowd were solidly behind Triple H I don't think anyone could have been certain about who was going to walk out with the gold. In the end Cena picked up the surprise victory with a pinfall over The King of Kings. However after the match, Triple H destroyed everyone with his trusty sledgehammer and it was him, not Cena, who we saw standing with his hands in the air as Backlash went of the air. This was certainly a sign to Edge and Cena to remind them as to who the real star of the WWE is.Backlash 2006 would have bombed out if it had not been for the last two matches of the night. For the past two years, when it comes to the one brand only Pay Per Views it has been Raw hands down that have been the cream of the crop. With the disaster known as New Years Revolution and now Backlash not proving great, maybe Smackdown's time has finally arrived. Raw may have the stars but without the booking team putting the right men in the right angles, their product will continue to fail. Hopefully we will see an improvement at Vengeance on July 25th.

Tex_Willer1987 This PPV didn't disappoint me. In fact, I was very pleased with it. The only bad thing was that Vince McMahon booked himself and his son Shane in a fight against HBK and GOD almighty which I found offensive. Now let me say a few words about the matches on the card:Match #1 - Carlito vs Chris Masters - I really liked the feud that developed between this two young athletes in the past couple of weeks. Some funny promos took place on RAw in that time. The match was really good. Carlito's head took a big bump after he hit a corner pad with his head when Masters performed a powerbomb like move, but it didn't stop Carlito to win this match. He used a backcracker to put down Masters and used his feet on the ropes for leverage for the victory. I've got a feeling that Carlito might be the new 'Dirtiest player in the game'. Crowd loves him even when he does illegal moves. Anyway a really good opener. 7/10Match #2 - Umaga vs Ric Flair - this was basically a squash match where Ric Flair jobbed like never before. In under 4 minutes he falls victim to Umaga who stays undefeated (although in 2002/03 under gimmick of Jamal he got beat on many occasions - but I guess new character means new person ... oh well). I was really sorry to see Nature Boy get beat like this. Maybe it's a sign of his retirement closing. 2/10Match #3 - Mickie James vs Trish Stratus (women championship) - unfortunately it is hard to judge this match because in the opening minutes Trish dislocated her right shoulder and I'm not sure that Trish winning by DQ was supposed to be the ending of this match. Anyway I rate it 5/10 because they are WWE divas - most beautiful women in the world and I have no heart to give them a lower grade.Match #4 - Shelton Benjamin vs Rob Van Dam (intercontintental championship/ Money in the Bank) - both MITB briefcase and intercontinental championship were on the line - after 18 minutes of a great battle RVD hits his Van Daminator to send briefcase right into Shelton's head which he followed by a beautiful 5 star frog splash. Winner and the new Intercontinental champion Rob Van Dam. 9/10Match #5 - Big Show vs Kane - this match went to a no contest because WWE is promoting a movie starring Kane so now Kane hears some voices in his head telling him about May 19th and something that happened on that date. Voices came over the loudspeakers and the lights in the arena went red - Kane fell on the ground holding his head trying to stop the voices - Big Show took a chair and hit Kane in the head with it to 'put him out of his misery' and then walked out. 3/10Match #6 - Vince McMahon & Shane McMahon vs Shawn Michaels & GOD (no holds barred match) - Vince changed the stipulation of the match to 'no holds barred right before it started. Although I hate this mocking of GOD the match had some nice spots - after ramming Shane's head into Backlash sign Shawn used crossbody to take himself and Vince to fall down to a lower meters. Although they landed on soft spot it was very nice because they fell down from some 5 meters of height. (I know it's no fall from the top of the cell but still...). In the end HBK laid out both Vince and Shane down in the ring and set up 20 foot ladder trying to perform the same thing he did at Wrestlemania 22 but unfortunately all 5 members of the Spirit Squad came out and beat on Shawn and slammed him through the table allowing Vince to cover HBK for the win. A very nice match 8/10Match #7 - John Cena vs Edge vs Triple H (WWE championship triple threat) - this was an awesome and brutal match - The first highlight of this match was Cena hoisting up both men on his shoulders at the same time for F-U but he couldn't connect. After that Edge performed his impaler DDT on Triple H on the Spanish announce table (always Spanish ...) and then rammed his head into the steel post which busted HHH open. HHH retaliated with a massive chair shot. Then he went to the ring to attack Cena but he retaliated with the STF-U submission hold but HHH got to the ropes. Cena then tried to use the same submission maneuver on Edge but before he tapped, Triple H stopped his hand and then whacked Cena with the microphone. After some recuperating Cena tried to perform his F-U finisher on Edge on the top rope but HHH came underneath Cena and took both of them down. He then tried to perform Pedigree but Cena reversed it into the jack-knife pin for the victory. Winner and still WWE champion John Cena. A great match 9/10Aftermath - HHH couldn't bear with the fact that he lost so he whacked both Edge and Cena with sledgehammer to finish of this PPV.