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00:00Welcome to WWE Backlash!
00:04It is a night where the potent smell of vengeance is in the air.
00:09My gosh!
00:11Mistakes are raised.
00:12My God!
00:16After stepping off the grand stage of WrestleMania,
00:19some rivalries just aren't settled.
00:20When one good story ends, an even better one begins.
00:25In many instances, you're just getting started.
00:27You can just feel the tension between these two.
00:31The world tunes in as the WWE superstars prepare themselves
00:35for the impending backlash.
00:38The backlash is coming.
00:40This is WWE's Greatest Moments.
00:45It's your son of a man!
00:47Oh my God, what the hell are you doing?
00:51Absolutely unbelievable!
00:53Welcome, maybe I'm against you.
01:01Welcome everyone to WWE's Greatest Moments.
01:04I'm Michael Cole.
01:05And on this edition, we're looking back the best of Backlash.
01:09We welcome you to Backlash!
01:12WrestleMania has consequences.
01:14All scores are not settled.
01:17What will the Backlash be?
01:18So there is quite frankly no event more appropriately named than this one.
01:22Boy, this atmosphere, can you feel it?
01:25In April of 2007, Cena walked in and out of WrestleMania 23,
01:29holding the WWE Championship.
01:31John Cena is still the champ!
01:35With the target on his back the size of the moon,
01:38some of the biggest names in WWE would buy for a chance to take that title for themselves.
01:43You want some? Come, get some.
01:47At Backlash, the leader of the C Nation would defend his title against three challengers
01:52in what may be the toughest match of his career.
01:57The first man to score a pin or a submission will be the WWE Champion.
02:05Look at that talent.
02:07You get The Edge and you get Orton, you get Cena.
02:11Every one of these men want to be the champion, but who wants it more?
02:15You know, it doesn't get much bigger than that.
02:17Who are the biggest stars in the company at the time?
02:20Oh man, in a Fatal 4-Way, you gotta watch your back.
02:22You need eyes in the back of your head, JR.
02:24You gotta watch every direction.
02:26We threw everything we had at each other and everything about that night was so exciting.
02:31That match at Backlash, it was one of my favorite finishes that I can remember.
02:36Oh, spear!
02:38What Orton does it?
02:39Ah!
02:41Cena!
02:41M-U!
02:42M-U's!
02:44Oh, Michael's got some two music!
02:46Michael and Cena fell on Orton!
02:49And it's over!
02:50My God, I don't believe it!
02:51The end of that match is insane.
02:54The timing is ridiculous.
02:56The audience and the crowd is there for all of it.
02:59It's a masterpiece.
03:00Bottom line, John Cena is, by God, still the WWE Champion!
03:07In 2016, the WWE Draft saw Women's Champion Charlotte Flair taking her talents exclusively
03:14to the Raw brand, leaving SmackDown without a title to compete for.
03:18I was the best for over 300 days.
03:24McQueen was designated the Raw Women's Champion and in turn,
03:27the SmackDown Women's Championship was born.
03:29Each one of you has the potential to be the face of the Team Blue Women's Division.
03:34At the 2016 event, a six-pack elimination challenge was held to determine the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion.
03:44And that's what it's all about!
03:46It was a really exciting time in the company because this was a new championship.
03:50They needed credibility instantly.
03:54The women's division was hot at that time.
03:57Because you had Carmella, Alexa Bliss, me, Nadia, Nikki Bella, and there was Naomi.
04:04Naomi's coming!
04:06Everybody wants to win the match.
04:07Everybody wants to win the match.
04:08Everybody wants to be the women's champion.
04:09Natalya has just eliminated Naomi from the six-pack challenge.
04:14And the girls are competitive, just like the guys.
04:16And Natalya's out!
04:18Oh, Carmella, Jack to the cover of Bella!
04:20Jake's been eliminated, too!
04:23It's down to Becky Lynch and Carmella!
04:30The whole crowd says,
04:31I was champing Becky.
04:33There was only one person they wanted to see as champ, and that was me.
04:37Oh!
04:38The server!
04:40The server!
04:41The server!
04:44The server!
04:45She did it!
04:46She did it!
04:47She did it!
04:48She did it!
04:50And I became the first night that won whichever.
04:52It's been miles.
04:53It's been struggles.
04:55And you have believed in me every step of the way.
04:59So thank you!
05:022024 saw WWE venture to heights it had never reached before,
05:06one of which took place at that year's Backlash,
05:09marking the first time it was held outside North America,
05:12and the first time any premium live event was held in France.
05:15We are here in France because of you!
05:19I got goosebumps at ringside as the Lyon faithful showed their appreciation
05:24and brought a sheer energy and excitement that won't soon be forgotten.
05:32You are looking live at the sold-out LDLC Arena in Lyon, France.
05:39This is Backlash!
05:42Corey, it is loud as hell in here tonight!
05:45The crowd is just so loud, so excited for us to be there.
05:49One of my absolute favorite moments in my career,
05:53from the fan reaction to the match,
05:56you feed off that crowd.
05:58Kevin Owens soaking in an incredible moment!
06:01The decibel level on that one?
06:03It definitely ranks up there.
06:04It's gotta be one of the top ones we've done.
06:09When they're excited like that, so are all of us.
06:13They've never done anything like this!
06:15Like, the walls are moving! This is nuts!
06:18I'm listening to this crowd first-hand,
06:20and I'm just thinking,
06:22wow.
06:27They took me to another level that I hadn't been in a long time.
06:32The camera is bouncing!
06:35It's a traditional celebratory song here in France.
06:38It's about the word phenomenal.
06:42Good luck to anyone who thinks they can come close to Lyon, France that night.
06:47That was such an amazing moment for me.
06:50An absolutely incredible night!
06:53Thank you, Lyon, for Backlash!
06:58Till they come.
07:00Every one of these men want to be the champion.
07:03Oh, no!
07:04Oh, thank you!
07:04That's still...
07:06Two superstars that were no strangers to absolute carnage
07:09were the Brothers of Destruction, Kane and The Undertaker.
07:13In 2001, the Satanic siblings were WWE Tag Team Champions.
07:17How impressive is The Undertaker on Sunday at WrestleMania?
07:21But standing in their way was an unlikely alliance
07:23between WWE Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin
07:27and Intercontinental Champion Triple H.
07:30The two most dominant men in the World Wrestling Federation!
07:35At Backlash 2001, all the respective titles were on the line
07:39in a winner-take-all match.
07:44This will be a slobberknocker main event!
07:48Two-man power trip.
07:49Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austin
07:52against the Brothers of Destruction.
07:54I remember this match being pretty, like, chaotic and wild for sure.
07:58This is what they call for all the marbles!
08:01The Twin Towers of Doom asserting themselves!
08:05Look at the ring and see two guys like that
08:07with that mistake about each one of them.
08:10Man, I mean, that's something that's just straight out of a comic book.
08:15You have to admire the teamwork of Austin and Triple H here!
08:19The guys that I trust the most in the ring with,
08:23those three guys, it was a lot of fun to be a part of that.
08:26Oh, my God!
08:27Oh, no!
08:28Stunner on Kane!
08:30Austin knocked on the railing by The Undertaker,
08:33but the game's got the sledgehammer!
08:35Right ahead!
08:37He came in the head!
08:38No!
08:39No, God!
08:40No damage!
08:41No!
08:42New Tag Team Champions!
08:44When you have every championship that there is for you to gain in WWE,
08:49I think that just kinda honestly solidifies the legacy.
08:52The two-man power trip have all the gold!
08:58At WrestleMania 19, The Rock defeated his longtime rival,
09:02the Texas Rattlesnake Stone Cold Steve Austin.
09:04The hook of the leg!
09:06And the Rock has done it!
09:07History has been made!
09:09The following night on Raw,
09:10a Rock Appreciation Night was held by the man himself.
09:13The Rock likes that!
09:15The Rock likes that!
09:15But the party came to a screeching halt
09:17when WCW legend Goldberg made his long-awaited debut in WWE.
09:23You're next!
09:27Oh, how long have we been waiting for this?
09:30And here we go!
09:31Sit back and enjoy, folks!
09:32The Rock and Goldberg!
09:34I think that coming from WCW to WWE
09:38and making that splash,
09:41it had to be with the right person.
09:43No!
09:43Oh!
09:44It's so much power!
09:46It was the opportunity to create something
09:49that was once in a lifetime.
09:51Oh!
09:52Oh!
09:52Oh!
09:54Straight through that skill pole.
09:56Oh!
09:56Oh!
09:57Oh!
09:57Oh!
09:58Oh!
09:59Oh!
09:59Oh!
10:00Wiedemieniem, że Rock i myself jest że jest to, że jest to, że jest to, że jest to, że jest
10:05to, że ja jest to, co tam jest.
10:06Bierz! Zgadł się do tego, że nie ma.
10:10Oh, no, nie lubiÄ™ siÄ™, co nie lubiÄ™, co siÄ™ dzieje.
10:13Oh, no! Oh, no!
10:15And jest The Rock again!
10:17I Goldberg-Colingmore...
10:19...pisz up to Great One!
10:21Oh, my...
10:22Oh, the Jack-Hammer Slam!
10:24The Jack-Hammer Slam!
10:25By Goldberg!
10:26I can't believe it!
10:28I think he was instrumental in my life.
10:30Zdjęcia niechalanie.
10:36To wdech.
10:37Wdech.
10:37To nie ma wrestling.
10:39To nie ma niż co.
10:41Nie ma niż co.
10:43Nie ma wdech.
10:44Nie ma wdech.
10:45Nie ma wdech.
10:47WierdawacÄ™ w latach 90.
10:52Wiedziem w USA.
10:53Wielki świeci.
10:58Wielki.
10:58Wardeci je na słońce, że ktoś mogłabym na Uwcze.
11:03Okej, w tej chwili to dром.
11:04Nie ma w stanie u Paulczii o Steve-Austin,
11:06nie ma w stanie w tej chwili o słońce.
11:08Nie ma w stanie u nastrój o Steve-Austin,
11:12to nie będzie zakończył NAS,
11:14i nie można z tym dobyć z tym samym.
11:16SztybÄ… dla yeux,
11:18ale mogÄ™,
11:19bo z tamtano,
11:20mówi o przesław.
11:22Dzień dobry.
11:51Dzień dobry.
11:51There was this classic moment where Rock commandeered the ringside camera.
11:55Rock commandeered the camera.
11:57Look at this!
11:58You go directly to hell, and you'll take that with your compliments on Rock.
12:04Rock was cool. So cool that he could suffer humiliation and still be the man.
12:11Hey, Rock! Put that camera! Hey, Rock!
12:14Oh, .
12:17The craziest thing is he takes a stunner while holding the camera so you get his POV.
12:24What kind of money?
12:25This is maybe the first or one of the first times where we saw anyone truly sort of break the
12:31fourth wall.
12:32Something very unique and special.
12:34That was just able to be authentic.
12:37Austin wins! Austin wins!
12:41The death-defying antics of Shane McMahon are not for the faint of heart.
12:45Putting his body on the line for the fans countless times seemed like something Shane O'Mac did just for the
12:50fun of it.
12:51Oh! Shane with a front kick!
12:55Backlash 2001. The Boy Wonder was set to take on the Colossal Big Show in a last-man-standing match.
13:02Once the match started, the Giant looked high and low, but he couldn't find Shane.
13:07Which way did he go?
13:08Shane O'Mac decided he would take a giant leap of faith.
13:15Well, Shane McMahon, if he knows no beer, he'll not be intimidated.
13:20It's all about telling that physical story.
13:23And Shane McMahon using that Kindle stick.
13:26How, then, do you create this atmosphere and the excitement where everyone is just going,
13:32oh, and they want to see more.
13:33Man, they get goosebumps thinking about it.
13:36Now the big man's got the weapon!
13:38The poison!
13:38Shane wanted to entertain the fans, and for him giving everything out was taking a ridiculous risk.
13:45And Shane McMahon doing the smartest thing that he could do,
13:48and that's to get as far away from the Big Show as he can.
13:51But the Big Show's following him!
13:53There's Tess!
13:55Tess with a big shot!
13:57The Big Show and Tess had caught the old location last week,
14:01and Tess hasn't forgotten.
14:03Oh, Tess!
14:04What?
14:04Oh, my God! Don't do it, Shane!
14:06Don't do it!
14:07Oh, my God!
14:08Oh, my God!
14:09Oh, my God!
14:11He went out there and put it all on the line.
14:13And I think fearless.
14:15What's the term?
14:16There is no third gear.
14:17There's first gear and sixth gear.
14:18He had that sixth gear.
14:21He had to be 50 feet in the air!
14:24That goes down in the annals of time of one of the coolest things I've ever done.
14:29Shane McMahon is just the last man standing!
14:35In 2002, the WWE Universe witnessed the return of the immortal Hulk Hogan to his rightful home.
14:41I never thought that Hulkamania today would be running wilder and stronger than it's ever been.
14:47The icon would soon find himself in the world title picture with the King of Kings, Triple H.
14:53It will be an honor for me to be in the ring with the immortal Hulk Hogan.
15:04The young lion!
15:06The fancy older lion!
15:08That was the guy we watched growing up and being a kid again and stepping in the ring with Hulk
15:13Hogan.
15:13So it was really cool.
15:15Well, when I wrestled Triple H, I was a little bit nervous going out there.
15:18You know, because he was real hungry and real aggressive.
15:22Made for an interesting match.
15:25This championship is as much a part of the game's life as any fiber in his being.
15:30But the same can be said for Hollywood Hulk Hogan.
15:33There are certain moments that are surreal.
15:36Standing in the ring and looking at Hulk Hogan pointing at the whole crowd going, you.
15:40It was just a part of you that stepped back in your life to a little kid.
15:44It makes you realize, like, holy cow, this is quite a life.
15:49Look out here!
15:50The leg drop!
15:51Hogan got the leg drop!
15:52The referee's there!
15:54There's a count!
15:55Woo!
15:56Oh, my God!
15:57He's done it!
15:58My God!
15:59My God!
16:00He's done it!
16:00Oh, my God!
16:01The celebration afterwards was like a dream.
16:04You know, I never dreamed that I would be the champ again.
16:07I never dreamed I'd be in front of the WWE Universe.
16:09I never dreamed that the fans would keep this dream alive so long.
16:13I mean, this was, this was one through the books to win that title again.
16:16We have witnessed the rebirth of Hulkamania!
16:23Up next is our final two moments on the countdown.
16:25Oh, my God!
16:26I got a slap!
16:27What will take the number one spot?
16:32Stars across the globe have always been drawn to the spectacle of WWE.
16:36Ha, ha, ha!
16:37Snoop!
16:38Perhaps none as impressive as Latin hip-hop icon.
16:42Bad Bunny is here!
16:44The hottest star on the planet.
16:49After interfering in a match at WrestleMania 39.
16:52Bunny took the chain!
16:54Bad Bunny now had a score to settle with his former ally turned bitter rival.
16:58I'm gonna end your entire career!
17:01Don't do this, please!
17:02Go!
17:04And what better place to do it than his home?
17:07The island of Puerto Rico in a San Juan street fight.
17:10I'm going to Puerto Rico to kick your ass.
17:19It is a San Juan street fight where anything goes.
17:24You don't know who Bad Bunny is.
17:25You're not living under a rock.
17:27You're living under a mountain.
17:29Here on the island, it made hardcore famous.
17:33Bad Bunny!
17:34I'll be honest, I've never felt a ring rumble.
17:38We're in Bad Bunny's entrance since the first time in my career that I've felt that.
17:42Let the games begin!
17:44I've worked with Bunny.
17:45I know what he brings to the table.
17:47Bunny's the kind of celebrity that comes in.
17:49He's gonna deliver.
17:50Bunnies can fly!
17:51It was bigger than any one win or loss.
17:53Oh!
17:54Oh, God, no!
17:56Oh, my God!
17:58And basically let the world know, we can do this, and we can do it anywhere.
18:02The Bunny destroyer!
18:08Bad Bunny with the win!
18:10I was very proud of that.
18:13Every aspect of that felt so special.
18:15Tonight belongs to San Juan and Bad Bunny!
18:22It's now time for our number one moment, and it's one of the most brutal matches in WWE history.
18:29In early 2004, Mick Foley and Randy Orton were locked in a bitter rivalry,
18:33following in a violent confrontation at the Royal Rumble.
18:36How personal is this between Foley and Orton?
18:40The King of Hardcore would soon issue a challenge for Orton's Intercontinental Championship at Backlash 2004.
18:47No rules!
18:48No holds barred!
18:49Whatcha gonna be, Randy?
18:52Yes!
18:56Randy Orton may be in store for a beating here tonight at Backlash.
19:01Has this started already?
19:02This is not right!
19:02It's a no holds barred match.
19:04The match itself was just crazy.
19:08Oh my God!
19:10Body snap!
19:11On the bit of the barbed wire!
19:13If you call yourself the legend killer, we'll improve it.
19:17Oh my God!
19:19It's thousands of thumbtacks!
19:20I remember sprinkling those thumbtacks on the ground.
19:24And I knew it was gonna...
19:27...hurt.
19:29Oh God!
19:31Oh my God!
19:32Oh my God!
19:33Oh my God!
19:33He looks like a human pinclutch!
19:35Oh my God!
19:38Oh my God!
19:38The match played to all my strengths and shied away from what we thought were his strengths.
19:44Oh no!
19:45Oh my God!
19:47Oh my God!
19:47And yet he hung in there.
19:49Ball's down anywhere!
19:51My God!
19:52Orton got his shoulder up and I don't know how he did it.
19:54I didn't think he was tough enough, but he is!
19:56Oh God!
19:57Oh my God!
19:58Oh my God!
19:59That did it!
20:00It's over!
20:01I could tell there was a shift where the fans started taking me more seriously after that.
20:06We saw a different side of Randy Orton!
20:12Backlash has been the stage for countless unforgettable matches and moments.
20:15Giving the WWE Universe a front row seat to the birth of bitter rivalries.
20:20The end of the excruciating contentions.
20:22As long as someone is looking for a fight, the hits will keep on coming.
20:26That'll do it for this edition of WWE's Greatest Moments.
20:30I hope you've enjoyed this look back at the best of Backlash.
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