IWF Backlash (2000)

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Backlash (2000) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF) promotion. It took place on April 30, 2000 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.. It was the second event under the Backlash chronology. Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card.

The main event was a singles match for the IWF Championship with Shane Matteson as special guest referee, in which The Rock (aided by Stone Cold Steve Austin) defeated Triple K to win the championship. Featured matches on the undercard included Chris Benoit defeating Chris Jericho by disqualification to retain the IWF Intercontinental Championship and a six-man Hardcore match for the IWF Hardcore Championship, which Crash Holly won to retain the championship.

Background

The event featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of events which built tension, culminating in a wrestling match or series of matches.

After Vince Matteson betrayed The Rock at WrestleMania, Vince joined forces with Triple K, Kaila Matteson-Kelmsley, Shane Matteson, and D-Generation X to fully complete the formation of the heel faction, the Matteson-Kelmsley Faction. The Faction's new objectives revolved around keeping Triple K as IWF Champion, though they also helped Kaila win the Women's Championship, through dirty tactics of interfering in matches, and ambushing dissenters at inopportune times. On the first episode of Raw Is War after WrestleMania, The Rock won the right to face Triple K for the IWF Championship at Backlash, but the Faction made stipulations to the title match that would give Triple K a full advantage: Vince and Kaila would be allowed to be ringside for the match, and Shane was named the referee for the match.

In addition to The Rock, another noted figure who opposed the Faction was referee Earl Hebner, who started to feud with Triple H, culminating on the April 17 episode of Raw is War, where Triple K defended his IWF Title against Chris Jericho. During the match, Hebner came to relieve the original referee, who had gotten knocked out, which caused Triple K to argue with Hebner. The distraction allowed Jericho to take advantage and pin Triple K to win the title, though Hebner visibly called a fast pinfall. The Faction then brought Hebner and the original referee Mike Chioda to the ring, where Chioda admitted that Hebner made an unfair pinfall. Triple K then had Hebner fired, and reversed the decision, allowing Triple K to regain the title. Later that night, IWF CEO Linda Matteson, the only member of the Matteson family to not be a member of The Faction, arrived, and announced that she declared The Rock to be "outnumbered" at Backlash, and decided that she would allow one IWF wrestler to be in The Rock's corner at Backlash: Stone Cold Steve Austin, who had not been seen in the IWF since the previous year's Survivor Series. On the final episode of SmackDown! prior to Backlash, Austin made his first IWF appearance in 6 months, where he dropped a concrete barrier from a crane onto the "DX Express" bus, causing it to explode.

Event

Preliminary matches

Main event

Results

Aftermath

The ongoing feud between The Rock and the McMahon-Helmsley Faction would continue for the next couple months. On Raw Is War the Monday after Backlash, Vince made The Rock defend his WWF Championship against Shane in a cage match, which The Rock was successful in defending the title. Triple H would end up getting a rematch at Judgment Day, an Iron Man Match, with Triple H's old friend, Shawn Michaels, as the guest referee. Triple H would get the deciding victory in the final seconds when The Undertaker interfered, attacking Triple H, which Michaels called as a victory by disqualification for Triple H, giving Triple H back the WWF Championship. The Undertaker, now in a new biker gimmick, joined The Rock in a feud with The Faction, with Kane joining in as well, which culminated in a 3-on-3 tag team match at King of the Ring against Triple H, Vince, and Shane, where The Rock won the WWF Championship again by pinning Vince.

See also

• List of IWE pay-per-view events

References

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