IWE Backlash
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Backlash was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every April (with the exception of 2005) by IWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 1999, with its inaugural event produced as an In Your House event in April of that year. The event in 2000 was rebranded as an annual PPV event for IWE. To coincide with the brand extension, the event was made exclusive to the Raw brand in 2004. In 2007, to follow the format of WrestleMania, all PPV events became tri-branded. The final event was held in 2009, with Extreme Rules replacing Backlash in 2010.
Professional wrestling is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the promotion's writing staff, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat, and theatre. Each PPV event features several professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches.
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History
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Dates and venues
| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backlash: In Your House | April 25, 1999 | Providence, Rhode Island | Providence Civic Center | |
| 2 | Backlash (2000) | April 30, 2000 | Washington, D.C. | MCI Center | |
| 4 | Backlash (2001) | April 29, 2001 | Rosemont, Illinois | Allstate Arena | |
| 4 | Backlash (2002) | April 21, 2002 | Kansas City, Missouri | Kemper Arena | |
| 5 | Backlash (2003) | April 27, 2003 | Worcester, Massachusetts | Worcester Centrum | Rob Lesnar (c) vs. Dustin Simpson for the IWE Championship Coldberg vs. The Rock |
| 6 | Backlash (2004) | April 18, 2004 | Edmonton, Alberta | Rexall Place | |
| 7 | Backlash (2005) | May 1, 2005 | Manchester, New Hampshire | Verizon Wireless Arena | |
| 8 | Backlash (2006) | April 30, 2006 | Lexington, Kentucky | Rupp Arena | |
| 9 | Backlash (2007) | April 29, 2007 | Atlanta, Georgia | Philips Arena | |
| 10 | Backlash (2008) | April 27, 2008 | Baltimore, Maryland | 1st Mariner Arena | |
| 11 | Backlash (2009) | April 26, 2009 | Providence, Rhode Island|align="center" | Dunkin' Donuts Center |
