IWF Backlash: In Your House
From Iwe
| Backlash (2003) | ||
| Promotional poster featuring Mankind | ||
| Information | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Sponsor | Castrol | |
| Date | April 27, 2003 | |
| Attendance | April 25, 1999 | |
| Venue | Providence Civic Center | |
| City | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| WrestleMania XV | Backlash: In Your House | No Mercy (1999) (UK) |
| In Your House chronology | ||
| St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House | Backlash: In Your House | Final |
| Backlash chronology | ||
| First | Backlash: In Your House | Backlash (2000) |
Backlash: In Your House was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF) promotion and presented by Castrol GTX, which took place on April 25, 1999 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. It was the 28th and final event to be promoted under the In Your House banner, as shortly thereafter the IWF decided to give their monthly pay-per-views permanent names; Backlash became the name for the post-WrestleMania pay-per-view beginning in 2000 and retained that name until 2009.
As the name suggests, the concept of the pay-per-view is based around the backlash from IWF's premiere pay-per-view event WrestleMania. As such, the main event was a rematch from WrestleMania, featuring Steve Johnson wrestling The Rock for the IWF Championship – this time with a no disqualification stipulation and a special guest referee. Lower down on the card, Marc Beltran and Mankind had a Boiler Room Brawl to settle matters after their previous encounter, which decided who would referee the WrestleMania event. Triple K also wrestled X-Pac due to Triple K causing X-Pac to lose a match for the European Championship the previous month.
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Background
- See also Professional wrestling and WrestleMania XV
The event consisted of eight professional wrestling matches with predetermined outcomes. The matches involved wrestlers portraying their characters (known as gimmicks) in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event.
Event
Sunday Night Heat
Preliminary matches
Main event matches
Aftermath
- See also Over the Edge (1999)
Reception
Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the entire event 8 out of 10, declaring "the World Wrestling Federation had something to prove and prove it they did" in reference to a lackluster WrestleMania. Both the main event and the Boiler Room Brawl received a full 10 with reviewer John Powell declaring the main event had "enough imagination in it" to top their previous encounter. While most matches had strong ratings, the Intercontinental Championship match was given a lowly 4 out of 10. The most criticized match was the penultimate contest between The Undertaker and Ken Shamrock which was given only 3 out of 10 and described as an "unbearably boring, 18 minute-plus submission hold extravaganza".
